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Breakout Session Speakers
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Plenary Speakers
Chip Benight, Ph.D.
Chip Benight is a Professor of Psychology at the
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Dr. Benight earned his
Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Stanford University with an
emphasis in Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine. He teaches graduate
and undergraduate courses in Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology,
and Trauma Psychology. He served as Director of Clinical Training for
the Clinical Masters Program from 1996-2004. Recently, Dr. Benight
founded and is the director of the CU Trauma, Health & Hazards Center.
Charles C. Cook, LSW
As the Executive Director of Louisiana Spirit, Mr. Cook
led service delivery to hurricane disaster victims in all 64 Parishes
of Louisiana following hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Mr. Cook formerly
served as Senior Program Manager and lead Project Officer for the
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
providing technical assistance to the United States and its
Territories, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the
development and oversight of crisis counseling services to survivors of
major disasters. He is the CEO of Emergency Behavioral Health
Professionals (EBHP), a training and consulting firm focused solely on
the behavioral health aspects of disaster and terrorism.
 Steven M. Crimando, M.A., BCETS
Planning for and Addressing the Psycho-Social Impact of Pandemic Influenza - Presentation
Steven M. Crimando is the Managing Directory of Extreme Behavioral Risk
Management LLC, a New York City-based consulting firm. He is a
clinician and educator specializing in crisis management and disaster
recovery. He is a Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress, and a
Diplomate of the American Academy
of Experts in Traumatic Stress. Steve is the former Executive Director
of the New Jersey Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Network, and Vice
Chair of the Forensic Counseling Division of the American College of Forensic Examiners, International.
Curt Drennen, PsyD, RN
Curt Drennen, a licensed
psychologist, is the Mental Health Disaster Response Coordinator with
the Division of Mental Health, Colorado Department of Human Services.
He has been working in the area of disaster mental health since 2002.
As the section chief of the Disaster Planning and Response Section,
Division of Mental Health, Curt is working in partnership with the
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado
Division of Emergency Management to improve the State’s capacity to
respond to the psychosocial impact of disaster and pandemic flu.
Stephen Formanski, Psy.D.
Preparing for a Pandemic - Presentation
CAPT Stephen Formanski, Psy.D., is a US Public Health Officer in the
HHS/OS/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
and is NDMS/HHS Regional Emergency Coordinator. He has extensive
operational experience, including deployments to four
hurricane-affected areas (Katrina, Charlie, Francis, and Isabel), World
Trade Center attack, and Red Lake School Shooting.
Dennis Mileti, Ph.D.
Changing People's Readiness Behavior - Presentation
Dennis S. Mileti, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado at Boulder where he served as Director of the Natural Hazards Center
and as Chair of the Department of Sociology. He is author of over 100
publications. Most are on the societal aspects of hazards and
disasters. His book Disasters by Design summarized our nation’s effort
to assess knowledge and national policy for hazards and disasters.
Fran Norris, Ph.D., M.A.
Improving Disaster Mental Health - Presentation
Fran Norris received an M.A. and Ph.D. in community/social psychology from the University of Louisville. Dr. Norris is a Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School. She is also an affiliate of both the National Center
for PTSD and the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and
Response to Terrorism. Her work focuses on social support after
disasters, systems for providing disaster mental health services, the
epidemiology of posttraumatic stress, and cross-cultural studies.
Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr.
Gen.
Victor E. Renuart Jr. is the Commander, North American Aerospace
Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Prior to assuming his current position, General Renuart was the Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C. He served as the principal immediate office adviser to the Secretary in all matters pertaining to the department.
Merritt Dean Schreiber, Ph.D.
Dr. Schreiber is Senior Program Manager at the Center
for Public Health and Disasters at the UCLA School of Public Health
focused on the development of Psychosocial Initiatives for Mass
Casualty events. Dr. Schreiber also currently serves as the Rapid
Response Coordinator for the Center for Traumatic Stress in Children at
Allegheny General Hospital and the Trauma Focused CBT evidence based
intervention, a member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
Captain James W. Terbush, M.D.
Captain James W. Terbush is the Command Surgeon for
both North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) Command and United States
Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.
In this role, he serves as principle medical advisor to the commander
and staff and is responsible for the integration of DoD medical assets
internally and with other agencies in support of military response to
civilian disasters, combating terrorism and protecting Americans.
Marleen Wong, Ph.D.
Marleen Wong is Director of Crisis Counseling and Intervention for the Los Angeles Unified School District. She also serves as the Director and Principal Investigator for the Trauma Services Adaptation Center
for Schools as part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative
of the US Department of Health and Human Services. She organized mental
health recovery programs after many of the tragic school shootings and
the terrorist attacks in Oklahoma City, New York, and Washington, D.C.,
and trained school staffs on the effects of psychological trauma on
children after natural disasters and incidents of civil unrest. Her
most recent work for the Department of Education is in states most
affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Ms. Wong also serves as an
advisor and consultant trainer for the National School Safety Center.
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