Tom Hunt Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• As a contractor for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, facilitates regular engagement opportunities with more than 400 stakeholders across the State of Texas; provides emergency planning technical assistance to local jurisdictions; and serves as an Exercise Director for at least three exercises annually in alignment with Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program guidelines. • Subject matter expert on emergency management and public health preparedness. Maintains more than 20 emergency plans for Texas jurisdictions and provides at least 30 trainings a year on homeland security and counterterrorism topics. • Supported the development of the Key Planning Factors and Considerations for Response to a Biological Incident for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Morrisville, Nc

• Assigned to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Pacific Area Office to update the Hawaii Catastrophic Hurricane Scenario Annex, responsible for ensuring close coordination between staff and stakeholders, conducting research and analysis to support deliverables preparation, and facilitating work groups throughout the duration of the project.• Managed more than 70 meetings to gather planning information from various subject matter experts. Ensured quality control on deliverables per statement of work and Quality Assurance Plan. Led the public health and medical components of the plan update, including the development of a pre-landfall push package and comprehensive needs assessment to define resource requirements.

Honolulu, Hi

• As supervisor for the Hawaii State Department of Health Planning Section, managed three Planning Section Staff, oversaw a $535,000 budget under the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement, and was responsible for all aspects of agency planning and exercise. • Enhanced the Hawaii Strategic National Stockpile Program, improving Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Technical Assistance Review scores by an average of 8% statewide from 2012 to 2013. • Directed the Hawaii State Department of Health’s Continuity of Operations Program for 26 divisions with more than 6,000 total personnel.

Austin, Tx

• Served as a public health emergency planner to monitor and evaluate grant activities within local health departments. Responsible for drafting policies, plans, and procedures to operationalize agency roles and responsibilities in responding to disasters and public health emergencies.• Designed a hazard risk assessment tool to collect jurisdiction-specific risk data for all 254 Texas counties. • In 2010 and 2011, developed State of Texas Biological Terrorism Response Plan, State of Texas Medical Countermeasures Plan, and Hawaii Medical Countermeasures Plan.

College Station, Tx

• Responsible for collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data for a variety of research studies and evaluations. • Implemented pandemic influenza training to enhance the core competencies of public health professionals statewide.

Master Of Public Health, Health Policy And Management

Activities and Societies: Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, American Public Health Association

Fellow, Epidemiology

NIH R25 Award

Bachelor Of Science, Biology

Activities and Societies: Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honors Society