Introduction

John Gibb has 40 years of local, state and consulting emergency management and homeland security experience. As an emergency management and homeland security agency head in New York State, he served four governors. He led and managed the integration of state level cyber security, counter terrorism, emergency management, fire service and interoperable communications functions when New York State created the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. He has served in significant response and recovery roles for a number of disasters and emergencies in New York State. As the Director of NYSEMO he was the State Coordinating Officer for ten Major Disasters and the H1N1 outbreak in 2009. He was a Deputy State Coordinating Office for the 9-11 attacks where he coordinated state agency response activities in New York City and was the state lead at the FEMA Disaster Field Office, leading initial recovery efforts. He had key operational roles for the 1998 northern New York ice storm, the crash of TWA Flight 800, and numerous floods, blizzards, hurricanes, ice storms as well as the World Trade Center bombing in 1993.

Key Positions:

Commissioner (Acting), NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services

Director, NYS Emergency Management Office

Assistant Director, NYS Office of Homeland Security

Executive Director, NYS WMD Task Force

Assistant Director for Preparedness, NYS Emergency Management Office

Senior Consultant, Contingency Management Consulting Group, LLC

Strategic Advisor, Redland Strategies

Contact Information:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gibb-099700b/

Twitter – John Gibb @emdir1