State Emergency Management

Pennsylvania – Glenn M. Cannon, Esq.
Director and Homeland Security Advisor
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

West Virginia – Jimmy Gianato
Director
West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Virginia – Michael Cline
Director
Virginia Department of Emergency Management

Maryland – Richard Muth
Director
Maryland Emergency Management Agency

District of Columbia – Christopher Geldart
Director
DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency

Delaware – Jamie Turner
Director
Delaware Emergency Management Agency

Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI)

Liam O’Keefe, Deputy Managing Director for Emergency Management
City of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania

Michael H. Huss, Director
Department of Public Safety
City of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania

Robert Maloney, Director
Baltimore Office of Emergency Management
Maryland

Richard R. Flannery, MS, CFM
Emergency Management Administrator
Hampton Roads UASI
Virginia

Anna M. McRay, PEM
Deputy Coordinator of Emergency Management
Office of Emergency Management
County of Henrico Division of Fire
Virginia

Volunteer Groups

Cookie Ketcham, VBCERT Coordinator
Virginia Beach Fire Department
Virginia

Larry Braja, Human Services Officer
Virginia Department of Emergency Management
Virginia

Marcia Nickle, Secretary Delaware VOAD
Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
University of Delaware
Delaware

Fire Services

Chief Richard E. Burch, Chief of Fire and Rescue
Roanoke County Fire and Rescue
Virginia

Chief Richard Bowers
Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service
Virginia

Law Enforcement

W. Scott McLaren
Chief - Elsmere Police Dept.
Delaware

Captain Walter Smith, Commanding Officer,
Homeland Security Unit and Director,
Delaware Valley Intelligence Center and Philadelphia Police Department
Pennsylvania

Tim Cameron
Office of Sheriff
Leonardtown, Maryland

Local Government

The Honorable Craig A. Moe
Mayor
Laurel, Maryland

Public Health

Marissa J. Levine, MD MPH
Deputy Commissioner, Emergency Preparedness &Response Programs
Virginia Department of Health
Virginia

Emergency Medical

Lawrence E. Tan, Chief
Emergency Medical Services Division
New Castle County Department of Public Safety
Delaware

Hospitals

Tom Grace, Vice President, Health Services and Emergency Preparedness
Delaware Valley Healthcare Council of the
Hospital & Health System Association of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

Public Works

William “Chuck” Henley
Director of Public Works
Public Works Department
City of Colonial Heights

Preparedness/Emergency Management Associations

Andrew Rahaman (Federal Reserve Board)
Chair, Interagency Working Group of Emergency Management Preparedness (IWGEP)

Hui-Shan Walker (IAEM Rep.), Deputy Coordinator, Emergency Services,
Chesapeake Office of Emergency Management
Virginia

Education

Dr. Lillian Lowery
Secretary of Education
Delaware Department of Education
Delaware

University Research

Russell Strickland
The Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
Maryland

Ken Sochats, Director, Center for National Preparedness
University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania

JoAnne Knapp, Senior Policy Analyst
University of Maryland
Center for Health and Homeland Security
Maryland

Harvey Rubin
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine

Jean Bail, Director, Disaster Medicine and Management
Philadelphia University
Pennsylvania

National Guard

Colonel Dallas Wingate
Delaware National Guard
Delaware

State Police

Colonel W. Steven Flaherty, Superintendent
Virginia State Police
Virginia