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APPENDIX C S P EASE RS B I O S Applegate, David- Dr. Applegate is the American Geological Institute's Director of Government Affairs and Editor of Geotimes, AGI's newsmagazine of the earth sciences. He also teaches in the Environmental Sciences and Policy master's degree program at The Johns Hopkins University. Before arriving at AGI in 1995, he served with the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources as the American Geophysical Union's Congressional Science Fellow and as a professional staff member for the minority. Born and raised in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, he holds a B.S. in geology from Yale University and a Ph.D. in geology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Beckcom, Ethan- Mr. Beckcom is a senior at Arkansas Tech University majoring in Emergency Administration and Management. He is the first student to sit on the board of directors and represent the students for the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM). Mr. Beckcom is currently doing an internship for the Brazos River Authority. Blanchard, B. Wayne- Dr. Blanchard works with the Emergency Management Institute of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a Higher Education Project Manager. He also serves as FEMA's Commissioner to the International Association of Emergency Manager's Certified Emergency Manager. Dr. Blanchard's disaster experience includes Hurricane Andrew, Mid-West Floods of '93, Northridge Earthquake. He received a Ph.D. in Government and Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia. B.A. in Political Science from Universitv of North Carolina at Charlotte. and Minor in Philosonhv. O ~ J ~ l J ' r rat ~ r ~ ret 1 1 A T 1 1 . 1 ~ . 1 · ~1 1 . ~ r . ~ . ~ r ~ ~ · ~ Mount fit. lVlary s cortege. He has conducted graduate work In theology at Mount at. 1Vlary s Seminar. L)r. Blanchard has served as adjunct instructor at the Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia and Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Drabek, Thomas- Dr. Drabek is the John Evans Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Denver. He joined the University of Denver faculty in 1965 after completion of graduate studies at The Ohio State University where he was employed by the Disaster Research Center. He has published nearly 100 journal articles and 25 books including Human System Response to Disaster (1986), The Professional Emergeny Manager (1987), Emergency Management: Strategies for Maintaining Organi~atio'~al Integrity (1990), Disaster Evacuation and the Tourist Industry (1994), Disaster-Induced Employee Eracuation (1999), and Strategies for Coordinating Disaster Responses (2003~. He was senior editor (with G. Hoetmer) of Emergeny Management: Principles and Application for Local Government published by the International City Management Association (1991) and has prepared three Instructor Guides for courses sponsored by FEMA's Higher Education Project, e.g., Sociolo<gy of Disaster (19963. Currently, he is revising the first of these, which is entitled Social Dimensions of Disasters. Esnard, Ann-Margaret- Dr. Esnard is Assistant Professor and Director of GEDDeS GIS Computer Lab in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University (1997-present). Prior to her appointment at Cornell she was a Research Associate/Instructor at the Institute of Transportation Research and Education at North Carolina State University (19979. Her teaching and research interests lie in land use and environmental planning, natural and environmental hazard assessment and mitigation, environmental justice, spatial analysis, and Geographic Information Systems. Her many honors and awards include the 2001 American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) President's Award and the Cornell Outstanding Educator 27
Award. Esnard holds a Ph.D. in regional planning from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, an M.S. in agronomy and soils from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, and a B.S. in agricultural engineering from the University of the West Indies, Trinidad. Harrald, John Jack)- Dr. Harrald is the Director of The George Washington University Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management and a Professor of Engineering Management in the GWU School of Engineering and Applied Science. He is a founding member, Director, and Immediate Past President of The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) and is a former Director of the Disaster Recovery Institute J)RI). He is Executive Editor of the electronic journal of Homeland Secured and Emergency Management and Associate Editor of the Internationalioumal of Emergency Management. He served as the Associate Director of the National Ports and Waterways Institute for ten years. Dr. Harrald has been actively engaged in the fields of emergency, consequence and crisis management and maritime safety and port security and as a researcher in his academic career and as a practitioner during his 22-year career as a U.S. Coast Guard officer, retiring in the grade of Captain. He writes, publishes, and consults in the fields of crisis management, emergency management, risk and vulnerability analysis, and transportation safety and security. Dr. Harrald received his B.S. in Engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, a M.A.L.S. from Wesleyan University, a M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Hooke, William H.