Transitions: Laurie Van Leuven to OR OEM

The is a return home of sorts for Laurie Van Leuven.  As noted below she has her emergency management roots in the Pacific Northwest.  She is also one of the first people I started dialoging with about the topic of social media and its uses for emergency management purposes.  She did her masters thesis on the topic.  I think you will see Oregon OEM take a new and increased interest in social media.  Congratulations Laurie!

 

The announcement is quoted below:

 

Laurie Van Leuven has more than 13 years of operational experience in Emergency Management and Critical Infrastructure Security. She most recently served as a consultant for a Scientific Research Corporation working on scopes of work for the Department of the Navy (SPAWAR), Department of Homeland Security/Science and Technology, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other local emergency management agencies.

 

In 2010, she was named a Naval Postgraduate School/Center for Homeland Defense and Security Alumni Fellow, and in this capacity worked at FEMA’s Headquarters in Washington D.C. Prior to that, she served as a strategic advisor and manager responsible for critical infrastructure protection and emergency management missions at the City of Seattle. She has served as a Planning Section Chief on a level III Incident Management Team in King County, WA, and currently serves on the Editorial Review Board for Homeland Security Affairs Journal.

 

Ms. Van Leuven has extensive experience in program management, budget and financial management, essential utility service delivery, COOP programs, risk management, vulnerability assessments, strategic and emergency planning, incident management within an EOC environment, sector interdependencies, and local and State collaboration. Ms. Van Leuven earned her Master’s degree from the Naval Postgraduate School and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Washington.




Karl Tesch shared the announcement.