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Chapter: Appendix B: Speaker and Moderator Biographies

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Speaker and Moderator Biographies." National Research Council. 2002. Countering Terrorism: Lessons Learned from Natural and Technological Disasters. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10414.
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APPENDIX B –
SPEAKER AND MODERATOR BIOGRAPHIES

Anderson, William – Dr. Anderson is Director of the Natural Disasters Roundtable and Associate Executive Director of the Division on Earth and Life Studies of the National Research Council. He was previously a Professor of Sociology at Arizona State University, head of the hazards mitigation program in the Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation, and Senior Advisor in the Disaster Management Facility at the World Bank. He has co-authored two books, and authored and co-authored numerous research monographs and professional journal articles.

Bauer, Douglas – Dr. Bauer is the Director for Counter-Terrorism Coordination for the National Academies. In this role, he solicits information and ideas from the various divisions of the National Academies, keeps track of current and proposed activities, follows the efforts of federal agencies and other organizations, and acts as a resource to help the National Academies shape their responses to assist the nation in combating terrorism.

Bloem, Ken – Mr. Bloem is a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, and he is the former CEO of the Georgetown University Medical Center. He has a health care background that spans thirty years and includes senior management leadership at three renowned academic health centers, experience as an international health administrator/epidemiologist, and appointments to a number of national, university and corporate boards.

Bruce, James – Mr. Bruce is the Senior Associate for Global Change Strategies International, Inc. in Ottawa, Canada. In his early professional life, he was a weather forecaster, established the flood warning system for the province of Ontario, and undertook research and teaching in hydrometeorology. Since then, he has held many positions, including being the Acting Deputy Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, Geneva during which he assisted the Secretary-General in overseeing the establishment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Global Atmosphere Watch for assessment of chemical changes in the Earth's atmosphere. Mr. Bruce has written several books, papers and articles, especially on climate change, environmental management, water resources, and disaster mitigation.

Byrne, Michael – Mr. Byrne is the Senior Director of Response and Recovery for the Office of Homeland Security. He is a 20-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department and a high-ranking official of the New York City region (Region II) of FEMA.

Cutter, Susan – Dr. Cutter is a Carolina Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina and Director of its Hazards Research Lab. She is the former President of the Association of American Geographers and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Cutter's research interests include hazard vulnerability, risk assessment, and GIS; human dimensions of global environmental change; and environmental policy and justice. Her most recent books include American Hazardscapes: The Regionalization of Risks and Hazards, Living with Risk, and Environmental Risks and Hazards. She was part of team that examined the use of geographical technologies (GIS, remote sensing, etc.) in the rescue and immediate relief phases of the World Trade Center collapse.

Edwards-Winslow, Frances – Dr. Edwards-Winslow is the Director of Emergency Preparedness for the City of San José. She has served as OES Director in San José for ten years, including one year as acting assistant chief in the San José Fire Department. Dr. Edwards-Winslow is also the

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Speaker and Moderator Biographies." National Research Council. 2002. Countering Terrorism: Lessons Learned from Natural and Technological Disasters. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10414.
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Director of San José’s Metropolitan Medical Task Force, a terrorism response unit that includes police, fire, emergency services, and medical personnel. She is a certified trainer in five of the DoD “Weapons of Mass Destruction/Nuclear, Biological, Chemical” courses, and co-creator of the “Terrorism Awareness for Public Employees” course. She has written two chapters and co-authored a third in the “Terrorism” section of the Handbook of Crisis and Disaster Management. She participated in the Hoover Institution’s Biological Terrorism Conference, and has contributed a chapter to their conference proceedings, The New Terror. Her article on “Dealing with the Media in the Midst of Terrorism” is on the Harvard/Kennedy School of Government website.

Hansen, Jon – Mr. Hansen was the Assistant Fire Chief of the Oklahoma City Fire Department at the time of the Alfred P. Murrah Building bombing in Oklahoma City, OK. He had Incident Commander responsibilities in addition to his role as spokesperson. He was also heavily involved when the F5 tornado with the fastest ever recorded wind speeds (in excess of 300 mph) devastated central Oklahoma in May 1999. Currently, Mr. Hansen is general manager of ATC – American LaFrance for a multi-state area and a consultant for FEMA, reporting to Director Joe Allbaugh, where he works on such special projects as assisting the FDNY at Ground Zero soon after 9-11-01.

Harrald, Jack – Dr. Harrald is the Director of the Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management (ICDRM) and a Professor of Engineering Management at George Washington University. His research interests include risk assessment, risk management, crisis management, maritime safety, aviadon safety and emergency response systems. He is a co-author of Implementing an Effective Response Management System.

