California

Sacramento

95655

Chief, Response Support Operations

California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)

Dedicated to whole community response across all sectors to meet every moment.

Focused on COVID-19 response and recovery activities since January 2020

A 28 year State government professional with 25 of those years dedicated to public safety.

Trained and experienced

Live ICS and incident management every day!

30+ years of successful transformational leadership working at all levels to effectively communicate, collaborate, cooperate, coordinate and connect in a positive minded manner considerate of all.

The circle of EM life

Fail to Plan...Plan to Fail! It's that simple.

From ideas to implementation to monitoring leading to continuous improvement for all programmatic actions utilizing highly trained, experienced and educated professionals to get the job done. Never stop learning and never stop changing things for the betterment of all concerned.

You don't have to be armor plated to be resilient. You, your team, shared partners and your respected program areas of responsibility need to identify the risks associated and determine what level of risk you as a emergency manager will take to succeed. The question is do you believe in the greater the risk the greater the reward or are you risk averse and approach issues in a more conservative manner. There is no right answer here. Maybe the better path forward is to assess each risk you face and make the best choice based on the situational awareness at hand, building a common operational picture piece by piece that fits well into your strategic and operational priorities and objectives.

Lee Dorey currently works as the Chief, Response Operations at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), holding this position since January 2014.

Prior to this assignment, Lee held leadership roles as a Senior Executive, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR-Cal PIA); Chief, Procurement and Logistics, California Emergency Management Agency & Office of Emergency Services; Program Manager, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR-Cal PIA); and Executive Assistant, California Department of General Services (CA DGS). He has worked and volunteered in public safety assignments for 25 of his 28 year State of California career.

Prior to joining the State of California, Lee worked in private sector leadership and staff positions at A.T.&T.; Tribune Broadcasting; Warner Brothers; and Raley’s for 12 years.

Lee has received multiple higher education degrees in Communication Studies, Business Administration and Political Science, graduating from California State University, Sacramento with distinction while building in depth knowledge, skills and abilities over many years.

Today, Lee leads an outstanding team of emergency management professionals at the Cal OES, State Operations Center, Mather, CA headquarters responding to multiple natural and man-made disasters across our state and nation. Working as a public servant, he is considered to be a subject matter expert in emergency management, leveraging significant experience, education, training and credentials to better plan & prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate disaster incidents. His key focus is "Always be ready to help those in need".
You may reach Lee at (916) 845-8480 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The highlight of my life and driving force is my amazing family! They make each day better and keep me smiling! :)

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Informal: Full refund and flexibility