Leadership Appointees 6/12/2025

Posted byDr. Arthur J. SimentalPosted inUncategorized

Good morning everyone!

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

Introducing:

Board of Governors

Meredith Austin, RADM USCG, (Ret.) and Allen Lewis, CEM

Special Advisor to the Board of Governors

Steven Kuhr

Executive Council Member:

COL(Ret) Larry Porter, Ph.D., CEM, TQC

Senate Leadership

Jamie Guathier, Ph.D.

Chair, Council of University’s, Research Institutes, & Centers

Congressional Leadership

Joseph Leonard, Jr. CEM, CGEMC, NEMEA, MEP, MCP, (CDR, USCG, ret.)

Chair of the EM-Major Incident Review Board

We are actively recruiting for 50 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 on the USEDMC website under events!

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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