Hess, Charles – Mr. Hess has been detailed to FEMA as Director of the Response Division, Response & Recovery Directorate. In this position he establishes doctrine, procedures, systems, and organization structure to respond effectively to natural disasters and terrorist events using the Federal Response Plan as the template for consequence management of all hazards. Prior to February of this year he was assigned as Chief of the Operations Division in the Civil Works Directorate at the Headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since 1997. In this position Mr. Hess oversaw the national program for Operations and Maintenance of Navigation, Hydropower, Natural Resources and Recreation infrastructure, as well as, the Civil Emergency Management and Regulatory missions of the Corps. His career with the Corps spans 30 plus years, beginning in the New York District in 1969.

Iwan, Wilfred – Dr. Iwan is a Professor of Applied Mechanics and Director of the Earthquake Engineering Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. A noted earthquake engineer, he chaired the Board on Natural Disasters (BOND), and BOND's Committee on Hazards Mitigation Engineering (CHME). He also has served or chaired various other NRC committees, including the Committee on Natural Disasters and the Committee on Earthquake Engineering.

Jackson, Marianne – Ms. Jackson is a member of FEMA’s 25-person national leadership team. Assigned to the FEMA Region II office in New York City, she is deployed to head disaster operations in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as in other parts of the nation. As Federal Coordinating Officer, Ms. Jackson works in partnership with the affected state and local government to deliver disaster assistance in accordance with the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Assistance Act. Since joining FEMA in 1981, Ms. Jackson has served on more than 50 federally declared disasters. On the World Trade Center disaster, Ms. Jackson served as the Chief of Staff to the Federal Coordinating Officer for three months and is currently the Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer.

LaPorte, Peter – Mr. LaPorte was appointed in August 1999 to serve as Director of the Emergency Management Agency for the city of Washington, DC. He administers the city's comprehensive emergency response plan, which includes coordinating emergency services, training emergency

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Speaker and Moderator Biographies." National Research Council. 2002. Countering Terrorism: Lessons Learned from Natural and Technological Disasters. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10414.
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personnel, and informing the public of impending emergencies. From April to August 1999, Mr. LaPorte served as Chief of Staff with the city's Metropolitan Police Department. Previously, he was the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, where he coordinated disaster preparedness, mitigation, and response and recovery for the state. During his tenure he managed several presidential declared disasters including the largest flood and the second largest snowfall in Massachusetts’s history. Prior to entering the emergency management profession, Mr. LaPorte was a senior police official in Boston and New York City.

Leatherman, Stephen – Dr. Leatherman is the Director and a Professor of the International Hurricane Center at Florida International University where he specializes in oceanography and stratigraphy-sedimentation. His research interests include storm impacts on beaches, storm surge mapping, beach erosion, and sea-level rise impacts. He recently was Director of the Laboratory of Coastal Research at the University of Maryland. Dr. Leatherman is the foremost authority on beach quality and coastal erosion studies, and recently he chaired a FEMA-funded study conducted by the Heinz Center on coastal erosion. He has written over 100 journal articles and has authored 13 books.

Lindell, Michael – Dr. Lindell is the Director of the Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center (HRRC) at Texas A&M University. He has conducted research on emergency preparedness and response for a wide range of natural and technological hazards, and he has provided technical assistance on radiological emergency preparedness for the International Atomic Energy Agency, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy, and nuclear utilities. In addition, he has worked on hazardous materials emergency preparedness with State Emergency Response Commissions, Local Emergency Planning Committees, and chemical companies. Professor Lindell recently served as a Visiting Scientist for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and currently he directs HRRC staff performing hurricane hazard analysis and evacuation planning for the Texas Gulf coast. He has made over 120 presentations before scientific societies and short courses for emergency planners, as well as being an invited participant in workshops on risk communication and emergency management in this country and abroad. He has written extensively on emergency management and is the author of over 60 technical reports, 60 journal articles and book chapters, and 5 books/monographs.

Little, Richard – Mr. Little is Director of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE) of the National Research Council (NRC) where he develops and directs a program of studies in building and infrastructure research and maintains outreach and liaison with federal agencies, the legislative branch, and affiliated organizations. He currently is managing the activities of an expert committee charged with the review and assessment of physical approaches, research needs, and technology transfer strategies to improve the performance of buildings and facilities from the effects of terrorist bombings and other hostile activities. He has directed NRC study activities, participated in workshops and panels, written several papers dealing with blast-effects mitigation and critical infrastructure protection, and co-edited The Use of Underground Facilities for the Protection of Critical Infrastructure. Mr. Little has over thirty years experience in planning, management, and policy development relating to public facilities.