- Dr. Hooke is a senior policy fellow and the director of the Atmospheric Policy Program at the American Meteorological Society. Prior to this, he worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and antecedent agencies for 33 years. After six years of research with NOAA he moved into a series of management positions including chief of the Wave Propagation Laboratory Atmospheric Studies Branch, director of NOAA's Environmental Science Group (now the Forecast Systems Lab), deputy chief scientist, acting chief scientist of NOAA. Between 1993 and 2000, he was also director of the U.S. Weather Research Program Office, and chair of the Interagency Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. Prior to NOAA, he was a faculty at the University of Colorado from 1969 to 1987. Dr. Hooke holds a B.S. in physics (with honors) from Swarthmore College, an S. M. and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Kendra, fames- Dr. I(endra is the Research Coordinator at the University of Delaware Disaster Research Center and an assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration at the University of North Texas. His research interests include organizational resilience and crisis management. Dr. I(endra is currently devoting most of his attention to a study of the emergency response to the World Trade Center attack. Beginning within two days of the attack, Dr. I<endra and other DRC researchers observed various aspects of the multi-agency coordination of resources and information, including the reestablishment of the Emergency Operations Center after the destruction of the primary facility. They also visited other sites that were significant in the emergency response, including incident command posts located close to Ground Zero, respite facilities, and other emergency management operations throughout the city. A licensed unlimited tonnage master mariner, Dr. I(endra maintains considerable interest in maritime hazards. Lindell, Michael K.- Dr. Lindell has 30 years of experience in the field of emergency management, conducting research on community adjustment to floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and releases of radiological and toxic materials. He recently completed the development of a hurricane contingency planning guide for the Texas Division of Emergency Management and is just beginning two projects. One of these is a National Science Foundation funded study to develop a hurricane evacuation management decision support system and the other is a Federal Emergency Management Agency funded project to write an introductory textbook on emergency management. Professor Lindell worked for many years as an emergency preparedness contractor to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and trained as a Hazardous Materials Specialist at the Michigan Hazardous Materials Training Center. He has served as a consultant on chemical and nuclear emergency planning to numerous private companies and government 28
agencies, including the International Atomic Energy Agency. He has made 120 presentations before scientific societies and emergency planners in this country and abroad and is the author of over 120 technical reports and journal articles, and 5 books. Phillips, Brenda- Dr. Phillips is Professor of Emergency Management at Jacksonville State University. Dr. Phillips directs the Emergency Preparedness Applied Research Center. She teaches Introduction to Emergency Management, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Management Leadership and Populations at Risk. Her research projects include long-term recovery of low-income and minority groups and disaster warnings to the Deaf and hard-of-hearing. Dr. Phillips participates in community-based threat assessment and emergency response planning with a particular focus on school safety. She leads the iSU technical secretariat to support the Hemispheric Eduplan at the Organization of American States Natural Hazards Project (http://www.oas.org/nhp). She is also Secretary-Treasurer for the International Research Committee on Disasters which publishes the International journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters and participates in the Gender and Disaster Network (htt.~://~-,nline.nc~rtl~un~b~ia.ac.uL/~eo~at~hy research /adn1. Pine, John- Dr. Pine is a professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and an adjunct professor in the Department of Management at Louisiana State University. Dr. Pine also serves as the Director of Disaster Science and Management Program. He received his Ph.D. in Higher Education & Public Administration from the University of Georgia, M.Ed. in Adult Education & Counseling from the University of Georgia, and B.A. in History from Rhodes College. Prior to his current position, Dr. Pine worked as a public service associate for the Institute of Georgia at the University of Georgia from 1972 to 1980 and as a public management associate governmental services institute at the Louisiana State University from 1988 to 1992. Dr. Pine has sponsored several research efforts and has published his work in scholarly journals. Stanley, Ellis M., Sr.