Susanna Schmitt Williams, Mpa, Efo, Fsedi Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

Global

As Wolfspeed’s Global Emergency Response Training Manager, I lead the organization’s efforts toward a comprehensive, standardized emergency response training program for our Emergency Response Teams at facilities around the world.•Develop and deliver initial and continuing education programs in support of Wolfspeed’s hazardous materials, medical response, and emergency operations programs.•Collaborate with local emergency response managers, individual team contributors and enterprise stakeholders to assess training needs and identify training solutions.•Maintain training records for Emergency Response Team members and track compliance with training standards. -Successful Launch of Records Management Software •Support emergency response operations globally on an as-needed basis.•Establish team goals and evaluate key performance indicators for process improvement.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Lead a team of emergency response professionals in HazMat, Medical, Fire, and other emergencies on campus. Responsible for development, delivery, and management of training for all Emergency Response Team members at all US sites (Durham, NC; Marcy, NY; Mesa, AZ; Fayetteville, AR; Morgan Hill, CA).Emergency Response policy development and review.Emergency Response After Action review and documentation.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Duties and Responsibilities:-Leadership/Board and Committee Liaison-Program Planning and Management-Human Resources/Staff Management-Financial Planning and Management

Carrboro, North Carolina

Serve as Fire-Rescue Department Director reporting directly to the town manager. High level leadership of the department in administration and operations (emergency planning and response). Collaborate with town departments, local groups, neighboring municipalities, and community stakeholders to drive achievement of shared municipal strategic goals and objectives. Restructured department staffing and practices.Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager / Risk Manager-Responsible for the safety of 36 personnel, 32,000 citizens in 19 square miles - 100% decrease in fire fatalities, zero lives lost in 2016-2019, 50% decrease in workplace injury workloss time.-Leveraged data cascading through training objectives to drive time to critical actions on scene, decreasing fire loss of buildings from 13.87% to 3.48%. -Improved compliance with industry best practices, NC Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Division, and Public Protection Class standards and regulations from 80% to 100%. Director/Leadership/Continuous Process Improvements-Drove strategic vision through analysis, improvement, control, and communication achieving 100% compliance with performance measurements.-Executed enhancements to data collection to improve root cause problem solving facilitating the ability to rapidly and effectively respond to incidents (response times and time to critical actions on scene) minimizing the impact on communities.Fiscal Management/Budget Manager-Responsible for $3MM budget, policy development, personnel development and management.-Analyzed fiscal and logistics management, developed greater efficiencies - vital fleet and equipment out of service time decreased 76%, maintenance costs decreased by 22%, less waste of supplies.Human Resources Manager-Restructured recruitment and hiring practices with sustainable programs to increase diversity by 19%, initiative critical to employment objectives.

Jacksonville, North Carolina Area

Organizational development of the department and the city’s future leaders (interdisciplinary departments). Led the recruitment and hiring for career and volunteer personnel. Member of city safety committee. Division Director/Leadership-Drove strategic vision through analysis, improvement, control, and communication achieving 100% compliance with training goals, exceeding 90% performance measurement.Environmental, Health and Safety Manager / Risk Manager-Designed and implemented methods of dispatch and emergency response procedures. Enhanced response times, decreased errors in location, and boosted overall service delivery. -Maintained 100% of training compliance with industry best practices, NC Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Division, and Public Protection Class standards and regulations.-Monitored 100% of workplace accidents and injuries, identified trends and collaborated on the development of interventions.-Achieved 100% compliance with training objectives, decreasing time to critical actions on scene resulting in reduced impact of the incident on victims.

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

Oversaw the recruitment, training, and recognition of volunteer members. Team evolution through development of policies to facilitate operational alignment and consolidation of volunteer departments with the county department; retained 67% of volunteers through consolidation. Furthered program development through grant writing and building community-wide support for key initiatives. Human Resources Manager-Provided opportunities to personnel for supplemental education as part of key succession planning; resulted in 90% of hiring coming from volunteer personnel (retention of institutional knowledge).-Restructured recruitment and hiring practices with sustainable programs to increase diversity by 23%, initiative critical to employment objectives.

Oak Island, Nc

Chapel Hill, Nc

Led the administrative team and oversaw department budget of $6MM. Responsible for the organization’s outward facing communications, data analysis, logistics, and technology research. Communicated data analysis to executive staff for decision making. Reviewed, evaluated, and approved purchases to maintain the operability of equipment, facilities, and fleet. Served as project manager for the renovation of headquarters that included redesign for enhanced safety, security, and workflow. Responsible for department workplace injury documentation and reporting. Risk Manager-Redesign of headquarters reduced reaction time by 25% (time notified of incident to travel time). Fiscal Management/Budget Manager-Consistently managed, analyzed spending, and executed fiscal control measures to come in at or below annual adopted budgets (personnel, operations, capital improvement).

Masters Of Public Administration, Fire Service Administration, 4.0

Executive Fire Officer Program

Year 1 - Executive Development Year 2 - Executive Analysis of Community Risk Reduction Year 3 - Executive Analysis of Fire Service.

Fire Service Executive Development Institute - Cohort 2, Fire Services Administration

http://www.iafc.org/fsedi

Bachelor Of Science In Education, Early Childhood/Elementary Education, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Multiple scholarships

Bachelor Of Arts, College Prep, 98

Activities and Societies: Cheerleading (Captain), Chamber Orchestra, Marching BandCHS is the only highschool in the US to confer Bachelor.

Certificate

Study of racism in its institutional and structural forms; historical, cultural, and structural analysis of racism.