Mitchell, Ken – Dr. Mitchell was born in Northern Ireland and received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Chicago. Since joining the Rutgers University faculty in 1970 he has specialized in hazards research and is author of more than 100 professional publications including Crucibles of Hazard: Megacities and Disasters in Transition (United Nations University Press, 1999) and The Long Road to Recovery: Community Responses to Industrial Disaster (United Nations University Press, 1996). He has served on hazard-related committees of the National Research Council and chaired the Councilís ad hoc committee on the International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction as well as the U.S. Scientific Committee on

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Speaker and Moderator Biographies." National Research Council. 2002. Countering Terrorism: Lessons Learned from Natural and Technological Disasters. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10414.
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the Outer Continental Shelf. He founded the Hazards Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, the International Geographical Unionís Study Group on the Disaster Vulnerability of Megacities and the international journals Global Environmental Change and Environmental Hazards.

Myers, Mary Fran – Ms. Myers is the co-director of the Natural Hazards Research and Applications and Information Center at the University of Colorado - Boulder where she has also been a project manager since 1988. The center serves as a national clearinghouse for research data and information dealing with the social, political, economic, and behavioral aspects of natural disasters and programs to reduce damage from them. Prior to working at the center, Myers worked in the state water resource agencies of both Illinois and North Dakota, and she helped coordinate the National Flood Insurance Program in those states. She was appointed by Governor Romer to serve on the Colorado Natural Hazards Mitigation Council's Executive Committee in 1991.

Nishenko, Stuart – Dr. Nishenko is the Senior Seismologist in the Geosciences Department of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in San Francisco and the current American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) / American Lifeline Alliance (ALA) FEMA Fellow. From 1996 to 2001, he was the Resident Seismologist in the Mitigation Directorate of FEMA in Washington DC where he managed national and international projects, including the ALA, the FEMA 366-HAZUS99 Estimated Annualized Earthquake Losses for the United States study, the US-Japan High Level Forum on Earthquake Policy, and the Forum on Risk Management and Assessments of Natural Disasters. Additionally, Dr Nishenko was a contributing author to Disasters by Design, A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States. As a research scientist with the US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado, from 1985 to 1995, he developed probabilistic earthquake hazard assessments throughout the United States and the circum-Pacific region.

Noji, Eric – Dr. Noji is the Senior Medical Officer and liaison to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention for the White House Office of Homeland Security. Additionally, he is the Associate Director of the Office of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response for the CDC in Atlanta. Dr. Noji has published widely about the medical and health response to natural, biological, and technological disasters including humanitarian emergencies and terrorism.

Penn, Mark – Mr. Penn is the Director of Emergency Management for the county of Arlington, Virginia.

Platt, Rutherford – Dr. Platt is a Professor of Geography and Planning Law at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Chair of the Natural Disasters Roundtable. He has served on other NRC committees including the Committee on Flood Insurance Studies, the Committee on Water Resources Research Review, the Committee on a Levee Policy for the National Flood Insurance Program, the Committee on Managing Coastal Erosion, and the Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Management Plan. He also has chaired the NRC Committees on Options to Preserve the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin, and he is a current member of the Water Science and Technology Board. Dr. Platt recently authored, Disasters and Democracy: The Politics of Extreme Natural Events.

Quarantelli, Henry – Dr. Quarantelli is a Research Professor and the Founding Director of the Disaster Research Center, the world's oldest center devoted to the social scientific study of disasters, their causes, and their impacts, at the University of Delaware. His current research foci include future social trends in disasters and catastrophes; the computer revolution and its effects on disaster planning and disaster research; anti-social behavior in crises; theoretical problems of conceptualizing disasters; historical evolution of civil protection, emergency management and disaster planning organizations; and methodological problems in field research. His research

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Speaker and Moderator Biographies." National Research Council. 2002. Countering Terrorism: Lessons Learned from Natural and Technological Disasters. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10414.
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interests are collective behavior, social movements and social change, mass communication, field research methodology, complex organizations, and sociology of science. Dr. Quarantelli is the author or editor of 27 books and monographs, as well as author of 92 chapters in books, 105 articles and 106 other publications on disaster topics.

Rotanz, Richard – Captain Richard (Richie) Rotanz of the New York City Fire Department is presently assigned to the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) as Deputy Director of Planning and Research. He is currently directing NYC’s planning initiatives in areas such as the NYC Emergency Operations Plan that incorporates chem/bio-terrorism preparedness, which has established capabilities such as the Syndromic Surveillance and Point of Dispensing, Business & Government Continuity, and Coastal Storm preparedness. Moreover, after New York City’s Emergency Operation Center (EOC) in the World Trade Center was destroyed on September 11th, Rotanz played a principal role in re-establishing and running it. During his 30 years in the fire service, of which 23 years he’s been a member of the New York City Fire Department, Rotanz has faced down all manner of disasters, experience that served him well as a co-designer of the developing Masters Degree Program for Emergency Management at John Jay College.

