Everything Happened in 2005: What’s the Global Impact on Our Profession
Posted by jremondini on July 12th, 2006
This session was recorded live at the Continuity Insights Management Conference, Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at the Sheraton New Orleans.
The speaker is John Copenhaver, CEO of the Disaster Recovery Institute International. John’s presentation will discuss how the year 2005 was a year that shaped the future of our profession. This session focuses on issues involved in responding to catastrophic natural disasters and the questions generated by the responses to the events that were seen by the rest of the world.
John Copenhaver, Chairman and CEO, Disaster Recovery Institute International, Inc.
- Former Chairman and CEO, Contingency Management Group
- Provided on-scene assistance to the governments of El Salvador and Peru after 2001 earthquakes
- Provided on-scene assistance to the City of New York in the 9/11 response and recovery efforts
- Regional Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Region IV
- Appointed by President Clinton to head largest FEMA regional office in 1997
- Directed Federal government response to 58 Presidentially-declared disasters
- Chairman of the Atlanta Federal Executive Board, 2000-2001
- Senior Advisor, IBM International Crisis Response Team
- Director of Business Continuity Services, BellSouth Business Systems
- Appointed Principal, Council for Excellence in Government, February 2002
- Appointed to serve a 3 year term on the University of Georgia School of Law Board of Visitors
More information about DRI International can be found at http://www.drii.org/.