California

San Francisco Bay Area

Director, Office of Emergency Management

University of California - Berkeley

I am able to speak about private sector response and resilience and collaboration between local and private sector organizations throughout the disaster cycle.

I can speak about public partnerships with Community Groups, both private (CERT/NERT/MRC) and public (Team Rubicon, VOAD/COAD). I am also able to discuss how these partnerships can be consistently built throughout the disaster cycle.

I have over 15 years of experience working in local government and higher education. I am able to speak about government structures, crisis management decision making structures and partnerships governments should explore and pursue.

I am deeply familiar with the disaster cycle and can speak about how the cycle interconnects and offers opportunities to build preparedness and resilience throughout organizations and communities.

I am able to speak about the development of community preparedness and community resilience as well as the importance of contingency and continuity planning for private and public organizations.

I am able to speak about building community resilience, lead workshops on community resilience techniques and discuss how community resilience is being encouraged in communities across the world.

Hi! I'm Alicia.

A natural-born problem solver with a superpower for getting it done, I have a penchant for all things innovation. An Emergency Manager by trade, I've had the opportunity to count Hurricane Sandy, Super Bowl 50, COVID-19, and a wildfire or two in my portfolio of responses.

I've changed the culture of preparedness by using human-centered design to create SF72.org and it's open-source sister, City72. I build resilient community collaborations that drive operational efficiency and long-term organizational continuity while navigating regulation and politics with ease. I know exercising the power to convene (in person or virtually) is the cornerstone of building meaningful change.

Curiosity is my jam and my favorite question is... How might we?

I look forward to our connection.

I could start by telling you I'm the Director of Emergency Management at the number one public university in the United States or I could share that my 16 years of experience in local government has helped countless communities become more disaster resilient. All impressive feats.
But here is the heart of my story - my experience in emergency management, local government, and higher education has led me to one conclusion, I am a helper. I care about protecting the people and places we love. Full stop.

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