First slate of the Board of Governors & IMTA Partnership Announcement

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Board of Governors 2025


I’m excited to announce the first slate of the Board of Governors for the United States Emergency & Disaster Management Congress has been appointed and sworn-in!

Introducing:
President – Arthur J. Simental, DM-ABD, M.S., CEM
Vice President of the Senate – Tanya Corbin
Vice President of the Congress – Randal Collins, Ed.D., CEM
Treasurer – Ginny Katz, MPH
Secretary & Parliamentarian – Dr. Tina (Markowski) Bynum
Private Sector Council Chief – Todd Manns
Strategic Partnerships – Tom Sivak, CEM
Strategy & Governance – Todd Thayer De Voe, MPA, CEM®

Board of Governors – Special Advisors
Jessica Jensen
Jennifer Carlson, Ph.D., CEM®, LCSW
Christa López, PhD, CEM

You can find the links to the Board of Governors Bio’s on the U.S.E&DMC website here:
https://lnkd.in/duCMPEMh

We are actively recruiting for 52 leadership positions to be filled across the Disaster Congress and will be reaching out over the next few weeks to follow up.

The next Disaster Congress meeting will on July 17th at 5 PDT/ 6pm MDT / 7pm CDT / 8pm EDT and will be open to all interested members and those who have signed up on the Disaster Congress website. We will be sharing a ton of updates including the launch of our official membership platform & sign-up. We will also be introducing the Board and our next wave of leadership appointees! You can find the Zoom meeting info on the website and it will also be posted here under events!

I’m also thrilled to announce that the Incident Management Teams Association (IMTA) has officially joined the U.S. E&DMC! Thank you to #IMTA and we look forward to collaborating and partnering with IMTA as we build the future of EmergencyManagement and advance the profession!

Thank you everyone for the amazing support. I can’t wait to work with you all 🙂

Published by Dr. Arthur J. Simental

Certified Emergency Manager, Adjunct Instructor, Disaster Researcher, Former CDC Public Health Advisor, Homeland Security Enterprise Futurist, Author, Disaster Wargaming Creator & Systems Scientist. IAEM-CEM / CO-CEM Mr. Simental has over fifteen years of service in Government, Homeland Security & Emergency Management and Emergency Services. Serving across all levels of government (local-federal), private & non-profit sectors in homeland security, emergency mgmt., healthcare & public health emergency preparedness, space & defense, security, education, & critical infrastructure. Mr. Simental is also a homeland security researcher, published author, Threat Liaison Officer, a Member of FEMA’s Science, Technology and Integration Special Interest Group, Certified Emergency Manager - International Association of Emergency Managers / CO-CEM and many others.

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