Leah Kahn, Cem Email & Phone Number

Portsmouth, Virginia

Supported the preparedness, training, and exercising efforts of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.As the NNPP Liaison Center of Excellence, I coordinated cooperative efforts to strengthen the Liaison Branch across all NNPP sites globally. Under my leadership, we held the first Liaison Summit, gathering Liaison Officers, Subject Matter Experts, and Training Coordinators to discuss corporate issues, concerns, and best practices. I led the first revision of the Liaison SOP.As the Outreach Coordinator for NNSY, I coordinated all visits and engagements between Civil Authorities and the NNPP. This included hosting 50 visiting Civil Authorities to observe a full-scale exercise at NNSY.I also provided and coordinated training events. I provided training on Crisis Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) to leaders at NNSY and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. I coordinated a G191 training for emergency response leaders at the shipyard.Furthermore, I oversaw the updates of all corporate SOPs and worked to ensure uniformity across all updated documents.

While working at ISC, I assisted on a number of client projects, including but not limited to Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (THIRA), Hazard Mitigation Plans, and exercises. I also helped to develop web-based tools, including the Hazard Vulnerability Assessment (HVA) tool, available through ISC's online platform, Odysseus. I also supported ISC's social media presence.

New Orleans, La

Developed and taught a Continuity Course for Organizations and Small Businesses. The first course was in spring 2014 and included the option for one-on-one follow up sessions for Evacuteer Partners.I also served on the Executive Leadership Committee for Evacuteer, which was created to provide leadership and manpower for the organization's efforts.

New Orleans, La

Assisted with the development of Tulane's first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC); coordinated with outside collaborators, researched media and scholarly journals, assisted with various needs as they arose.

Santa Barbara, California Area

Update and improve Westmont's emergency plans, Assisted in the development of FrameworkEd (a program to assist institutes of higher education maintain their emergency plans and stay current with constantly changing emergency standards), Lead for Westmont's continuity of operations planning (COOP), Developed the We*Ready program to encourage employee preparedness, Monitor for situations that may affect Westmont, Assist in developing relationships on Westmont's behalf with the Emergency Management community, Responded to Hurricane Isaac by deploying with the Red Cross

Santa Barbara, California Area

Assist professors in various manners: copy, fax, scan, organize, type papers & letters, assist in departmental projects

Santa Barbara, California

Co-led a group of 9 members in planning, innovating and executing events with a $90k budget

Santa Cruz, Ca

Assist customers to find products, rung up sales at the cash register, worked as a team to provide customer service.I worked for O'Neills during the summer months I was home from college:May 2007 - August 2007May 2008 - August 2008May 2009 - August 2009

Santa Barbara, California

Co-managed the two largest events of the year, attended by 600-800 students with budgets up to $40,000Volunteered after the Tea Fire destroyed parts of Westmont’s campus and Montecito, CA

Masters Of Science, Disaster Resilience Leadership

The Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy is “dedicated to the systematic strengthening of global humanitarian leadership, a process that.

Bachelor Of Arts, Sociology

Activities and Societies: Westmont Activities Council (WAC) Co-Director 2010-2011 Westmont Activities Council (WAC) Member 2008 - 2009

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