- Mr. Stanley is the general manager of the Emergency Preparedness Department for the City of Los Angeles, California. Prior to this position, he served as director of the Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency, where he had been an emergency manager since 1975. He is an adjunct instructor at the Emergency Management Institute and has served on the Board of Visitors of the National Emergency Training Centers, Emergency Management Institute. He is a past president of the National Coordinating Council on Emergency Management and currently chairs its International Development Committee and its Certification Commission. He is president-elect of the American Society of Professional Emergency Planners. He serves on the advisory board of the National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue, the National Weather Services' Modernization Committee, and other organizations. He is a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM). Suiter, Lacy E.- Mr. Suiter is Mobile Education Team Coordinator for the Naval Postgraduate School. He was appointed Executive Associate Director for Response and Recovery by FEMA Director James Lee Witt in October 1996, after spending two years as the agency's head of the Office of Policy and Assessment. In his current position, Lacy is responsible for the planning and execution of the federal government's response to major disasters and emergencies. He is also responsible for the multi-billion dollar Individual and Public Assistance Grant Programs authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Lacy also serves as special advisor to the Director Witt, and served as the Federal Coordinating Officer for the federal response to Hurricane Fran, in North Carolina. His posts have included the National Academy of Science's board on natural disasters, the advisory board of the University of Colorado's Natural Hazards Center, the peer review committee of the Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive disposal project, and the Latin American Partnership. Lacy also chaired the Central United States Earthquake Consortium from 1983 to 1994 and was president of the National Emergency Management Association from 1984 to 1985. A native of Tennessee, Lacy earned a B.S. in general business from the Middle Tennessee State University. 29
Thomas, OR.- Mr. Thomas is the current President of the International Association of Emergency Managers and Director of the Franklin County Emergency Management Agency in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Thomas has been with the agency since 1984 and Director since January 1992. He has a Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education and a Master of Arts degree with an emphasis in Political Science from the Ohio State University. J. R. has also received his Certification in Emergency Management from the International Association of Emergency Managers and completed the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Professional Develop Series. Tolbert, Eric- Mr. Tolbert is Director of the Response Division for the Department of Homeland Security - Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate. Mr. Tolbert started with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (now part of DHS) in March 2002 as the Deputy Director of the Office of National Preparedness, coordinating federal efforts to assist state and local emergency management and emergency response organizations. Immediately prior to that he was director of the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management, where he developed and managed the state's comprehensive emergency management system. He began his emergency management career in 1976 on the front line in North Carolina as a Paramedic, and later became emergency services director for Caldwell County. He then was named emergency management area coordinator, and later Assistant Director for the state of North Carolina. Mr. Tolbert then moved to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, where he was preparedness and response bureau chief for four years before returning to North Carolina as state director of emergency management. He is the immediate past president of the National Emergency Management Association REMAN. He has served as chairman of the North Carolina Emergency Response Commission, as a member of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Urban Search and Rescue Advisory Committee and the Emergency Management Institute's Board of Visitors. Wallace, William (All- Dr. Wallace is a Professor in the Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems, Civil Engineering, and Cognitive Science Departments at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is presently Research Director of Rensselaer's Center for Infrastructure and Transportation Studies. He has held many appointments and positions abroad, including Visiting Professor, Systems Engineering and Policy Analysis, Delft University of Technology, Visiting Professor, Polyproject: Risk and Safety of Technical Systems, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, and a U.S. faculty member at the Dalian Institute of Technology, Dalian, China. He was a research scientist at the International Institute of Environment and Society, Science Center, Berlin, Germany. In addition, he has been a visiting professor at the University at Albany and Carnegie-Mellon University. Wallace has completed assignments as Consultant, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, National Research Council, and Expert, Civil