Committee Chair
Jerica Shackelford
DiversityandEquity@iaem.com

Committee Vice Chairs

Board Liaison
Cathy Clark, MS
IAEM-USA President
USAPresident@iaem.com

Staff Liaison 
Chelsea Steadman, chelsea@iaem.com

IAEM-USA members interested in participating in this committee should email the committee staff liaison and tell them how you can contribute to or learn from this committee's important work.

Purpose Statement

To provide effective and useful information to IAEM members at all levels regarding research and trends on diversity and inclusion that can improve the delivery of concepts, communications and services to different populations.

New Members

The IAEM-USA Diversity Committee welcomes new members from the emergency management community, private sector and educational institutions.

Committee Meetings

The committee meets via Team on the last Friday of the month, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Committee Documents

• Analysis of the Diversity within the Field of Emergency Management in 2021 by Renuka Persad Shah, MSCTRM, CBCP, NEMAA.
• June 2021 IAEM Bulletin Special Focus Issue on Diversity in Emergency Management: Lessons Learned. 
  (Many thanks to many Diversity Committee Members for the articles they share in this issue.)
• IAEM-USA Diversity Committee Issues Open Letter to Emergency Managers (12 June 2020)
• Faces of Emergency Management: A Panel Presentation at the IAEM 2018 Annual Conference (31 Oct 2018)
• Diversity and Emergency Management: A White Paper, by Ellis Stanley and John Laine, 2013.