Kate Griffith, President  

 Qualifications:

• Seventeen years' experience in emergency management at the city, county and state level and in non profit agencies
• Public health and emergency management experience
• Masters degree in public administration

Relevant Experience:

• EOC Manager during 1993 Los Angeles riots, 1994 Northridge earthquake, and 1996 Oregon floods
• Wrote all-hazard disaster plans including response, recoveyr, mass fatality, vulnerable populations, health care surge capacity
• Managed Salvation Army Cascade Division donated goods operation for Nicaraguan earthquake
• Direct experience working in police, fire, health departments

Specialized Projects:

Four-County UASI Region, Oregon

• Researched and wrote regional plan for four local governments to identify and address emergency needs of vulnerable individuals 

City of Seattle

• Facilitated and documented development of Seattle's Disaster Recovery plan

Medical Examiner's Office, Clark County, Washington 

• Wrote Mass Fatality plan

Coalition of Community Health Clinics, Oregon HRSA Region 1

• Guided safety net clinics in development of customized facility emergency plans
• Designed and facilitated emergency exercises
• Conducted earthquake preparedness training for staff, vulunteers, boards of directors

Regional Public Health, Clark County, Washington 

• Designed regional public health Emergency Operations Center
• Co-wrote Clark County health department Disaster Response and Recovery plan
• Wrote Region IV Strategic National Stockpile plan
• Wrote SARS facilities plan
• Co-designed and conducted department-wide earthquake drill

Salvation Army Divisional Headquarters, Portland, Oregon 

• Wrote Disaster Response and Recovery plan
• Designed and conducted EOC (Emergency Operations Center) exercise
• Wrote donated goods annex to disaster plan, churches emergency plans

Washington County Oregon 

• Designed re-organized EOC (Emergency Operations Center) 
• Conducted ICS (Incident Command System) training
• Created employee disaster planning team
• EOC Manager during 1995 windstorms and 1996 floods

Shin Etsu SEH America, Vancouver, Washington 

• Wrote evacuation plan, aircraft incident annex for business recovery plan
• Enhanced product distribution section of disaster response plan

City of Inglewood, California 

• EOC Manager for Los Angeles riots, Northridge earthquake
• Wrote city's Disaster Response and Recovery plan
• Wrote Civil Disturbance Emergency Response plan
• Conducted training - ICS, business continuity of operations, home and neighborhood disaster preparedness