2007 National Conference on Community Preparedness:

June 10-13, 2007 ~ Alexandria, Virginia

The 2007 National Conference on Community Preparedness was hosted jointly by the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) and the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA). The event was open to all who are interested in making their communities safer, stronger, and better prepared for all types of hazards.

Photo Gallery

R. David Paulison, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA), was keynote speaker at the 2007 National Conference on Community Preparedness, held at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, Alexandria, Va.
(photo courtesy of FEMA)

The Exhibit Hall draws a crowd at the 2007 National

Conference on Community Preparedness.

(photo courtesy of FEMA)

Keynote Speaker R. David Paulison (left), Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with IAEM Treasurer Rick Cox, CEM. Chief Paulison discussed the reorganization of FEMA and current initiatives of interest to Citizen Corps participants.

IAEM President Mike Selves, CEM, speaks at NCCP 2007.
(photo courtesy of FEMA)

Cindy Taylor, Acting Deputy Director, National Citizen

Corps Program (left), with Kathleen Henning, CEM, IAEM

Region 3 President. (photo courtesy of Kathleen Henning, CEM)

Business Executives for National Security (BENS) VP Lynne Kidder
with NEMA Executive Director Trina Sheets. Lynne Kidder discussed how BENS engages with the private sector on preparedness activities, and how public sector/citizen programs can egange the private sector.

Mike Selves, CEM, IAEM President (left) with R. David Paulison, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(photo courtesy of FEMA)

NEMA Executive Director Trina Sheets presents certificate of appreciation to Al Martinez-Fonts, Assistant Secretary for the Private Sector Office, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security.

(photo courtesy of FEMA)

Kathy Wills Wright, Special Assistant to the President and

Deputy Director of USA FreedomCorp; Cindy Taylor, Acting

Director, National Citizen Corps Program; and Jeannie Moore, National Citizen Corps Office, Conference Committee, cutting the cake for the 5th Anniversary Celebration of Citizen Corps.

(photo courtesy of Kathleen Henning, CEM)

IAEM’s booth at NCCP was very popular, and
IAEM Program Manager Melissa Trumbull discussed upcoming
IAEM conferences and meetings, the Certified Emergency Manager® program, and current IAEM activities, along with selling popular sportswear items and other IAEM merchandise.

"The Role of the Private Sector in Community Preparedness"

From left: Stan Emerts, Symetra (Washington State);
Beth Montgomery, Wal-Mart;
Heather Blanchard, DHS Private Sector Office; and
Stephen Jordan, U.S. Chamber of Commerce