Vice President & Chief Resilience Officer, Safety and Risk Services, University of Oregon - Advisory Committee Chair

André Le Duc's focus in both his career and academic research is on developing organizational resilience. Mr. Le Duc is the University of Oregon's first Chief Resilience Officer and Vice President for Safety and Risk Services. The Safety and Risk Services division provides leadership and expertise to the UO community on business continuity, emergency management, environmental health and safety, enterprise risk management, geographic information services and campus mapping, public safety and law enforcement, and risk management.

Before working as a senior administrator for the University of Oregon, Mr. Le Duc served as the founding and executive director of the Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience (OPDR), an applied research center and coalition of public, private, and professional organizations working toward the mission of creating a disaster resilient state. OPDR is nationally recognized by the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI). In 2005, Mr. Le Duc established the National Disaster Resilient Universities (DRU) Network, with over 2200 members covering an estimated 900 higher education institutions.

Founder, Koshka Foundation for Safe Schools

Kristina Anderson Froling is an international advocate in the fields of bystander intervention, active shooter response and violence prevention within schools, workplaces and public spaces.Kristina is founder of the Koshka Foundation for Safe Schools, a non-profit that provides training on the prevention of school and workplace violence, education on active shooter preparedness, and consultation on post-crisis recovery. Ms. Froling travels extensively within the United States and Canada to spread the importance of preparedness and joint training between citizens, educators, law enforcement, emergency managers, and first responders. Ms. Froling started the non-profit after becoming one of the most critically injured survivors of the 2007 Virginia Tech school tragedy, where she was shot 3 times. She is a member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals and graduated from Virginia Tech with a B.S. in International Studies.

Associate Vice President, Safety & Business Continuity, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Bruce Brown is the Associate Vice President for Safety and Business Continuity at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He has over 20 years of experience with responsibilities in the areas of environmental health and safety, emergency management, business continuity, and risk management and insurance. Bruce spent 16 years at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston prior to moving to Dallas to join UT Southwestern. He graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in Microbiology and completed a Master’s and Doctorate of Public Health degrees in Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences at The University of Texas School of Public Health. He has earned board certifications as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Biological Safety Professional (CBSP), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), and Associate in Risk Management (ARM).

Chief of Staff and Senior Director of Operations, Safety and Risk Services, University of Oregon

Krista Dillon currently serves as the Chief of Staff and Senior Director of Operations for Safety and Risk Services at the University of Oregon. In her role, she manages the Emergency Management and Continuity program as well as a number of interdepartmental teams including the Incident Management Team, Campus Vulnerability Assessment Team, and Behavioral Evaluation and Threat Assessment Team, and Demonstration Team. Ms. Dillon has held several roles within the Emergency Management program at the University of Oregon since 2004. Ms. Dillon is a former current chair of the International Association of Emergency Manager’s Universities and Colleges Caucus. Ms. Dillon serves as both an Incident Commander and a Planning Section Chief on the University of Oregon’s Incident Management Team. Ms. Dillon has a Masters in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon.

Associate Vice President & Chief Risk Officer, Southern Methodist University

Leigh Ann Moffett presently serves as the Associate Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at Southern Methodist University, and previously served the SMU campus as the Director of Emergency Management. Prior to joining SMU, she served 18 years with Baylor University. In her time there, she served as the Occupational and Fire Safety Specialist, Fire Marshal, and the Director of Emergency Management. She has coordinated and facilitated vulnerability and threat assessments, exercises, and incident action plans; developed all hazard emergency management plans, programs, and training for constituents domestically and globally; and continues to enhance the University’s overall preparedness.

Leigh Ann has also served on the boards of several non-profits, and presently teaches the Sport and Special Event Risk Management course through the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security. She is a member of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRI), and University Risk Management and Insurance Association, Inc. (URMIA), and is a Certified Fire Prevention Specialist through NFPA, and a Certified Business Continuity Professional through DRI. She received an Associate of Applied Science in Environmental Compliance from Texas State Technical Collage, a Bachelor of Business Administration in Insurance and Risk Management, and a Master of Science in Information Systems, both of which from Baylor University. Over the years, Leigh Ann has served her Church in children’s and youth ministries, mission, and committees. Additionally, Leigh Ann and her daughters serve their former and current community through the National Charity League and other missions.

