Conference Speakers

Plenary Speakers

Donna Barbisch, DHA, MPH, CRNA MG, USAR
Surge Capacity

Tom Belcuore, MS
Administrator, Alachua County Health Department
Lessons Learned: Hurricanes in Florida

Lisa Brown, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor, Louis de la Parte Mental Institute, Department of Aging and Mental Health, University of South Florida
Lessons Learned: Hurricanes in Florida

Kristi Koenig, MD, FACEP
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Co-Director, EMS and Disaster Medical Sciences Fellowship, University of California at Irvine, School of Medicine; Director of Public Health Preparedness, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California at Irvine

Surge Capacity

June Levine, RN, MSN
Director of Clinical Programs, Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
Surge Capacity

Scott Lillibridge, MD
Director, Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness and Professor of Epidemiology
The Truth About Federal Preparedness Policies

Kathleen Tierney, PhD
Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado

Public Response to Emergencies: Fact or Fiction?


Breakout Speakers

Ellen Agler, MSc, MPH
Director of International Operations, International Medical Corps.
A Report on the South Asia Tsunami

Ellen M. Andersen, PhD
LCDR MSC USN
Head, Health Surveillance Laboratories
Navy Environmental & Preventive Medicine Unit #5
Worker Safety Preparedness

Travis L. Best, CPM
Program Manager, Southwest District Health, Office of Public Health Preparedness
Public Health Ready

Laura A. Biesiadecki, MSPH
Senior Manager, Practice and Workforce Development, Association of Schools of Public Health
Toolkits for Public Health Preparedness

Glennda Chui, MJ
Reporter, San Jose Mercury News

Planning for Communicating with the Media

Larry Collins, Captain
County of Los Angeles Fire Department, Urban Search & Rescue Task Force 103
Planning for Tsunamis in the United States

Jason Cuomo, MPH
Project Coordinator, UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters
Toolbox: Developing Scientifically Valid Exercise Scenarios

Lance Gable, JD, MPH
Senior Fellow, Center for Law and the Public’s Health, Georgetown University Law Center

Emergency Health Powers Act

Deborah Glik, ScD
Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health; Director, UCLA Health and Media Research Group

Planning for Communicating with the Media

Marlene Goodell, MPA
Medical/Health Disaster Coordinator, County of San Bernardino Department of Public Health
Toolbox: Setting Up a Departmental Operations Center

Kathryn Hansen, BA, CLS, PHMII
California Department of Health Services, Bioterrorism Trainer: Laboratory and First Responders, Richmond Lab

Biological Specimens: Chain of Custody and Transport

Kathy Hurt-Mullen, MPH
Epidemiologist, Montgomery County, Maryland, Public Health Services
Hospital Syndromic Surveillance

Dwane Jarman, DVM, MPH
Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc.
Working with Native Populations During an Emergency

Nancy A. LaPolla, MPH
EMS Administrator
, Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, Emergency Medical Services
Finding Vulnerable Populations

Vivian J. Montgomery
Senior Safety Specialist, Dangerous Goods, FedEx
Biological Specimens: Chain of Custody and Transport

Poki Stewart Namkung, MD, MPH
Health Officer, City of Berkeley
Public Health Ready

Glenn Paulson, PhD, ScD
Associate Dean for Research, UMDNJ School of Public Health
Worker Safety Preparedness

David Pegues, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hospital Syndromic Surveillance

Paul Pulliam
Reasearch Triangle Institute
Designing Registries of Persons Exposed to Emergency Events

W. Michael Reid, PhD, MBA
Director, Florida Center for Public Health Preparedness, College of Public Health, University of South Florida
Mental Health Competencies for Disasters

James W. Russell, EdD
Vice President, Outreach, Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS)

Preparing for the Needs of Children: Schools and Beyond

Dean Seneca, MPH, MCURP
Assistant Director, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Office of Tribal Affairs
Working with Native Populations During an Emergency

Lisa Schoyer, MFA
Chief, Family Support, Children's Medical Services, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Preparing for the Needs of Children: Schools and Beyond

Merritt D. Schreiber, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, County of Orange Health Care Agency, Behavioral Health Care, Children and Youth Services
Mental Health Competencies for Disasters

Hope Seligson, MS
Technical Manager, Operational Risk and Performance Consulting Division, ABS Consulting, Inc.

Toolbox: Developing Scientifically Valid Exercise Scenarios

Joseph T. Smith
Mutare Software

Toolbox: Communication Technologies and Emergency Preparedness

Ralph Wilmoth, MPH, MPA
Director of Public Health, Johnson County Public Health
Toolbox: Communication Technologies and Emergency Preparedness