Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Lewis University

Eastern Illinois University

Glenbard West High School

Route Service Representative at Quest Diagnostics

From my experience in the Emergency Management world, I learned many important lessons. One of those lessons is that every disaster is local and in order to build more resilient communities you start at the local level- one house, one person, one neighborhood. The mission of Medium Tuna is to apply that same philosophy through dogs. Dogs and pets have an increasing role in the social and economic aspects of our communities and the role of Medium Tuna is to help make the role of pets in our communities positive. We do that by helping as many local pets as possible, partnering with local animal-related organizations/businesses to help in fundraising, finding new homes for rescue animals, and providing training on a wide range of animal-related topics.

 We also provide advice, referrals, and
 1-on-1 emergency preparedness/wildfire mitigation training.

Russian River Dog Walkers & Animal Sitters

Founder

Number of customers that I have given rides to that said without Lyft/Uber they would have driven home drunk: 5

Rides completed: over 3500 trips
Rating: 4.89
5 star ratings:  over 1800
$/mile= $.93

Accidents: 0
Tickets: 0

Uber/Lyft

Independent Contractor

https://barsfamily.org/
Our Mission is to champion and advance the cause of those affected by mental illness — and the stigma that all-too-often surrounds it — so that everyone has the chance to live a happy, productive, and meaningful life without having to hide their condition.
We exist to bring hope to those afraid of others knowing that they have a mental illness, and educating those prejudiced towards people who live with mental illness.
We exist to educate others that “mental illness” doesn’t mean “crazy.”

The Bars Family Foudation

Board Member

Quest Diagnostics

Route Service Representative

I managed/assisted in managing covid test sites in multiple counties throughout Northern California. This included managing inventory of all PPE, support equipment, vehicles, partner organizations, site setup, traffic flow, and data.

Team Rubicon

COVID testing support-Northern California

Marin Humane

Animal Care Technician

Healdsburg SHED is a James Beard award winning grocer, restaurant, cafe, kitchen/food good store, education, and event center located in wonderful Healdsburg, CA. I am grateful for the opportunity to work at such a unique business with many experienced, professional, and dedicated staff. 

Responsibilities: 
- Manage deliveries of product from suppliers
- Manage inventory of product that requires refrigeration or special handling.
- Keep front of house staff advised of current stock.
- support other staff members with a variety of tasks- maintaining raised herb gardens, assisting customers, event management, warehousing tasks, stocking, maintenance, etc.

Healdsburg SHED- Retail store closed its doors as of 12/31/18

Inventory/Logistics

Sonoma Cider made nationally distributed Ciders, bottled/canned/kegged a variety of beverages for outside producers, and operated a restaurant. I assisted with quality of control, logistics, warehousing, and in a variety of other capacities needed to keep production running.  Due to a variety of factors, this company had to shut its doors.

Sonoma Cider

Production Specialist- Company went out of business

In Napa County, Community Agencies Active in Disaster (COAD) is on a mission to develop and enhance partnerships for communication, coordination, and collaboration amongst the whole community including non-profit and faith based organizations, government agencies, and the private sector during all phases of a disaster.

Napa Valley

Community Organizations Active in Disaster, Interim Director/Independent Contractor

University of Florida Shands Rehab Hospital Community Advisory Committee

Member

Emergency Food Support Program for Gilchrist, Columbia, and Marion Counties

Primary Responsibilities

1.Manage all Red Cross disaster related activity within nine counties of North-Central Florida which covers approximately %15 percent of the state of Florida. 
2. Develop and support volunteer leadership teams in five areas of service:
           A. Disaster Action Team (responds to local disasters- average one event every 1.6 days)
           B. Home Fire Preparedness Campaign team (installs smoke alarms)
           C. Pillow Case Team (Disaster Preparedness program for kids)
           D. Disaster Workforce Engagement (recruiting, training, long-term engagement)
           E. Identify and encourage volunteers to take on chapter-level and regional disaster leadership roles
 
   (2016):
            -  Led volunteers and community volunteers in  installing 444 smoke alarms in 162 homes
            - Volunteers respond to one house fire every 1.6 days
            -Hurricane Mathew:  Managed all operations for a 9 county area which included multiple shelters, vehichles, and communications.

