IDCE Announces the 2013 Event Executive Committee (EEC)

The primary responsibility of the IDCE Event Executive Committee (EEC) is to ensure the conference program presented at IDCE exceeds industry expectations and standards, while addressing the needs and concerns of the numerous industry practices and specialties presented at IDCE.   IDCE could not be more excited about the members of the 2013 EEC!

The 2013 EEC represents numerous segments throughout the Homeland Security / Emergency Preparedness / Business Continuity & Resiliency disciplines and other strategic disciplines affecting disaster preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation.  This team includes public and private sector leadership as well as academia.  The professionals assembled to lead IDCE2013 represent the brightest minds and sharpest talent the industry has ever produced.  As such, the 2013 conference is poised to not only exceed expectations, but deliver to industry professionals content that is relevant, insightful, educational, in demand, and simply unequaled.

What are the responsibilities of the EEC?  The committee reviews conference scheduling to ensure the schedule presented is the most attractive, convenient and accessible schedule for industry professionals to attend.  As such, the EEC works to identify and select the Key Note and General Session speakers, reviews the number of general sessions and breakout / educational sessions available, assists in determining the theme of each event, works to keep IDCE programming on target, reviews speaker / abstract submissions for conference content, and generally advises show management where needed to ensure the program presented is most beneficial to all attendees.

The most important role the EEC plays for IDCE is the assistance with conference content.  They EEC ensures the speakers and panelist selected to participate in IDCE represent the industry’s top subject matter experts, presenting content considered most relevant to current events and pressing industry concerns.  The committee also reviews and approves IDCE industry affiliations, assists with securing industry partnerships with leading associations and organizations, reviews and selects all members of the International Affiliate Council, and is the final selection committee for IDCE award recipients and recognition programs.

The IDCE2013 EEC:

• EEC Chairman: Gov. Tom Ridge, CEO – Ridge Global
• EEC Co-Chairman: Kevin Davis, Executive Director - Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
• Pat Santos: Deputy Director - Homeland Security, Emergency Management & Interoperability - Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
• Lt. Col. Jerry Sneed: Deputy Mayor of Public Safety – City of New Orleans / Director – New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
• Joseph “Joey” Booth: Executive Director - LSU Stephenson Disaster Management Institute
• Marc Glasser, MS, CORE, CEM, CPP, FABCHS: CEO, Resilience Management, LLC
• Mark Cooper: Senior Director, Emergency Management – Wal-Mart
• Chris Furlow: Principal-Public Sector – Ridge Global
• Duncan Campbell: Managing Director, Operations – Ridge Global
• Jocelyn M. Gamble: Director of Client Management – Ridge Global
• Tres Hurst: Executive Director, Integrated Services - Cotton Global Disaster Solutions
• Randall Thompson: Executive Vice President, Integrated Services Division - Cotton Global Disaster Solutions
• Bonnie Canal: Managing Partner - The Resiliency Institute; Corporate Board Member - Association of Contingency Planners
• Ramesh Kolluru: Executive Director, National Incident Management Systems and Technology Institute at University of Louisiana-Lafayette
• Ky Luu: Founding Member and Executive Director of the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy at Tulane University
• Tim Hemphill: Vice President, Sales & Marketing - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
• Jimmy Mouton: Director, International Disaster Conference & Expo