EXPERIENCE

AVIATION

• Developed a new, fully integrated Emergency Management Program while employed by DFW International Airport to include:

  • Operational integration 

  • Continuity planning and utilization 

  • EOC configuration update and staff development

  • Improved communications and notifications process 

  • Developed comprehensive impacted persons care program

  • Conducted 65 drills, 6 functional exercises and 3 full scale exercises including active shooter - bombing - aircraft crash scenarios 

  • Managed  117 EOC activations for continuity and crisis events

  • Enhanced airline partnerships

• Chair of the Transportation Ad Hoc Committee for International Assoc. of Emergency Managers

• Airport Cooperative Research Project

  • Panel Member for Enhancing Collaborative Decision Making during Disruptions​​

  • Subject Matter Expert for Airport's Role in Reducing Transmission of Communicable Diseases Insight Event and Webinar

​Provided: Leadership, Technical Expertise, Vision, Executive Crisis Decision Making Qualitative Process, Change Management, EOC and IOC Structural and Operational Process capture, Emergency and Continuity Planning, Training, Drills and Exercises.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

• Renovated the Emergency Management Capability at a Category II Nuclear facility to meet the congressional benchmarks for re-opening following disasters to include:

  • Operational integration 

  • Continuity planning 

  • EOC development and processes, and staff training

  • Improved communications and notifications process 

  • Conducted 32 drills, 6 functional exercises and 2 full scale exercises

• Completed a gap analysis and capability enhancement project for a DoE facility based on the after action report and recommendations following the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Provided: Gap and Capability Assessments, EOC Design and Training, Operations Center Procedures and Training, Planning, Training, System Fielding, Drills and Exercises, Corrective Action Program

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

• Developed the 1st Marine Corps Comprehensive Installation Emergency Management Program for domestic response and recovery operations.

• Oversaw and supported the establishment of the Emergency Management Program at Headquarters Marine Corps.

• Worked with FEMA Region 6 Defense Coordinating Element and Army North to review, revise, integrate and exercise the DoD Repatriation Plan.

Provided: Leadership, Defense Integration with civilian authorities, Assessments, Emergency Operations Planning, Continuity Planning, EOC design, operational structure, training, exercises and budgeting.

PUBLIC HEALTH

• Developed the pandemic response processes and plans for Region IV in South Carolina under the National Institutes of Health grant program to include:

  • Community engagement - created community planning teams​

  • Operational planning

  • Created and exercised drive through medical triage and treatment operation for highly  contagious circumstances

• Lead the response to H1N1 epidemic  in partnership with Navy  Medicine and California Public Health in 2009 - establishing isolation and quarantine operations for over 300 Marines

• Worked with partners to review and revise International Airport Contagious Disease Response Plan

• Author and presenter for seminar and webinar on Airport Role in Contagious Disease Response

Provided: Leadership, Innovation, Containment, Continuity Planning, Community Education, Medical Operations Development, Exercises, EOC Integration

EXERCISES - Full Scale

• Lifesaver - Full Scale Aviation Safety and Security Exercises

  • Active Shooters in Airport Terminals​

  • Improvised Explosive Device at Rental Car Center

  • Aircraft Collision on Runway

• Horizon 14 and Phoenix 15 - Full Scale Radiological Release Response Exercises with Mass Casualty

• Underground Entrapment Full Scale Exercise

• Shake and Fall - Earthquake Full Scale Exercises 

• Hurricane Full Scale Exercises

• Volunteer Integration Full Scale Exercise

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Provided: Vision, Design, Facilitation, Master Scenario Events List Development, Exercise Control, Safety, Simulation, Volunteer Recruitment and Orientation, Logistics, Documentation, Public Information Management

COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL SUPPORT

• State of North Carolina - Developed Coastal Region Evacuation and Sheltering Standard Operating Guide

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• Federal Emergency Management Agency and State of Louisiana - Technical support provided post Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, focus long term recovery

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• Beaufort County South Carolina - Created and fielded Disaster Volunteer Management Program, Updated Logistics Plan, Incident Commander for Labor Day Tornado

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• Hampton County South Carolina - Developed the Emergency Operations Plan and trained elected officials

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• Chatham County Georgia - Interoperability Plan test