and Mechanical Systems Division, National Science Foundation. He received the International Emergency Management and Engineering Conference Award for Outstanding Long-Term Dedication to the Field of Emergency Management and The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Third Millennium Medal, and is a Fellow of the IEEE. Professor Wallace received his bachelor's in chemical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in management science from Rensselaer, and is a Navy veteran. Walton, Matt S. - As Vice Chairman and Founder, Matt Walton possesses more than 20 years of management experience and is actively involved in company evangelism and business development. Mr. Walton was responsible for the transition of E Team's software from military to commercial use through a Public/Private partnership with the city of Los Angeles, and its widespread adoption among leading government and corporate organizations, including the City of New York, where it was used for the city's response to the September 11, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Mr. Walton also serves as Chairman of the EM-XML Consortium, a public/private effort which is working closely with the Department of Homeland Security to develop effective interoperability standards for emergency response using Web services. Prior to founding E Team, Mr. Walton served as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Strategy at Illusion, Inc. an engineering company that specialized in the development of networked interactive systems for clients as diverse as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas. For 12 years, 30
Mr. Walton was Managing Principal and Director of the Sales Management Practice of Sibson Company Inc., a leading management consulting firm that focuses on organizational planning and effectiveness. During this time, he served more than 100 clients in the high-tech and entertainment sectors. He was also a consultant at Towers, Perrin in the areas of marketing, strategy and organizational design. Mr. Walton has a B.A. from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Yale University School of Management. Wenger, Dennis- Dr. Wenger has been engaged in research on hazards and disasters for over 35 years. In addition to currently serving as a program director at the National Science Foundation, he is also the founding director and senior scholar at the Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center at Texas A&M University where he is also professor of urban and regional planning and adjunct professor of sociology. Prior to coming to Texas A&M, Dr. Wenger was the co-director of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware. Dr. Wenger's research has focused upon the social aspects of natural, technological, and human- induced disasters. Specifically, he has studied such topics as local emergency management capabilities and response, police and fire planning and response to disasters, search and rescue and the delivery of emergency medical services, mass media coverage of disasters, warning systems and public response, factors related to local community recovery success, and disaster beliefs and emergency planning. He undertook the only empirical study of the evacuation of the World Trade Center towers after the first terrorist attack in 1993 and served as the principal investigator for the first project to "Enable the Future Generation of Hazard Researchers." He is the author of numerous books, research monographs, articles and papers. Wright, Chris- Mr. Wright is responsible for the Emergency Planning, Mitigation and Training Programs as the Manager of Emergency Operations for Amgen Inc., located in Thousand Oaks, California. He is also responsible for the operation of the Corporate Emergency Operations Center (EOC). He previously developed comprehensive emergency response programs for Warner Bros. Studios, Gibraltar Savings and First Interstate Bankcard. Chris is on the Business and Industry Council for Emergency Planning and Preparedness 03ICEPP) Board of Directors and currently serves as Vice-President of this organization. He has coordinated several BICEPP projects including the Staying Open for Business after Disasters small business workshop and the Mortality Management Workshop. Chris also has served as the President and Vice President of the Los Angeles Chapter of Association of Contingency Planners (ACP). Chris also served a 2- year term on the National Board of ACP. Young, John P.- Mr. Young is Director, Enterprise Solutions, for the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). He oversees ESRI provision of Geographic Information System (GIS) solutions for military and intelligence community customers. He manages Defense operations in ESRI's Washington, D.C. office; coordinates Defense-related sales, service, and software engineering initiatives across the United States; and works with an extensive network of ESRI Defense business partners. Prior to joining ESRI, Mr. Young served for 22 years in the U.S. National Security Community. He managed components responsible for assessing defense capabilities, as well as components providing information technology support to operations. In his Anal assignment he served as Chief Information Officer in an Intelligence Agency. Mr. Young is a graduate of the Universities of Washington and Wisconsin, and of the U.S. National War College. 31
