James W. Satterfield: President/COO

James (Jim) W. Satterfield is the President/COO of Firestorm. Satterfield has experience as President, CEO, and COO of various pub­lic and private companies in business continuity, communications, crisis management, environmental, insurance, reinsurance, risk management, and technology. Jim has extensive expertise in the identification of vulnerabilities and risks along with solution design.

Jim is a nationally recognized expert in the field of preparedness and crisis management. Jim has led in the development of national standards for pollu­tion prevention, risk management, and environmental due dili­gence. He has spoken to hundreds of groups on risk management, crisis management, governance, and disaster planning

Mr. Satterfield has extensive public and private company experience in the identification of problems and designing solutions. He has been President, CEO, and COO of various public and private companies in insurance, reinsurance, technology, communications, and environmental fields.

Jim led the Firestorm team that provided the crisis and media management support at Virginia Tech in response to the shootings. He is currently leading a national focus on the failure of disaster plans, the role of schools in protecting their students, and the impact of disaster discrimination.

Jim has led in the development of national standards for pollution prevention, risk management, and environmental due diligence. He has spoken to hundreds of groups on risk management, governance and disaster planning.

Jim is co-author of Disaster Ready People For A Disaster Ready America. He and Harry Rhulen, CEO of Firestorm, will publish two additional books this year: The Pandemic Scam—Why Plan?, on pandemic planning, and Luck is Not a Strategic Plan, on the governance requirements for planning.  <<