The Firestorm Expert Council is an advisory group made up of specialists from various disciplines, professions and industries. The Expert Council is designed to bring subject matter knowledge and expertise to Firestorm and its clients. The members of the Expert Council lend credibility and skills to the work which Firestorm performs, both through their direct involvement and the weight of their reputations.
Firestorm, along with the country, mourns the passing at his home in Hanover, New Hampshire, of one of our original Expert Council members, C. Everett Koop. Dr. Koop was 96.
Dr. Koop was the 13th Surgeon General of the United States, from 1981 to 1989 during the Reagan administration and the early months of the administration of George H.W. Bush.
"Dr. Koop will be remembered for his colossal contributions to the health and well-being of patients and communities in the U.S. and around the world," said a statement released by Chip Souba, dean of the Geisel School of Medicine and Joseph O'Donnell, senior scholar at the C. Everett Koop Institute. "As one of our country's greatest surgeons general, he effectively promoted health and the prevention of disease, thereby improving millions of lives in our nation and across the globe."
He is best remembered for his official 1986 report on AIDS – a plain-spoken 36-page document that talked about the way AIDS spread (through sex, needles and blood), the ways it did not spread (through casual contact in homes, schools and workplaces) and how people could protect themselves. > Read more and view his Speech for the Every Crisis is a Human Crisis Syposium
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| Expert Speakers, Custom Webinars, Keynote Addresses |
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| Melissa Agnes | Social Media Crisis Management |
| Rosemary C. Baggish, M.Ed., MPH | Special Education, Public Health Administration |
| Bob Ballagh, CPP | Security Risk Mitigation |
| S. David Bernstein, Psy.D | Clinical Forensic Psychologist |
| Peter H. Bickford | Insurance/Reinsurance Counselor and Arbitrator |
| James E. (Jim) Blair | Risk management, Governance and Compliance |
| Robert E. Boyle | Former Executive Director, Port Authority of New York |
| Stephen F. Browne, Ph.D. | Strategic technological planning for local, state and federal emergency communications |
| Wallace P. Buran | Strategic Planning, Supply Chain Transformation |
| Gary L. Cagle | Field Medical Response and Planning |
| John P. Campi | Activity Based Management Expert, Author |
| Robert Cox, M.D. | Infectious disease, professional speaker on subject |
| Tony L. Corwin | Government relations, legislation, strategic planning |
| Stephen O. Cunnion, M.D., Ph.D, MPH | Infectious Disease and Environmental Investigation |
| Gary G. Daemer | Management and Technology Security Consultant |
| Rocco "Rocky" DelMonaco | Senior Security Expert, Universities, DHS, US Secret Service |
| Paul DeSanctis CBCP | Business Continuity Consultant |
| Ralph Diner, Ph.D, M.S.C.P | Psychopharmacology |
| Jeffrey Dino, Ed.D | Lieutenant, Mahwah Police Department; NIMS and ICS Certified |
| Michael DiTomasso, Ph.D | Clinical Evaluation and Testing |
| Donald A. Donahue, Jr., DHEd, MBA, FACHE | Healthcare Administration, Medical Readiness, Bioterrorism, Homeland Security |
| David F. Drab, CISSP | Enterprise Security Professional |
| Warren Edwards | Community Resiliency |
| Gerard J. Ferri | Television/Marketing |
| Richard Fritz | Global agricultural consultant specializing in meat and poultry |
| Ann D. Gaffey, RN, MSN, CPHRM, FASHRM | Works with professionals responsible for risk management and patient safety education initiatives |
| Joel Gelb | Technology Management and Consulting |
| Dodie Gill, M.Ed, MS, LPC, LSATP, CEAP | Designs and implements Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) Disaster Preparedness |
| Evelyn Godwin, MS, RN | Clinical nursing, home health services, education, health policy, and advocacy |
| Carolyn Greco | Corporate Outplacement, Executive and Management Rescue, Pre-Employment/Background Screening |
| Michael Greger, MD | Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture Humane Society of the United States |
| Andrew M. Gruler, LISW-CP, CATSM, BCETS | Clinical Director of SCLEAP, Former Special Agent - United States Secret Service |
| Jack P. Healey | Fraud Education and Prevention, Supply Chain Complexity |
| Dennis K. (Denny) Hamilton | Global emergency management consultant - United Nations, international organizations |
| Judi Nardella Hershman | Crisis and Reputation Management Consultant |