Shoaf, Kim – Dr. Shoaf is the Research Director of the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA School of Public Health. Her research interests include disaster impacts on physical injuries, agency utilization in disasters, international health, public health impact of disasters, program planning and evaluation, and health in the Latino community.

Slovic, Paul – Dr. Slovic, a Founder and President of Decision Research in Eugene, Oregon and Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon, studies human judgment, decision making, and risk analysis. He and his colleagues worldwide have developed methods to describe risk perceptions and measure their impacts on individuals, industry, and society. He publishes extensively and serves as a consultant to companies and government agencies. Dr. Slovic is a past President of the Society for Risk Analysis.

Sorensen, John – Dr. Sorensen is a senior research staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Director of the Emergency Management Center. His research has focused on emergency planning and the impacts of hazard and risk on human systems. He is lead author of The Impacts of Hazardous Technology: The Psycho-Social Effects of Restarting TMI-1. Additionally, he has written extensively on public response to emergency warnings, protective action planning, and individual and organizational behavior in disasters. He has led many projects related to emergency and crisis management for the DOD, FEMA, EPA, NRC, and DOE.

Stratton, Sam – Dr. Stratton is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA. Additionally, he serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, and he is the Medical Director for the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency. Dr. Stratton also lectures on disaster and bioterrorism topics at the UCLA School of Public Health. His research interests include disaster medical response, emergency medical systems, and qualitative study methods.

Sylves, Richard – Dr. Sylves is a Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in environmental, energy, and disaster policy, public policy, and public budgeting. His research interests include disaster, environmental, and energy policy. He has authored and co-authored many publications including the two books, Disaster Management in the United States and Canada: Politics, Policy, Administration, Study and Instruction of Emergency Management and Cities and Disaster: North American Studies in Emergency Management.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Speaker and Moderator Biographies." National Research Council. 2002. Countering Terrorism: Lessons Learned from Natural and Technological Disasters. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10414.
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Tierney, Kathleen – Dr. Tierney is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice and co-director of the Disaster Research Center, the world's oldest center devoted to the social scientific study of disasters, their causes, and their impacts, at the University of Delaware. Her research focuses on the sociological aspects of hazards and disasters and on collective behavior and social movements. Her most recent projects have concentrated mainly on the ways in which disasters affect private sector organizations and on the political economy of risk. Her recent publications include Disasters, Collective Behavior, and Social Organization (co-edited with Russell Dynes), a book chapter describing how businesses were affected by the 1993 Midwest Floods in Disaster Management in the US and Canada, and an analysis of collective behavior during the 1992 Los Angeles riots in The Los Angeles Riots: Lessons for the Urban Future. She recently co-authored a book entitled Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States.

Waugh, Jr., William – Dr. Waugh is Professor of Public Administration, Urban Studies, and Political Science in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. His research focuses on the design of disaster policies and hazard reduction programs and on the coordination of multi-organizational, intergovernmental operations. He is the author of Living with Hazards, Dealing with Disasters (2000), Terrorism and Emergency Management (1990), and International Terrorism (1982); coauthor of State and Local Tax Policies (1995); and coeditor of Disaster Management in the US and Canada (1996), Cities and Disaster (1990), and Handbook of Emergency Management (1990). Additionally, Dr. Waugh is the author of over 100 articles, chapters, and reports, and he is the coeditor of the Review of Policy Research. He has been a consultant to public, nonprofit, and private organizations ranging from FEMA to the City of Atlanta to Solidarity trade union. He serves on the board of directors of the Family Assistance Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps airlines deal with aviation disasters, and as academic advisor to Regional Science Institute, an international environmental analysis firm based in Japan.

Weiss, Don – Dr. Weiss is a Medical Epidemiologist with the Communicable Disease Program of the New York City Department of Health. He received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, completed a residency in pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center and a masters of public health in epidemiology from St. Louis University. Before joining the New York City Department of Health in June of 2000 he was with the St. Louis City Department of Health and taught epidemiology at St. Louis University School of Public Health.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Speaker and Moderator Biographies." National Research Council. 2002. Countering Terrorism: Lessons Learned from Natural and Technological Disasters. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10414.
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Countering Terrorism is the summary of The Natural Disasters Roundtable Forum on Countering Terrorism, held at The National Academies in Washington, D. C. on February 28 – March 1, 2002.This event promoted a two-way process of knowledge exchange. In one direction, representatives of the hazard research community discussed lessons from past disasters that may help inform efforts to respond to and recover from acts of terrorism. In the other direction, key personnel who responded to the September 11 events, and to the anthrax bioterrorism that followed, helped to define new research needs applicable to terrorism.

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