Expert Council Members
| Rosemary C. Baggish, M.Ed., MPH | Special Education, Public Health Administration |
| Geoffrey Berlin, Ph.D. | Fire Safety, Risk Assessment, Decision Support |
| S. David Bernstein, Psy. | 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
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| Wallace Buran | Strategic Planning, Supply Chain Transformation |
| Joni S. Charme | National Security Attorney, Disaster Preparedness and Response Advisor |
| Robert Cox, M.D. | Infectious disease, professional speaker on subject |
| Tony L. Corwin | Government relations, legislation, strategic planning |
| Stephen Owen Cunnion, M.D., Ph.D, MPH | Infectious Disease and Environmental Investigation |
| Paul DeSanctis CBCP | Business Continuity Consultant |
| Ralph Diner, Ph.D, M.S.C.P | Psychopharmacology |
| Donald A. Donahue | Healthcare administration, Medical Readiness, Bioterrorism, Homeland Security |
| John Enright |
Retired Special Agent, US Secret Service
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| Richard Fritz |
Global agricultural consultant specializing in meat and poultry |
| Dodie Gill, M.Ed, MS, LPC, LSATP, CEAP | Designs and implements Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) Disaster Preparedness |
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Clinical Director of SCLEAP,
Former Special Agent - United States Secret Service |
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| Dennis K. (Denny) Hamilton |
Global emergency management consultant - United Nations and other international organizations
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| 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 |
| 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 | Vice President , Chief Information Risk Officer |
| C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D. | 13th Surgeon General of the United States |
| Pietro (Peter) D. Marghella, CEM, FACCP | Catastrophic Incident Response Planning - Medical and Public Health |
| Carolyn L. Mears, Ph.D | Advisor and lecturer on crisis preparedness and recovery in schools and communities |
| John Ninness | Corporate business and safety management consultant |
| John P. "Pat" Philbin, Ph.D, APR | Crisis Communications, Media Relations, Strategic Planning |
| Jonathan Richmond, Ph.D. | Biosafety -virology, laboratory and animal biosafety, laboratory design. |
| Marcie Roth |
Director and CEO of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA) Advocate for the preparedness needs of the disabled. |
| David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D | 16th Surgeon General of the United States |
| Robert B. Shapiro | Legal advisor, Insurance |
| William Spernow | Information Technology Security Investigator |
| John St. Genis | Retired senior operating executive - Panasonic, NEC, Pioneer, Raytheon E-Systems |
| Philip E. Stieg, M.D. Ph.D | Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center |
| 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 |
| Michael W. Wewers | Former Special Agent with US Customs Service, Anti-Terriorism, CERT |







