New York Uninversity
The International Center for Enterprise Preparedness

Proudly co-sponsored by

New York University's International Center for Enterprise Preparedness (InterCEP), the world's first academic center dedicated to private sector preparedness, is proud to host its third annual International Public-Private Preparedness Summit at NYU's La Pietra Conference Center May 29-30, 2008.

Steering Committee

The Global Steering Committee on International Preparedness has been created by InterCEP to provide guidance and insight on our ongoing initiative focused on international preparedness. This initiative is currently focused on the International Public-Private Preparedness Summit. Steering Committee members include:

  • Richard Andrews Senior Director, Homeland Security Projects - The National Center for Crisis and Continuity Coordination Former California Director of Homeland Security

  • Michael Berkowitz Chair - Business Continuity Planning Committee, New York Clearing House
    / Operations Manager Business Continuity Management - Deutsche Bank

  • Len Biegel President - Biegel Group

  • Lloyd Bokman Past Chairman - NFPA 1600 Committee/ Ohio Emergency Management, Department of Energy Hazardous Materials

  • Robert Connors Senior Manager and Director of Business Continuity and Crisis Management – Raytheon

  • Leah Core Director of Public Relations - Association of Contingency Planners

  • Karen Coyne Past President - The Auditing Roundtable/ BRIDGES to Sustainability Institute

  • Ihab Dana Vice President, Securities Integration Group - Morgan Stanley

  • Matt Deane Director Homeland Security Standards Panel - American National Standards Institute – ANSI

  • John DiNuzzo Vice President, Enterprise Business Continuity – Freddie Mac / Chair - Contingency Planning Exchange

  • Cole Emerson Director, Advisory Services - KPMG LLP / Member of the Board of Directors for Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) International

  • John Farmer Partner - Arseneault, Whipple, Farmer, Fassett & Azzarello, LLP / Former Senior Counsel to U.S. Federal 9/11 Commission

  • Mike Foynes International Security Manager - Corporate Security - Microsoft Corporation

  • Wendy Freitag Independent Contractor

  • David Fulton Public-Private Partner Chair - International Association of Emergency Managers – IAEM

  • Rudy Garcia Director of Business Continuity Management - Citigroup

  • J.R. Hildreth Vice President, Administration - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

  • Jason Jackson Director of Business Continuity - Wal-Mart

  • Elliot Kroll Partner - Herrick Feinstein

  • Ron Levine Co-Chair of Litigation Department - Herrick Feinstein

  • Mike Marinet Executive Director - Office of Disaster Management, California

  • Gerard McCarty General Manager, Emergency Management - Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

  • Mike O’Meara Project Manager RICDR Program - Raytheon

  • Roseann McSorley Managing Director, Security and Business Continuity - Deutsche Bank

  • Paula Olsiewski Program Manager - Sloan Foundation

  • Philip Padgett Strategic Development, Advanced Homeland Security – The Boeing Company / Private Sector Member, Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) Commission

  • Steve Parrish Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs - Altria

  • Marty Plevel Senior Manager of Information Risk - KPMG-LLP

  • Peter Poulos Executive Director, Operational Risk - Business Continuity – Morgan Stanley

  • Mike Rackley Manager of Safeness – Target

  • Don Schmidt CEO - Preparedness, LLC

  • Greg Serio Principal - Park Strategies / Former New York State Insurance Commissioner

  • Paul Striedl Business Continuity Professional - MITRE

  • Fred Voege Vice President, Business Continuity Management - BNP Paribas

  • Emily Walker former Professional Staff to Federal 9/11 Commission

  • Brent Woodworth International Crisis Management Specialist/ Chairman – U.S. Multi-Hazard Mitigation Council / Member of the Board of Directors - NIBS (National Institute of Building Sciences) Worldwide Segment Manager