Assistant Director and University Emergency Manager, Stanford University

Keith Perry is an emergency management professional with extensive experience in the higher education community and practical experience in the field responding to emergencies. Mr. Perry has served the community at Stanford University for over 25 years, spending the last 18+ as the Director of Emergency Management and Assistant Director of Environmental Health & Safety. Mr. Perry gained practical field experience responding to disasters by serving as a Safety Officer for the CA-6 Disaster Medical Assistance Team, a component of the National Disaster Medical System under the Department of Health & Human Services. Mr. Perry spent a month in 2017 in the field with the team responding to the multiple hurricanes, Irma and Maria, affecting Puerto Rico and the surrounding islands. Prior to Stanford, Mr. Perry had a career as an environmental and safety engineer for Loral Space & Range Systems serving a remote site in the Republic of the Seychelles and for a heavy manufacturing facility for Westinghouse Marine Division.

Executive Director, Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW)

Bio coming soon!

Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, UC San Francisco

Brian Smith, JD, MBA, serves as the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer (CECO) as well as the Senior Associate Vice Chancellor - Research (SAVCR) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In the CECO role, Brian oversees a wide range of compliance-related matters for the campus and health system, including clinical compliance, research integrity, financial conflicts of interest, and whistleblower and retaliation complaints. Brian concurrently serves UCSF as the SAVCR, responsible for day-to-day operations and management of key components of the UCSF enterprise: human and animal research oversight; laboratory animal resource center; research cores; research development; international research support; and environment, health and safety. Brian is designated as one of the UCSF Emergency Operations Center directors. On the national level, Brian is a member of the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) Research Ethics & Compliance Committee. Brian brings experience from his positions at other leading universities. Before joining UCSF in 2014, Brian worked at both the University of Oregon and UC San Diego, where his responsibilities included research, education, and business administration offices.

Director, Emergency Management and Business Continuity, University of California

Amina Assefa is the systemwide Director of Emergency Management and Business Continuity at the University of California (UC), Office of the President. In her role, she is responsible for coordinating with UC locations on all aspects of resiliency planning. Prior to this role, she served as the UC Center of Excellence in Readiness for three years and managed UC Berkeley's Office of Emergency Management for seven years. She has 18 years of experience in emergency management, business continuity, and health and medical disaster operations. She serves on the California Earthquake Early Warning Advisory Board as the UC President's designee. Amina came to the UC from the New York City Office of Emergency Management where she helped the city prepare for and respond to multiple emergencies including hurricanes, heat waves, blizzards, and tornados. She also responded to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike while working in Louisiana. Amina graduated from Mills College and has a Master of Public Health degree from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Strategic Director of the U.S. Department of Education's Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center

Bronwyn Roberts is the Strategic Director of the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS TA Center), which she has led since 2007. In this capacity, she has established a broad portfolio of supports for institutions of higher education (IHEs) nationwide, including the delivery of TA to 61 Emergency Response for Higher Education Grantees. She has facilitated the development of two ED guidance documents on emergency management in higher education (2009, 2013); written numerous publications spotlighting successful practices such as the creation of a cybersecurity table-top with the University of Southern Mississippi and the use of inclusive practices to train students in preparedness at Miami-Dade Community College; established an on-demand training program on creating high-quality IHE emergency operations plans; and regularly unites subject matter experts to participate in working groups and communities of practice to advance the field of higher education emergency management. Ms. Roberts received her Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Davis and is licensed to practice law in California.

Vice President for Enterprise Risk Management and Chief Security Officer, Stony Brook University

Lawrence M. Zacarese is the Vice President for Enterprise Risk Management and Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Stony Brook University. He has more than 32 years of experience in the public and private sector overseeing and managing multiple law enforcement, emergency management, emergency medical service, and public safety organizations. In his role, Zacarese provides leadership, expertise, and strategic guidance to the Stony Brook community on emergency management and business continuity, environmental health and safety, risk management, and public safety.

 Zacarese is a licensed attorney and holds a JD from Tuoro College Law Center, as well as an MPA (Inspector General) and a BA in Forensic Psychology from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In addition, he holds a Post-Graduate Certificate in Global Security and Terrorism Studies from Fairleigh Dickinson University, a Post-Graduate Certificate in Criminal Justice from the University of Virginia, and a New York State Paramedic Certificate from Stony Brook University. 

Zacarese is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School Senior Executives in National and International Security program, the 246th session of the FBI National Academy and the FBI Mid-Atlantic Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar at Princeton University. He is a nationally recognized speaker, contributing columnist, and law enforcement subject matter expert and maintains an adjunct faculty position in the Graduate School of Professional Development at Stony Brook where he teaches Crisis Management and Legal Issues in Higher Education. 

Director of Emergency Management, Boston College

Bio coming soon.