| R. Hutchins Hodgson, Jr. | International Marketing Executive, franchise expertise |
| Russel L. Honoré, LTG USA (Retired) | Building a Culture of Preparedness |
| Jerry Hudspeth | Senior Strategist, Financial Risk Management |
| Yftah Kaluski | Senior Security/Anti-Terrorism Strategist |
| Bill R. Kennedy | Healthcare consultant |
| B. Scott Kessler, Ph.D., P.E., ASNT Level | Engineering consultant - expertise in root cause failure analysis and design |
| Al Kirkpatrick CISM, CISSP | Chief Information Risk and Security Officer |
| Edward M. Levy | Senior Corporate Security Expert - Thomson Reuters, Citi, Pfizer |
| Hilda Ann Manuel | Native American Affairs and Legal Compliance |
| Pietro (Peter) D. Marghella, DHSc., MSc., MA, CEM, FACCP | Catastrophic Incident Response Planning - Medical and Public Health |
| Ron Martz | Media Relations Consultant, Pulitzer Prize nominee |
| Karen Masullo | Social Media Crisis Strategies, Monitoring & Risk |
| John Jay Matchulat, Esq. | Labor Law Attorney |
| Carolyn L. Mears, Ph.D | Advisor and lecturer on crisis preparedness and recovery in schools and communities |
| John Nicoletti, Ph.D., ABPP | School and Workplace Violence Prevention and Response Expert, Author |
| John Ninness | Corporate business and safety management consultant |
| Elizabeth Nichols, Ph.D | Security Metrics |
| Mahdi Obeidi, CPRE, Ph.D | Scientist; nanotechnology, nuclear terrorism |
| Jill Olen | Former City of San Diego Chief of Homeland Security/Public Safety |
| Thomas F. Parks, III | Training in leadership, generation Y, weapons, tactics and crisis management |
| Gary Patterson, CPA | Keynote Speaker, Corporate Governance, Compliance, ERM, M&A |
| John P. "Pat " Philbin, Ph.D., PMP, APR | Executive-level expertise to federal and private sector clients |
| Ann S. Pickren | Senior Business Continuity and Preparedness Advisor |
| John Plodinec, Ph.D. | Community Resiliency |
| Stan Polit | Crisis Management and Merged Media |
| Dr. Kelly Posner | Leading international expert in the areas of suicide and depression, is the founder and Principal Investigator of the Center for Suicide Risk Assessment at Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute |
| Grant Rampy | Former Fox News Correspondent, PR, Media, Broadcasting |
| Jonathan Richmond, Ph.D. | Biosafety-virology, laboratory and animal biosafety, laboratory design. |
| Jeffrey C. “Jeff” Robertson | Crisis communication, maritime and border security, incident management, media and government relations, and business development |
| Jay N. Rosenblatt, B.A., LLB | Board of Directors, Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness |
| Ann SanCartier | Employee Crisis Care Planning Expert |
| David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D | 16th Surgeon General of the United States |
| Robert B. Shapiro | Legal advisor, Insurance |
| Terry Sinclair |
Maritime and Aviation Operations |
| Neca C. Smith, Ed.S., LPC, CAMS | Licensed Professional Counselor (GA), National Certified Counselor, Certified Anger Management Specialist and Certified Professional in Managing Workplace Conflict. |
| Samuel D. Smith | Banking Consultant - President of Pinales Consulting, LLC of Evergreen, Colorado |
| Linda Spencer, MPH, Ph.D. | Director of Public Health Nursing Masters Program, Emory University |
| William Spernow, CISSP, CISM, CEH, PMP, CHSIII | Information Security Consultant |
| W. James Squire III, C |
Certified Franchise Executive - President and CEO of Franchise Marketing Advisors, LLC |
| John St. Genis | Retired senior operating executive - Panasonic, NEC, Pioneer, Raytheon E-Systems |
| Steve Timmons, Ph.D | Crisis psychology, crisis communications, crisis response & management, reputational risk mitigation, and emergency medical planning |
| Anyck Turgeon | Global Security (chemical safety, IT security and privacy, corporate/physical protection, fraud & governance/risk/compliance) and Executive Business Management Expert |
| Paige Valdiserri, ME.d, LPC, NCC, BCETS | Behavioral Health, Risk Assessment, Policy and Procedures |
| Eugene J. Vasile | Education, Retired Superintendent of Schools |
| Vincent Butch Wardlaw | Risk and Crisis Communications, Media, Leadership Training |
| Stanley Weinrich, Ph.D, MBA, CBCP, CPIM | Business Continuity, Supply Chain Resiliency Consultant |
| Michael W. Wewers | Former Special Agent with US Customs Service, Anti-Terrorism, CERT |
| Phillip Wexler | Professional Speaker, Author & Film Personality |
| General Richard Wilmot | Nation building, government policy and procedures, creating strategic alliances, international business techniques, counter-terrorism, international security, crisis management |
