Crisis Management And Business Continuity Council

The mission of the council is to promote and educate business and industry on strategic crisis management and business continuity concepts as well as tactical incident response and business recovery operations. This includes understating of the four underpinning phases of emergency management which are prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. Our mission is achieved by hosting council sponsored educational workshops, participation in industry associations and partnerships, facilitating the public private partnership with homeland security related agencies and promulgation of guidelines and industry best practices.

Council Chair
Mr. Donald E Knox, CPP
Global Sec/Crisis Mgmt Analyst
Caterpillar

Vice Chair
Mr. Scott A Watson, CPP
Principal Consultant & CEO
S A Watson & Associates LLC

Members
Mr. Bruce Blythe
CEO
Crisis Management Intl Inc

Mr. Neftali Carrasquillo Jr, CPP
Asst Postal Inspector In Charge
US Postal Inspection Svc

Mr. Gregory A Gilbert, CPP
Consultant - Technical Writer
Greg Gilbert & Associates LLC

Mr. Robert F Graham, CPP

Mr. Briane M Grey
Assoc Special Agent in Cahrge
Drug Enforcement Admin

Mr. James J Leflar Jr, CPP
Security Administrator
Johns Hopkins University

Mr. James E Lukaszewski
The Lukaszewski Group Inc

Mr. James B Murray, CPP

Mr. Werner Preining, CPP
Executive Vice President
Interpool Security Ltd

Ms. Heidi M Raffanello
Chief Strategy Officer
KTM Strategies

Mr. Allan E Schwartz, CPP
President
Safeguards International Inc

Mr. David A Spector
Sr Security Administrator
MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Mr. Samuel J Stahl
Manager
EMC

Mr. Ernest G Vendrell, CPP
Assistant Professor
Lynn University

Mr. Richard P Wright, CPP
President
Wright Security Inc

Council Committees
Annual Seminar: Mr. Gregory A Gilbert, CPP; Mr. Samuel J Stahl (member); Mr. Ernest G Vendrell, CPP (member)
Articles To Security Management: Mr. Ernest G Vendrell, CPP
Book Reviews: Mr. Ernest G Vendrell, CPP
Convergence: Mr. Donald E Knox, CPP; Mr. James B Murray, CPP (member); Mr. Samuel J Stahl (member)
Council Certification Liaison: Mr. Allan E Schwartz, CPP; Mr. Samuel J Stahl (vicechairman)
Guidelines Committee: Mr. James B Murray, CPP; Mr. Gregory A Gilbert, CPP (member); Mr. Samuel J Stahl (member)
Membership Committee: Ms. Heidi M Raffanello; Mr. James J Leflar Jr, CPP (member); Mr. Richard P Wright, CPP (member)
Partnerships/Alliances: Ms. Heidi M Raffanello; Mr. Samuel J Stahl (vicechairman)
Program/Workshop Chair: Mr. Donald E Knox, CPP; Mr. Scott A Watson, CPP
Session Reviewer: Mr. Ernest G Vendrell, CPP; Mr. Werner Preining, CPP (member); Mr. Allan E Schwartz, CPP (member); Mr. Samuel J Stahl (member)
Subject Matter Experts: Mr. Donald E Knox, CPP; Mr. Bruce Blythe (member); Mr. Scott A Watson, CPP (vicechairman)
Website: Mr. Werner Preining, CPP; Mr. Donald E Knox, CPP (vicechairman)

Council's Presentations and Resources*

Critical Infrastructure Resource Guide (pdf) (Members Only)

Related LinksPDF

Security Toolkit

Security Management

Bookstore

Guidelines

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ASIS programs on this topic

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* The information presented in any Council presentation or resource is the work of the author, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of ASIS, the Council, or any ASIS member other than the author. The views and opinions expressed therein, or the positions advocated in the published information, do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or positions of ASIS or of any person other than the author.