Panels
Chaired and Public Speeches
In July 2005, I
participated in the Natural Hazards Workshop held on the
campus of University of Colorado, Boulder. There I
moderated a panel entitled, "Revision of the National
Response Plan." My duties involved summarizing the panel in
written form for the proceedings publication of the
workshop.
In July 2001, I attended the Natural Hazards Workshop held
on the campus of University of Colorado, Boulder. There I
served as "recorder" for a panel entitled, "An Update on
the Congressional Natural Hazards Caucus." My duties
involved summarizing the panel in written form for the
proceedings publication of the workshop.
I am a board member of the ASPA Section on Emergency
Management. I am a member of the ASPA Section on Natural
Resources and Environmental Adm., a member of APSA's
sections on Public Policy, Public Administration, and in
Science & Technology sections, among others.
On December 2, 2001, I was one of 10 people invited to NAS
to help plan a Counter-terrorism Forum on lessons learned
from natural disaster research. The planning meeting took
place in DC, December 18, 2001 (self-funded travel). My
write up of the meeting is in the research packet submitted
with this letter. The Counter-terrorism Forum itself took
place February 28 and March 1, 2002 at NAS headquarters in
Washington. Many Bush administration officials attended,
including several from the Homeland Security Office. I
moderated two panels on March 1 regarding capacity building
at the state and local level. I gave a 20-minute
presentation on the subject as well.
In early June 2001, the National Academy of Science (one of
three professional groups directing the work of the
National Research Council) invited me to make a
presentation on the Bush/Cheney Energy Report and its
linkage to natural disasters. I successfully delivered that
speech at their symposium on June 14. Since then, I have
supplied them a full extract of my speech and they have
asked me to review the book manuscript they are preparing
on the subject.
I served as a peer reviewer for the National Science
Foundation. We met at NSF headquarters in Arlington, VA.
The review was done for the Information Technology
division's "E-Government" program office. Roundtable
discussion participant and panel moderator, National
Academy of Science, Natural Disaster Roundtable, “The
National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program.” I also
participated in the symposium, I wrote up a transcription
of the event, and I was invited to provide an editorial
critique of the report published from the symposium.
February 2003.
Presentation,
"Presidential Disaster Declarations and Human Impacts of
Disaster," Workshop on Second Assessment of the IPCC and
Human Impacts," Aspen Global Change Institute, Aug. 6-14,
1998.
Panel Chaired,
"The Economics and Budgeting of Disaster," Natural Hazards
Workshop, Hazards Research Center, University of Colorado,
July 12, 1998.
Panel Chaired, "Disaster Mitigation for the 21st Century,"
American Society for Public Administration national
conference, Seattle, WA., May 9-13, 1998.
Paper, "A Theory of Presidential Disaster Declaration
Politics and Administration," Natural Hazards Workshop and
Symposium, Natural Hazards Research and Applications
Center, University of Colorado, July 8, 1996.
Featured Interview for Bill Kurtis Productions, Arts &
Entertainment Network, "Investigative Reports - Disasters:
America's Stormy Dilemma," broadcast within 1-hour program
aired nationally September 29 and 30, 1995. [Phil O'Connor
Producer].
Chair, "Federal, State, and Local Emergency Management
Reforms," National Conference, American Society for Public
Administration, San Antonio, Texas, July 25, 1995.
Sponsored Guest Speaker, "FEMA Region X State Director's
Meeting," Anchorage, Alaska, July 6-7, 1995.
Invited Participant and Commentator, "U.S. Natural Hazards
Symposium, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., March 15,
1995.
Keynote Speaker, Annual Meeting of the National Emergency
Management Association, Baltimore, Maryland, October 3,
1994.
Panel Chair, “Intergovernmental Partnerships and Area
Planning for Disaster,” American Society for Public
Administration, Kansas City, Missouri, July 25, 1994.
Speech before Marine Policy Seminar, "Disaster Studies and
Their Relevance in the Study of Marine Policy," for
University of Delaware Marine Studies College, September
20, 1994.
Testimony, "FEMA Reform," Hearing of the U.S. Senate
Governmental Affairs Committee," [Now in print by GPOI
Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., 18 May 1993.
On-air News Interview, "Twin Towers Disaster and NYC
Emergency Management," WHYY TV-12 Public Television News,
5:30 p.m., 3 March 1993.
Chair, "Management of Water-Related Emergencies in the
Mid-Atlantic Region," Region IV Conference of the American
Society for Public Administration, Harrisburg, Penn., 5-7
October 1988.
Chair, "Cities and Disaster Preparedness," American Society
for Public Administration national conference, 27 March-1
April 1988.
Keynote Speaker, New York State Emergency Management Office
Planning Conference, Rensselaer Institute Training Center,
Rensselaerville, N.Y., 22-26 September 1986. (Contact
person, Richard Hershkowitz).
Speech, Spring 1986 Environmental Engineering Seminar
Series presentation, "Federal Preparedness for Hazardous
and Toxic Waste Disaster , 25 April 1986.
Chair, "The Politics and Policy of Presidential Disaster
Declarations," American Society for Public Administration
annual conference, Anaheim, Calif., 13-16 April 1986.
Speech, Univ. of Delaware Science, Society, and Sandwiches
speaker on, "H-Bomb development and the issue of morality
and ethics in government advisement by scientists,"
approximately 150 people attended, 25 September 1984.
Speech, Science and Culture Seminar presentation
"Evacuation Planning Since Three Mile Island: Political
Protest and Regulatory Prolixity," 4 May 1983.
Chair, "Urban Development Policy," Northeastern Political
Science Association annual conference, Gateway Hilton,
Newark, N.J., 8-10 November 1979.
Discussant, "Federalism and Change," Northeastern Political
Science Association annual conference, Gateway Hilton,
Newark, N.J., 8-10 November 1979.
Chair, "State-Local Initiatives in U.S. Energy Policy,"
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, III., 19-21
April 1979.
Chair, "Theories of Political-Administrative Linkage,"
Western Social Science Association convention, Denver,
Colorado, 21-23 April 1977.
Chair, "Theories of Environmental Policy-Making: A Conflict
of Perspectives and Cases," Southern Political Science
Association 48th meeting, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Georgia,
4-6 November 1976.