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Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Moderators
Pages 115-130

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From page 115...
... Anderson was a senior leader at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, devel­ oping the Military Health System's capacity and capabilities in global health engagement. As Director of International Health, he led the Medical Stability Operations Working Group and the Global Health Engagement Working Group, identifying gaps in U.S.
From page 116...
... Prior to mobilization for the Global War on Terror, Dr. Anderson was Chief of Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care at two major regional hospitals, and was EMS Medical Director for city, county, and Navajo Reservation jurisdictions, as well as Indian Health Service chief flight medical officer for the Navajo Reservation.
From page 117...
... Alejandro J Beutel, M.P.P., is a researcher for Countering Violent Extrem­ ism at the National Consortium for START.
From page 118...
... Michael Downing, LinCT, PNGEP, SMIP PERF, is the Commanding Of­ ficer, Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau where he leads five operational divisions: Major Crimes, Emergency Services, Metropolitan, Air Support, and Emergency Operations; dealing with intelligence, inves­ tigations, tactical response, and emergency preparedness. Deputy Chief Downing is also Chair of the Executive Board of the Los Angeles Joint Regional Intelligence Center and Vice Chair of the DOJ Criminal Intel­ ligence Coordinating Council.
From page 119...
... Ms. Farooq's areas of expertise include countering violent extremism, Muslim community engagement, and grass-roots community development.
From page 120...
... and an associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of Minnesota. He serves as the associate medical director for Hennepin County emergency medical services and medical director for emergency preparedness at HCMC.
From page 121...
... Specialized in public health emergency preparedness, global health, communication science, program evaluation, and social and behavioral sciences, Ms. Lin's work has centered around the assessment of emergency risk communications, public health systems' emergency preparedness capabilities and capacity, needs for vul­ nerable and at-risk populations, and assessment of population's knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP)
From page 122...
... : Lessons Learned from the Global Effort to Counter Violent Extremism and Preventing Violent Extremism in Burkina Faso: Toward National Resilience Amid Regional Insecurity (with Augustin Loada)
From page 123...
... Saeed was a senior policy advisor at DHS, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, where he devel­ oped and coordinated activities relating to countering violent extremism. Prior to joining DHS, Mr.
From page 124...
... in Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement with a minor in Business Administration Human Resources Management at California State University Long Beach. She completed her M.A in Negotiation and Conflict Management at California State University Dominguez Hills, where she is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor and teaches in the Negotiations and Peace Building Program graduate program.
From page 125...
... He studied and worked in local West Yorkshire Muslim communities for 6 months, includ­ ing the suburbs of Beeston, where the "7/7 London bombers" resided. He has worked with the U.S.
From page 126...
... Jihad Turk, M.A., the president of Bayan Claremont Islamic Graduate School and former Imam and director of Religious Affairs at the Islamic Center of Southern California, has dedicated the past decade to improving the relations between the Muslim community and other faith traditions in Southern California. Having been born to a Muslim-Palestinian father and a Christian-American mother in Phoenix, Arizona, Mr.
From page 127...
... Stevan Weine, M.D., is a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, where he is also the director of the Inter­ national Center on Responses to Catastrophes and the director of Global Health Research Training at the Center for Global Health. For 25 years he has been conducting research both with refugees and migrants in the United States and in postconflict countries, focused on mental health, health, and countering violent extremism.
From page 128...
... BCHD is an agency with a $130 million an­ nual budget and 1,000 employees that aims to promote health and improve well-being through education, policy/advocacy, and direct service delivery. BCHD's wide-ranging responsibilities include maternal and child health, youth wellness, school health, senior services, animal control, restaurant inspections, emergency preparedness, sexually transmitted infection/HIV treatment, and acute and chronic disease prevention.
From page 129...
... His research has focused on understanding and improving practical management of ethical issues in medicine and public health. He has led projects on a wide variety of issues related to ethics and professionalism, including public health and disaster ethics; under­ tanding and measuring the ethical climate of health s care organizations and systems; ethics and quality improvement; commu­ nication, team-based care and engaging patients as members of the team; defining physician professionalism; medicine and the Holocaust (with the U.S.
From page 130...
... He has current board certifications in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, and he cares for patients at the University of Colorado Hospital.


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