Poster Showcase

Poster Presentation Session on Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Come view your peers research, practice or general findings and expand your knowledge of the emergency management field during the morning program break on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. Posters will be displayed in the River Concourse area outside the EMEX/Registration Hall. Participants will be standing by their posters available to discuss their research and answer questions.

PLUS, some of our IAEM-USA Caucus and Committee Chairs will have posters showcasing their work over the past year. Come talk to these chairs and expand your career by getting involved in IAEM.

2022 List of Poster Showcase Participants

Name	Division	Title
Frances Edwards, Ph.D., MUP, CEM, Prof., San Jose State University	Competitive Division - Academic	Best Practices in Disaster Public Communications: Evacuation Alerting and Social Media
Mendy Garron, MA, MS, Marine Mammal Emergency Response Coordinator, Protected Resources Div., NOAA	Competitive Division - Academic	Assessing Views and Capabilities of Emergency Responders toward Preparedness for Wildlife Response and Conservation Initiatives during Disasters
Bernard Jones, Sc.D., CBCP Asst. Prof.,- Emergency Management, HSEM Dept. St. John's University	Competitive Division - Academic	The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Perceived Decision Making among Emergency Managers
Tatum Casey, Planner, IEM, Graduate Student, University of Delaware	Competitive Division - Graduate Student	Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Populations: Best Practices Regarding Maternal and Infant Health throughout the Four Phases of the Disaster Cycle
Alexandra Harris, MPH Emergency Management Specialist, Prince George's County OEM	Competitive Division - Graduate Student	A Review and Comparative Analysis of Preparedness in Prince George’s County, Maryland
Jonathan Heinz, Emergency Medical Responder, Royal Roads University, Alberta Health Services	Competitive Division - Graduate Student	Evacuation Planning and Stakeholder Engagement for a Remote Coastal Canadian Indigenous Community
Eric Marble, Emergency Management Specialist, Global Emergency Management Capacity Development, CDC	Competitive Division - Graduate Student	Information Sharing during Complex Public Health Events: An Analysis of the Uganda COVID-19 Response Using D-DEMATEL Method
Kelsey Rathke, Emergency Response Management Consultant, University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Competitive Division - Graduate Student	Simplifying Communication in Emergency Management
Melissa Resnick, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine	Competitive Division - Graduate Student	Working Dogs and Disaster Preparedness: Identifying Gaps in the Literature
Cameron Gonteski, Meteorological Operations Specialist, The Weather Company	Competitive Division - Practitioner	An Analysis of the Memphis County Warning Area Tornado Climatology and its Implications on Local Emergency Preparedness
Kerrie Green, CBCP, MA, Business Continuity and Recovery Planner, Disaster Risk Reduction & Business Continuity, Calgary EMA	Competitive Division - Practitioner	How Gender-Mainstreamed Spatial Programming in Emergency Shelters Can Mitigate Gender-Based Violence Against Women Following Disaster Events
Alexandra Lahm, Emergency Preparedness Fellow, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,	Competitive Division - Practitioner	Helping Children Outside Our Walls: Building on Past Successes to Develop an International Response Capability for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Felix Lawson, MPA, Emergency Training and Exercise Specialist, Office of Emergency Preparedness, Dekalb County Board of Health	Competitive Division - Practitioner	DeKalb Strike Team Initiative: An Emergency Preparedness Model for Providing COVID-19 Vaccinations to Vulnerable Communities in DeKalb County, GA
Lukas Oudejans, Ph.D., Physical Scientist, EPA	Competitive Division - Practitioner	Fentanyl Contamination, Exposure, Detection, Risk, and Decontamination
Emma Paras, CEM, MPH, Emergency Manager, Denver Health and Hospital Authority	Competitive Division - Practitioner	All-Hazards in the Time of COVID
Scott Stoermer, Managing Director, Response Operations, Witt O'Brien's	Competitive Division - Practitioner	Equity in Action: At the Intersection of Public Health and Emergency Management in St. Louis, Missouri
Jannine Wilmoth, Ph.D., MPH, CEM, Emergency Manager, Dept. of Fire & Rescue, City of Anaheim	Competitive Division - Practitioner	Build a Proposal to Build the EOC You Need (and Want)
Carol Wolfinger, CEM, MS, Director of Emergency Management, Administrative Services Division, Lansing Community College	Competitive Division - Practitioner	How to Strategically Build a Culture of Comprehensive Emergency Preparedness at a Community College
William Aydlett, Senior Meteorologist, NOAA, NWS	Non-Competitive	Maintaining Vital Relationships between the NWS and Emergency Managers Via Collaborative Exercises
John Burke, Fire Chief, Sandwich Fire Department	Non-Competitive	The Intersection of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion with the Incident Command System
Patrick Cioffi, ROC Duty Officer/Emergency Response Specialist, NWS	Non-Competitive	An Operation Center’s Pivotal Role in Tsunami Operations across the Pacific
Deanna Dahl Grove, MD, Physician, UHRainbow	Non-Competitive	Pediatric Situational Awareness: Regional Metrics Pertinent in the Disaster Cycle
Stephanie Felder, Chief Social Work Public Health Emergency Response Strike Team, USPHA	Non-Competitive	Emergency Management Unleased – National Emergency Response Strike Team Overview
Seghen Haile, Information Technology Specialist, CDC	Non-Competitive	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship: Strengthening the International Public Health Workforce
Katelyn Kapalo, Ph.D., Asst. Prof., University of Nebraska at Omaha	Non-Competitive	Enhancing Community Risk Reduction (CRR) Efforts: Leveraging Technology-Mediated Self-Reporting Tools for Emergency Preparedness
Whitney Miller, Emergency Management Coordinator I, Children's Mercy Kansas City	Non-Competitive	Vaccine Clinics Excel at Zero Waste
Kevin Muszynski, MBA, Dir., Emergency Preparedness and Environmental Safety, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center	Non-Competitive	Access and Functional Needs Hospital Disaster Guidebook
Nora O’Brien, CEM, MPA, Chief Executive Officer, Connect Consulting Services	Non-Competitive	Post- COVID Pandemic Business Continuity Challenges and Opportunities
Maxwell Palmer, Wildland Firefighter/Graduate Student, USFS/Tulane University	Non-Competitive	“Preparedness Promoters:” A Community-Based Method to Assess Vulnerability and Resilience in Marginalized Populations
Jennifer Roy, Regional Emergency Management Planner, City of Boston	Non-Competitive	Roundtables to Resilience Series
Dawn Skaggs, Dir. of Emergency, Disaster and Climate Resilience, World Institute on Disability	Non-Competitive	Activating Disability-Led Organizations in Disasters to Fill the Gaps of Systematic Exclusion
Darrell Small, CEM, Emergency Management Specialist, Prince George's County OEM	Non-Competitive	Using Community Lifeline Capability Assessment Planning Templates to Evaluate Food & Water, Supply Chain for Resilience during Catastrophic Events
Matt Solum, Regional Response and Preparedness Specialist, NOAA/NWS	Non-Competitive	NWS Western Region Support For Large Pre-Planned Events
Hannah Thomas, Training and Exercise Specialist, Maryland-NCR Emergency Response System	Non-Competitive	Strengthening Collaboration and Coordination through the Implementation of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) in Montgomery County
Lynn Walkiewicz, Ph.D., Intern, The Red Cross, Tulane University	Non-Competitive	Aroostook County and Greater Wenatchee’s Social Resilience Indicators: Micro- and Mid-Level Social Resilience Indicators in Rural Communities