Instruction
National
Conference Participation and Other Professional
Service
Offices
Held
National Public
Service position, appointed to National Academy of Science,
Natural Disasters Roundtable, 2 year term beginning 9/02.
Steering
Committee Meeting and Recorder Work, Feb 19, 2003. National
Academy of Science, Natural Disasters Roundtable,
Washington, D.C.
National
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program workshop. Recorder
Work, Feb 20, 2003. National Academy of Science, Natural
Disasters Roundtable, Washington, D.C.
Steering
Committee Meeting and Recorder Work, June 12, 2003.
National Academy of Science, Natural Disasters Roundtable,
Washington, D.C.
The
Future Emergency Manager workshop participation and
Recorder Work, June 13, 2003. National Academy of Science,
Natural Disasters Roundtable, Washington, D.C.
Steering
Committee Meeting and Recorder Work, Oct. 21, 2003.
National Academy of Science, Natural Disasters Roundtable,
Washington, D.C.
The
Earth Observation System workshop and Recorder Work, Oct.
22, 2003. National Academy of Science, Natural Disasters
Roundtable, Washington, D.C. My report becomes co-authored
summary of the workshop published by National Academy of
Science.
Invited
speaker and group facilitator for Workshop on Emergency
Management in the Homeland Security Environment. Sponsored
by George Washington University and the National Science
Foundation, Nov. 19-20, 2003.
Editorial
Board Journal of Emergency Management
Editorial
Board member for State & Local Government Review
Editorial Board
member for Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency
Management
Editorial
Board member for Policy Studies Review and Review of Policy
Research.
American
Political Science Association annual convention, speaker at
pre-conference half-day (1-5) workshop on “Disaster Policy
and Politics: Strategies for Research and Teaching,” Prof.
George Busenberg, chair, September 2, 2002.
Current
Treasurer, 1987-present, and former elected Chair 1988-89
of the Section on Emergency Management, American Society
for Public Administration, April 1988-89. Appointed
Treasurer 1987-88 and 1989-present.
Program Organizing Committee for the American Society for
Public Administration's 1998 conference in Seattle, WA.
Program Organizing Committee for the American Society for
Public Administration's 1992 conference in Chicago, Ill.,
1990-91.
Newsletter Editor/Publisher, Emergency
Management Dispatch, a quarterly
publication created by Sylves in June 1984 and in
continuous publication. In July 1986 Dispatch
became the
official newsletter of the Section on Emergency Management
created within ASPA at that time. Dispatch
is
totally supported from dues payments of the section's 350+
members.
Program Organizing Committee for the American Society for
Public Administration's 1988 conference in Portland,
Oregon, 1987-88.
Chair-elect, Section on Emergency Management, American
Society for Public Administration, April 1987-88 and Chair
1988-89.
Co-Founder and Organizer with Prof William Petak, American
Society for Public Administration Section on Emergency
Management, Washington, D.C., 18 July 1986.
Finance Committee, American Society for Public
Administration, April 1985-87.
Organizing Member, Science and Technology Policy Committee,
American Political Science Association, 1985 to present.