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Summary
of Qualifications |
Major Professional Accomplishments |
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Acted as President and CEO of TAO Emergency
Management Consulting for 21 years, providing consulting
services to government agencies and private sector companies
for emergency planning, training, drills and exercises,
and EOC design and set up |
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Certified Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT) Trainer (2004) |
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Certified as an assessor for the Emergency Management
Accreditation Program (EMAP) (2004) |
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Elected as a Board member of the national Electronic
Information Infrastructure Partnership (EIIP) (2002) |
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Served as a specialist to the National Emergency
Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC), Texas A&M,
to assist the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Domestic
Programs (ODP) to evaluate and assist state and local governments
with terrorism planning (2001-present) |
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Appointed to the El Dorado County Disaster Council
(1993-1994, 2001-2005, Acting as the Chair since 2002)
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Received Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) based
on over 25 years of emergency response and disaster management
experience (2000) |
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Supported Project WEBEX '98 as an exercise development
specialist for online exercises for the first ever international
web-based disaster exercise |
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Wrote internationally distributed book, “Emergency
Planning on the Internet” (1998) |
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Worked as staff of the Governor’s Office of
Emergency Services Planning and Technological Assistance Branch,
1995-1998 |
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Provided advance planning for State of California
during Winter Floods (1997&1998) |
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Publicly elected to a California Special District
(1993). Lead the District through State and Federal funding
recovery for major flood damage to infrastructure (1995).
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Consulted to Governor's Office of Emergency
Services (1987-90, 1993-1994, 1999) |
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Acted as the consulting emergency plan designer
and developer for the Santa Clara Valley Water District emergency
plan revision (1993-94) |
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Received certificate of Commendation from the
California Office of Emergency Services for work in Loma Prieta
Earthquake response (1990) |
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Consulted to the Department of Energy (DOE)
sites (1988-1992) |
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Served as an Emergency Coordinator for the Sacramento
Municipal Utility District (SMUD) (1986-87) |
Major Emergency Management Experiences
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Assisted or responded to
flood, fire, earthquake, storm, and nuclear events. |
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Assisted in, organized,
or directed 10 major full scale exercises in various areas
of risk |
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Designed and delivered
over 40 tabletop exercises for public and private sector
organizations |
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Wrote emergency plans and
procedures for 25+ public and private organizations |
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Wrote business continuity
and business recovery plans for government and private organizations |
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Wrote dozens of analyses
and white papers on emergency issues |
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Developed the initial work
plan and work tracking process for California State OES |
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Coordinated efforts for
California statewide care & shelter, medical, law, fire,
mutual aid |
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Served on an ambulance,
fire team, search and rescue, and as a first-aid/CPR trainer |
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Acquired over 17 years
of experience in coordination of emergency activities for
local and state government in California |
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Instructed Business Disaster
Recovery course, California State University Sacramento
(1995) |
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Founded LANDARK Shelter
Project, a non-profit organization for disasters (1998) |
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Founded DISASTERX to address
vulnerable population planning in California (2000) |
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Assisted in U.S. Department of Justice Office
of Domestic Programs assessments since 2001 |
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Wrote and presented nationally, “The Future of
Emergency Management”
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Education |
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1974 |
BA Biology/Chemistry |
University of Minot,
Minot, North Dakota (Masters) |
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1974-1975 |
Work in Biology
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| University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wisconsin |
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1976-1997 |
Additional course work
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Madison Area Technical College
University of Arkansas
University of California, Berkeley
Cosumnes River College, Sacramento |
Recent Training |
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2004 |
ISO-700 NIMS |
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1996-2001 |
FEMA Emergency Management
Courses (18) |
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1997 |
1997 Terrorism (CSTI) |
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1994 |
Delivering Health Services During Disasters |
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1994 |
Senior Officer Nuclear Accident Course
(DNA) |
Certifications |
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2004 |
EMAP Assessor |
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2004 |
CERT Trainer |
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2000 |
Certified Emergency Manager |
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2000 |
2000 First Responder Operational (Hazmat) |
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2000 |
2000 El Dorado County Sheriff's Citizen's Academy |
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1995 |
State OES SEMS Certification |
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1993 |
1993 Leadership El Dorado |
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1984 |
U.S. Navy Radiological Control |
| Professional History |
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September 1998-Present
President/CEO of TAO Emergency Management
Consulting (previously TAO Services), serving government
and the private sector clients in emergency planning and
preparedness. |
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July 1995-September
1998
California State Office of Emergency Services,
duties including
development of the first after action reports and formats,
work plan
development, revision of the State Emergency Plan, State
Wide Emergency Planning Council, State Emergency Council,
Care & Shelter, Medical, Fire, Law Enforcement, and
Universities/College coordination-liaison, Animal Rescue
and Shelter as well as team lead to revise the nuclear power
planning procedures for the State.
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March 1993-July
1995
Provided emergency management consulting services
to numerous
clients including the California counties of El Dorado and
Nevada, the Santa Clara Valley Water District, the Sacramento
Childcare Training Center, Performance 2000, and G.D. Barri.
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August 1992-April
1993
Performed consulting work for the State of California
to assess the offsite response emergency readiness of all
Department of Energy (DOE) sites in California, as well
as assisting the California Department of Health Services
to assess DOE site environmental quality assurance and control
programs.
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October 1991-March
1993
Collaborated with subject experts to write the
plan for offsite emergency response and evacuation for the
Rocky Flats Plant (DOE) in Denver, Colorado.
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July 1990-March 1991
Performed consulting in emergency management to
the Savannah Rivers Site (DOE) complex in Aiken, South Carolina,
specifically at the K-Reactor, F-site, and Defense Waste
Processing Facility.
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December 1989-June 1990
Coordinated governmental affairs activity and inter-state
training
for the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (DOE) in Carslbad,
New Mexico, including issues dealing with environmental
compliance, state laws and federal regulations.
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September 1988-March 1989
Performed consulting services for emergency management for
the Sandia National Laboratory (DOE) in Livermore, California.
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Other Efforts |
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Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Station;
Sacramento Municipal Utility District; El Dorado, Sacramento,
Amador, and San Joaquin County Emergency Services; Impel Corp;
the U.S. Nuclear Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California; Anamax
Mine, Sahuarita, Arizona; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona;
Uni-Lab, Tucson, Arizona; Shell Oil Research Center, Houston,
Texas
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| Recent Publications and Presentations |
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Metropolitan Mass Migration: Repercussions From
The Loss Of Coastal Cities
April 2004
XV Annual International Conference on Global Warming, San
Francisco, California |
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Career in Law Enforcement Keeps the Community
Safe and Vital (newspaper article)
December 2003
Mountain Democrat, Placerville, California |
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Writing An Emergency Plan for Nursing and Other
Healthcare Facilities (Workshop)
October 2003
Placerville, California |
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Dealing with Death (Two part article)
May 2003
Bulletin of the International Association of Emergency Managers
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Surviving A PC Hard Drive Crash
December, 2002, Association of Sacramento Area Planners |
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Putting Terrorism Into Perspective
February 2002
Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, California |
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Zero Foot Print Operations for Mass Care and
Shelter
July 2001
California State Mass Care and Shelter Committee |
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“A Local Government Planning Guide for First
Contact Events”
September, 2002, Journal of the American Society for Professional
Emergency Planners |
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Putting Terrorism Into Perspective
February, 2002, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, California
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Zero Foot Print Operations for Mass Care and
Shelter
July, 2001, California State Mass Care and Shelter Committee
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