Lorraine Schneider, Cem Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

• Work hand-in-hand with the CEO to develop and pivot strategy, set company governance standards and support implementing company strategies into daily operations.• Lead and oversee all staff.• Manage the operations of clients and projects, ensuring timely and budget-conscious delivery of quality products and services.• Optimize processes relating to project execution and efficiencies, developing and implementing strategies, procedures, and business plans to enhance company growth.• Serve as subject-matter expert or project manager on client projects.

The Resiliency Initiative is a consulting company focused on crisis management and business continuity planning. We help private, nonprofit and public sector entities prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural, technological, and man-made hazards. Our diverse client portfolio includes global franchises, financial institutions, nonprofits, Native American tribes, county jurisdictions, and more.Served in the ED role before being elevated to a C-Suite role as the company grew in size.

• Drive EMGI's mission to make the emergency management profession more visible and accessible. • Currently in deep thinking phase to identify the most pressing issues our profession faces, sustainable pathways for problem-solving, and greater collaboration beyond traditional emergency management. • Spearhead a FEMA-funded research project: “Current State of DEI in the Emergency Management Workforce: A Mixed-Method Approach.”• Empowered a team of twenty practitioners based across three continents to develop and lead initiatives addressing structural challenges the EM profession faces by targeting three main audiences: emergency managers, leaders, and the general public.• Initiatives were aimed at, among other, innovating current practices, making the field more diverse, equitable and inclusive, and facilitating entry into the workforce for aspiring emergency managers.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Corporate Global Crisis Management• Maintained readiness for natural, technological, and man-made disasters impacting any Company site globally. • Planned and facilitated exercises for business segments across the enterprise (e.g., National Geographic Partners, Walt Disney Attractions Japan, Global Security, etc.). • Conducted family assistance planning and training development.• Developed creative employee preparedness programming (e.g., a Q&A panel with Nat Geo's Rebuilding Paradise doc).

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

UCLA Office of Emergency Management• Created from the ground up and managed a robust emergency preparedness and response training program serving 85,000 staff, faculty and students.• Built a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program that evolved to over 300 members in less than 3 years. • Revived a defunct Warden Program that grew to over 1,000 members in over 100 buildings.• Served as the Planning & Intelligence Section Chief during Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activations.• Administered the Everbridge Mass Notification System (BruinAlert).

Los Angeles, California, Us

Consultant for the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD)• Drafted hazard and vulnerability assessments.• Created earthquake preparedness resources for all 28 school campuses.

Los Angeles, California, Us

• Completed group research on the fuel and transportation sectors in correlation with supply chain resilience. Produced and synthesized a white paper and presentations to give to the FEMA Technical Assistance Team, Argonne National Laboratory and Cal OES.• Prepared talking points and presentations for the General Manager to present at the Mayor's weekly Public Safety Meeting.• Assisted in the development of a Senior Leaders Seminar & Table Top Exercise with the Department of Defense on the Defense Support of Civil Authorities during Fleet Week. • Reviewed the City's Terrorism Prevention & Protection Annex. • Researched domestic violence and its correlation with disasters.• Identified and promoted sustainability projects across L.A. with the Assistant General Manager. Closely collaborated with USC Sea Grant, The Los Angeles Research Collaborative (LARC) and other research, public and private institutions to make the city more resilient to the growing impacts of climate change. • Optimized EOC check-in & check-out procedures.

Washington, Dc, Us

U.S. Embassy Paris, Consular Section

Arlington, Va, Us

Master Of Science, International Strategy And Diplomacy

Certificate Degree, Emergency Management & Homeland Security

Bachelor’S Degree, North American Studies

Political Science