EDUCATION

•     Bachelor of Science, Communications - Northern Arizona University 1991
•     Northwest Public Health Leadership Institute – University of Washington 2007 -2008
•     Executive Masters in Public Administration - Portland State University – Thesis complete, two papers remain

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE COURSES

  • IS 00001 Emergency Program Manager
  • IS 15.b Special Events Contingency Planning for Public Safety Agencies
  • ICS 100 Introduction to Incident Command System
  • IS 139 Exercise Design
  • ICS 200 ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
  • IS 230.a Fundamentals of Emergency Management
  • IS 235 Emergency Planning
  • IS 240 Leadership and Influence
  • IS 241.a Decision Making and Problem Solving
  • IS 242.a Effective Communication
  • IS 244.a Developing and Managing Volunteers
  • IS 250 Emergency Support Function 15; External Affairs
  • IS 275 EOC Management and Operations
  • IS 393.a Hazard Mitigation
  • IS 634 Introduction to FEMA’s Public Assistance Program
  • IS 700.a National Incident Management System
  • IS 701.a NIMS Multi agency Coordination System (MACS)
  • IS 702.a National Incident Management System (NIMS) Public Information Systems
  • IS 703.a NIMS Resource Management
  • IS-704 NIMS Communications and Information Management
  • IS 800.a National Response Plan/Framework

ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK

  • Multi Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools
  • NIMS ICS All Hazards Public Information Officer
  • L-952 All Hazard Public Information Officer
  • Public Information in a WMD/Terrorism Incident
  • JIS/JIC/PIO Team Training
  • Crisis Communications Forum
  • CDC Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication by Leaders for Leaders
  • CDC Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Pandemic Influenza
  • Law Enforcement Media Relations
  • Marketing Fire Protection in Your Community
  • All Hazards Emergency Response
  • Standardized Awareness Authorized Training Program
  • Enhanced Threat and Risk Assessment
  • Exercise Design and Evaluation Course, Oregon Emergency Management
  • S-330 Task Force Leader All Hazard Approach
  • MGT 366 Legal Issues and Disasters
  • ICS 300 Intermediate Incident Command
  • ICS 400 Advanced Incident Command
  • ICS 401 Multi-Agency Coordination
  • ICS 420-1 Common Responsibilities
  • E – 74 Non-Structural Seismic Mitigation
  • Earthquake Mitigation for Schools
  • P 767 Earthquake Mitigation for Hospitals
  • Continuity of Operations Train the Trainer
  • Hospital Decontamination Training
  • Community Emergency Response Team Train the Trainer
  • EOC Management Inter-jurisdiction Coordination
  • Risk Management, Gordon Graham
  • Ethics in Public Life
  • Basic Skills 1 and 2, Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Northwest Leadership Seminar – 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
  • DUII Multidisciplinary Impaired Driving Prevention
  • Child Passenger Safety Level 1, Safety Seat Installer Training
  • Firewise Communities Workshop
  • Injury Prevention Education Training
  • Task Force Leader Special Operations
  • Program Evaluation
  • Basic Fire Investigation
  • Fire Cause Determination
  • Social Determinants of Health, Solving Problems in Partnership
  • Manufactured Dwelling Installation, Oregon Building Codes Division
  • Performing Commercial Fire Inspections
  • Basic Code Course
  • High Piled Combustible Storage
  • Increasing the Credibility of the Code Official
  • Fire Protection Systems
  • Solving Means of Egress Problems
  • Oregon Code Amendment

CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT COURSES

  • Virginia Tech Terror – Tragic Lessons for All of Us
  • Managing Emotions Under Pressure
  • Trauma Intervention Program and Emotional First Aid Training
  • Bullet Proof Mind, Preparing for Combat
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation:
  • Specialized Training in the Field of Emergency Services
  • Line of Duty Death: Preparing the Best for the Worst
  • Responding to School Crisis: An Integrated Multi-Component Crisis Intervention Approach
  • Families and CISM: Developing a Comprehensive Program
  • Terrorism: Psychological Impact and Interventions
  • Suicide Prevention/Intervention and Postvention
  • Certificate for Specialized Training in the field of Emergency Services
  • Stress Management for the Trauma Provider
  • Critical Incident Stress Management – Interventions for:
    • Individual and Peer Crisis Intervention
    • Group Crisis Intervention
    • Advanced Crisis Intervention

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Certified Emergency Manager since 
  • All Hazards Type III Incident Management
  • National Fire Protection Association Public Information Officer
  • National Type III Incident Information Officer/All Hazard Public Information Officer
  • Oregon Certified Emergency Management Specialist
  • Basic Applied Practices Series, Oregon Emergency Management
  • Professional Development Series, Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • International Center for Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Basic Disaster Life Support
  • Emergency Medical Technician – Basic
  • Advanced Burn Life Support, American Burn Association
  • International Code Council, Fire Inspector 2 
  • Fire and Life Safety Awareness I and II, Office of State Fire Marshal
  • Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist, Office of State Fire Marshal
  • Oregon Fire Instructors Association, Fire Instructor I
  • National Type II Wildland Firefighter
  • CPR and First Aid Instructor, Medic First Aid International
  • BLS Instructor, American Safety and Health Institute
Department of Public Safety and Standards Training
  • Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations
  • First Responder Operations
  • Public Fire/Life Safety Educator III
  • Public Education Specialist I and II
  • Public Education Officer I
  • Instructor I
  • National Fire Protection Association Instructor I

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • City of Milwaukie, Outstanding Service Recognition - 2012
  • City of Happy Valley, Outstanding Service Recognition - 2012
  • Oregon Trail School District, Partnership Award – 2009
  • Optimists - Outstanding Individual Contributions to the Betterment of Community - 2007
  • Oregon Department of Human Services, Community Service Medal - Outstanding commitment to the non-patient care aspects of a community's EMS System – 2006
  • Oregon Code Committee, Appreciation of participation - 2004
  • Sandy Fire District - Outstanding Service – 2002, 2003, 2004

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS

•     Urban Area Security Initiative – Public Information Officers Working Group
•     National Public Information Officers Association
•     Public Relations Society of America
•     International Association for Public Participation
•     Oregon Emergency Management Association
•     National Emergency Management Association
•     Community Organizations Active in Disaster - former member
•     Citizen Corps Council
•     International Critical Incident Stress Management Foundation
•     International Code Council - former member
•     Metro Area Injury Prevention Professionals - former member
•     Clackamas County Safe Kids Coalition - former member
•     Safe Communities - former member
•     Fire Prevention Cooperative - former member
•     Youth Service Team - former member
•     Metro Area Fire Marshals - former member
•     Injury Creation Artists 
•     Oregon Public Policy Committee - former member