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Florida, United States

Culpeper, Virginia, Us

From senior-level to deck-plate level consultant and business development support for global clients in private industry and at all levels of government in all mission areas of Emergency Management. Type I Position-Specific NIMS ICS Instructor/Evaluator, Course Designer, Curriculum development, Exercise design and delivery professional, Preparedness Specialist, current member of Federal Government and Energy Industry Incident Management Teams (IMT); provides training and mentorship to other members of these global teams.

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

Responsible for safe and efficient operation of three cargo terminals, two intermodal rail terminals and a cruise ship terminal along the St. Johns River; servicing over 1700 ships annually, facilitates daily trains and supports 21 tenant facilities. Directs three departments: Vessel Planning, Facilities Maintenance and Crane/Equipment Maintenance with a total of 72 employees. Maintains property, cargo cranes, vehicle fleet, buildings, facilities and equipment assets. Executes annual operating budget of $7 million. Operates Florida’s only Strategic Seaport for U.S. military cargo (and one of only seventeen across the U.S.), participating in several military cargo transfer operations annually.

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

Assists County-wide Emergency Management program in all mission areas of emergency management, including prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation programs. Provides consultative assistance to local agencies on emergency management activities. Coordinates exercise planning to determine the preparedness, continuity of operations, response and recovery of county resources in a coordinated emergency response. Conducts the maintenance of the county's Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS). Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) and supports Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) efforts. Disseminates information on emergency protective actions. Responds to emergency incidents as required during on and off duty periods. Assists with maintaining the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in a state of readiness.

Washington, Dc, Us

Response policy advisor to Deputy Commandant of Operations and program manager responsible for establishing, developing, and implementing all-hazards incident management strategy and doctrine to meet Coast Guard responsibilities in incident preparedness and response. Deputy Continuity Coordinator for USCG HQ; attended quarterly DHS Continuity coordination meetings.. Set Coast Guard-wide policy for contingency planning process, continuity of operations, major exercises, lessons learned and corrective actions programs. Directly supervises 27 people, distributes bi-weekly newsletter to 1000 employees. Manages $6.5M for Coast Guard-wide national exercise program (prioritizes and funds over 500 exercises/year), training requirements (FEMA certifications, CG schools and NIMS ICS courses/curriculum) and research and development (R&D). During national emergencies, acts as senior liaison officer to FEMA HQ at National Response Coordination Center, coordinates Coast Guard response with interagency partners.

Us

Chosen to represent 176 senior military and inter-agency professionals, plus 32 international military officers at most prodigious finishing school for national security and strategic level decision-makers. Directed use of student funds ($70K), greeted/thanked 60+ guest speakers, regularly met with faculty, gave speeches and chaired meetings. The National War College mission is to prepare future leaders for high-level policy, command, and staff responsibilities by conducting a senior-level course of study in national security strategy and policy. Traveled to Ethiopia for one week, met with Minister of Foreign Affairs, U.S. Ambassadors and other senior leaders in development of final thesis project.

Washington, Dc, Us

Directed maritime safety and security missions throughout Western Gulf of Mexico to include riverine Southwest border with Mexico. Oversaw daily operations of Coast Guard helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, cutters and boats. Responsible for 300 personnel and four divisions: Command Center, Law Enforcement, Oil/Hazmat Response and Intelligence. Executed Coast Guard authorities: Search and Rescue Coordinator, Captain of the Port, Federal On-Scene Coordinator and Federal Maritime Security Coordinator. As Chief of Staff for DHS Interagency Regional Coordinating Mechanism executed daily synchronization of local, state and federal air/sea/land patrols for efficient/effective border security/law enforcement operations.

Washington, Dc, Us

Lead interlocutor for global maritime law enforcement, counter illicit trafficking, & migrant interdiction at sea operations. Supported strategy & policy between USCG, Department of State & US Government (USG) interagency. As the “National Competent Authority” for USG under United Nations 1988 Drug Convention Article 17, handled numerous approaches to and with foreign government officials in support of maritime drug interdiction cases. Delegated “Certification Authority” by Secretary of State to deliver essential evidence to Department of Justice for prosecution of drug cases under Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act. As an INL Program Officer; directly managed large budget in foreign assistance for Caribbean countries to improve law enforcement capacity. Spearheaded new DoS foreign assistance program; built strategies w/ contingencies as program officer for Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) with INL funds for l3 countries; built flexible, bilateral & regional, rule of law, maritime law enforcement capacity building programs to tackle the citizen safety & justice reform in region. Secured scarce resources, DoS influence and inter-agency commitment to expand USCG-staffed Technical Assist Field Team (TAFT) to facilitate increase in maritime capacity of our Caribbean and Central American partner nations through engagement, training and technical assistance.

Washington, Dc, Us

As Unit Commander, responsible for 80 personnel, six 25’ Response Boats, trucks, trailers and $1.3 million budget. Missions include Ports, Waterways and Coastal Security, Search and Rescue (SAR) and large scale disaster response. MSSTs were created under the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) 2002, in direct response to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and are a part of the Department of Homeland Security's layered strategy directed at protecting our seaports and waterways. MSSTs provide waterborne and shore side anti-terrorism force protection for strategic shipping, high interest vessels and critical infrastructure. MSSTs are a quick response force capable of rapid, nationwide deployment via air, ground or sea transportation in response to changing threat conditions and evolving Maritime Homeland Security (MHS) mission requirements. Conducted 45 multi-week deployments to protect US ports during planned security events such as the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Fleet Weeks, and on eight U.S. Presidential protection details. In September 2008, deployed to Houston, TX ahead of Hurricane IKE with an advanced team. Then, post-landfall, directed 120 personnel with twelve 25’ Response Boats to conduct safety, law enforcement and security missions from Lake Charles, LA to Houston, TX. Worked in the multi-agency Incident Command Post as a Group Supervisor and as Operations Branch Director during response and recovery operations. See professional contribution below.Immediately after the 7.3 magnitude earthquake in January 2010, deployed to Port-au-Prince, Haiti for relief efforts as a Planning Section Chief for the DHS Haiti Integrated Response Team which included a FEMA National Incident Management Team (33 personnel), a Coast Guard tactical security team (10 personnel) and two senior DHS officials. See professional contribution below.

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

USCG Assistant School Chief - Contingency Preparedness School, Lead Instructor. Taught USCG doctrine for military planning, incident response planning, exercise planning in various resident courses. Students were junior and senior officers in leadership roles within the US Coast Guard.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Marine Sciences

Master Of Science (Ms), Jpme Ii, Military National Resource Strategy And Policy

Seminar Xxi Program, Foreign Politics, Int'L Relations & The Nat'L Interest

Master Of Arts (Ma), Jpme I, National Security Policy Studies