In this episode, we learn from Matthew Woodall Lead Emergency Management Advisor at Horizon Health Network and Dr Craig Hansen, UARD  Matthew helps organization be more resilient - in the ways that only your organization can be! His background in emergency management, business continuity, humanitarian aid, and community organizations and helps your organization be better prepared for whatever comes next! He has spent time as a firefighter and first responder, emergency dispatcher, and provincial-level emergency manager in addition to my current work as a researcher and writer for one of the biggest philanthropical organizations in the world. Matthew has accumulated education from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the RCMP, ICS Canada, the National Fire Protection Agency, Emergency Management Ontario, the Ontario Fire College, Columbia University (Columbia Regional Learning Centre), and the Justice Institute of British Columbia.

In this episode we learn from Cristóbal Mena expert in Resilience, Climate Change Adaptation, Government & Business Continuity, Governance, Risk, Sustainability, Crisis Management & Consultancy and Dr Craig Hansen, UARD.  Cristóbal has worked for more than ten years in government and business continuity planning, crisis management, international development, policy-making, emergency management, and corporate social responsibility. This experience made Cristóbal work in Central Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean in international organisations such as The World Bank, private companies and NGO's giving him a chance to connect with different contexts and cultures.  Nowadays, Cristóbal is leading the implementation of the National Policy for Disaster Risk Reduction 2020-2030 on all sectors -public, private, academia, and NGO's- and fostering an innovation culture within the Chilean National Emergency Office (ONEMI). Our objective is to have a more agile, trusted and knowledgable organisation through a digital transformation for data-driven decision making and evidence-based policy, coupled with robust continuity planning. Outside work, Cristóbal has served for more than sixteen years as a volunteer firefighter, having the opportunity to act as Training Officer, Lieutenant and member of the USAR Team that responded to the Haiti and Chile Earthquakes in 2010. He is also a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps to raise awareness and influence public opinion on climate action.

In this episode we learn with Rob Dannenberg  Director Of Operations at Phoenix LiDAR Systems and Dr Craig Hansen, UARD. Rob is qualified by FEMA in UAS Disaster Management and hugely experienced in building, maintaining, using custom autonomous sUAS for Research and Development, Aerial Imaging including Mapping, 3D imaging with full CAD, and GIS output. Consulting for Construction, Survey, Land management professionals, and Commercial UAV applications.

In this episode we learn from Christopher Riccardi Manager, Emergency Management & Business Continuity at CHOC and Dr Craig Hansen, UARD.  Christopher leads the development, implementation and management of CHOC Children's Enterprise wide Business Continuity Program. Working with mission essential functions, Christopher develops and implements continuity and recovery exercise program strategies to ensure continuity of operations during a business interruption or disaster related event.

In this episode we learn with Patrica Frost Vice-Chair National Pediatric Disaster Coalition and Pediatric Disasterologist and Dr Craig Hansen, UARD  Patricia has been a passionate advocate for improving emergency and disaster medical care for infants, children and pregnant women. Former Director of Emergency Medical Services for Contra Costa County with over 15 years experience in supporting the coordination and oversight of the EMS System serving 1.1 million people with over 100 thousand calls per year and over 80 thousand transports. She is the Vice-Chair National Pediatric Disaster Coalition. Founder California Coalition for Neonatal/Pediatric Disaster Preparedness linking novice to expert to support local disaster preparedness for infants and children. Patricia is a subject-matter expert to EMS for Children Innovation and Improvement Center, ASPR TRACIE, and ASPR Pediatric Disaster Centers of Excellence.

In this episode we learn from Rachel Drosdick-Sigafoos, MS, MPh, Doctoral Candidate, Crisis Worker and Dr Craig Hansen, UARD. Rachel works for the US Veteran Affairs and is a dynamic, curious, passionate listener and learner. Rachel's professional goal is best encapsulated in the adage "seek first to understand, then to be understood." This drives her as a researcher, counselor, trainer, and team member. Rachel seeks to ask innovative questions that pull at threads so we can discover and contextualize unnoticed relationships. Rachel's article in Human Services Today Magazine, Volume 02 | Issue No. 1 | January 2021 can be found here https://www.nationalhumanservices.org/human-services-today-magazine.

www.uard.university/aberrm       Bachelor of Emergency Management  In this episode we learn from Bapon Shm Fakhruddin, PhD, Technical Director, DRR and Climate Resilience and Dr Craig Hansen, UARD  Dr Fakhruddin is an expert climate change risk assessor with 19 years’ global experience in working on disaster risk and climate resilience projects. This experience is a major advantage in climate change adaptation and mitigation strategy development. His key areas of expertise are climate and multi-hazard risk assessment, disaster preparedness, early warning and emergency response and coastal community resilience. He has designed climate change and disaster response projects more than 25 countries in Asia and the Pacific.

In this episode we learn from JT Zee, Director Disaster Preparedness & Resilience/Global Policy & Advocacy Programs, Steering and Technical Committee Member  and Dr Craig Hansen, UARD. JT is a highly driven, enthusiastic, multilingual, strategically minded, pragmatic management leader. Over twenty years private and public sector experience, ranging from multi-cultural team management to field agency set up, hands-on project management and high-level project development. Highly adapted to the ever evolving non-governmental non-profit agency/multinational landscape while maintaining high standards and standardised practices. In depth knowledge and experience in design and implementation strategies to achieve international civil society organization objectives in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America including management of the complex relationships with external stake holders as well as inter-cultural relations. Well respected in the scientific, professional and diplomatic networks, who enjoys networking and sharing leadership, operational, advocacy, coaching experience.

In this episode we learn with Chris Ainsworth, Emergency Management Specialist, Educator, Speaker & CEM Commissioner and Dr Craig Hansen, UARD.  Chris is a passionate Certified Emergency Management (CEM) professional, practitioner and facilitator of professional development opportunities for those choosing to develop resilient communities. Assist organisations build capability and capacity. I am always seeking mutual opportunities to enhance professional, volunteer practice and communities outcomes.

In this episode we learn from Omar Bourne, Innovative, resourceful, and analytical Communications and Public Affairs professional and Dr Craig Hansen, UARD. Omar is a confident professional with established record of building trustworthy and long-lasting relationships at all organizational levels, as well as appearing on TV to speak about Hurricane Preparedness on WABC and News 12 Brooklyn in New York City. He has an exceptional talent for leading cross-functional teams as well as fostering robust media rapports to create eye-catching stories and highlight initiatives for high-profile clients. A small selection of his specialties is content development & management, CSR initiative development & execution, communications & media relations, digital campaign planning & organization, public affairs, stakeholder engagements, advancing creative excellence, and continuous process improvement.