American Red Cross Disaster Program Specialist

Disaster Program Specialist

Responsibilities include:
-Managing day to day operations of the:
 - Disaster Action Teams which respond to an average of one single family fire per day.
 - Community Disaster Education teams which educated 106,000 people on various disaster-related topics during the last fiscal year
 -Building/maintaining the leadership team that is responsible for managing the local Red Cross response to a larger event

Secondary roles: 
   -Coordinate exercise planning teams
   -Test plans and systems
   -Create and build relationships between individuals and groups that create force multipliers
   - Advise organizations and businesses on business continuity plans

American Red Cross- Northeast Florida

Exelon

Emergency Preparedness Intern

Brookfield Zoo

Roving Naturalist

Master of Science in Emergency Management

Inidividual Placement- Barnstable County Regional Emergency  Planning Committee
Primary Project
 -Update county hazardous materials response plan in accordance with SARA title II and with the unique features of Cape Cod in mind (infrastructure,geographic location, elderly population,high summer tourism)
 
Natural Resource Management (three days a week): 
-Shellfish propagation, forest fire fuel reduction, erosion control, endangered species protection, invasive plant removal, dolphin rescue, water education, farming, community garden building, basic carpentry,wildlife data collection, etc.
-Used chainsaws, hand tools, and other power tools. 
-All weather conditions and at a variety of times of day.
-Organized large community events utilizing up to 150 volunteers.
-Included some grant writing and grant management.

AmeriCorps Cape Cod

Emergency Preparedness Project Assistant

-Assist with hazardous materials drives. Identify and categorize various hazardous waste.
-Answer questions about various materials.
-Manage traffic flow.

Barnstable County Cooperative Extension

Hazardous materials technician

-Developed and presented 35+ presentations on individual disaster preparedness, first aid, CPR, sheltering, etc.
-Presented to groups of between 5 and 500.
-Included preschools, high schools, teachers, professional organizations, non-profits,businesses, seniors,special-needs, military, and other groups.

-Coordinated and organized armed forces family resource center on the Massachusetts Military Reserve. 
-Trained 20 volunteers to staff and support resource center.
-Setup computer system,training manual, and guidelines for working with clients.

Red Cross education coordinator

National Deployments:

2013:
Illinois Tornadoes: 
     -Liaison between Red Cross and local volunteer agencies. 
    
Illinois Floods:
    -Managed a shelter for four days
    -managed media requests
    -coordinated response vehicles for Peoria area.

 Hurricane Sandy- New York City- February 
   - Assisted in de-mobilization of distribution sites on Staten Island and Queens.
   - Supported a project to replenish disaster supplies on Long Island.
 
2012:
Hurricane Sandy-Mahwah, NJ-November 
   - Managed all feeding activites for a shelter averaging 80 clients a night for 15 days.
   -Managed between one and eight volunteers during each meal.
   -Developed feeding plan 48hrs ahead of time
   -Received acolades from the CDC for minimizing spread of illnesses.

    Hurricane Isaac- Baton Rouge, LA-Asst to Mass Care Chief
  - Managed email,phone calls,and schedule for the Mass care staff.
  - Maintained vehicle and shelter status boards
 
2011: 
Hurricane Irene-Cape Cod,MA-Feeding Supervisor
-Managed ordering and distribution of approximately 3,200 meals to 9 locations on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket.
-Supervised six vehicles and twelve personnel.
-Worked with grocery stores, restaurant chains,  catering companies, and partner agencies.
-Used amateur radio operators to communicate between all locations.


2010: Hurricane Earl-Cape Cod,MA-Logistics Supervisor
-Supervised feeding,vehicles,and supplies for seven  shelters.
-Inspected and managed two warehouses and backup headquaters facility.

-Spring Flooding-Cape Cod, MA
-Assessed damage for approximately 25 houses.
-Distributed cleanup supplies and coordinated with another non-profit to provide muck-out services


2008: Hurricane Dolly- Harlingen, TX-Truck driver/warehouse
-Delivered supplies to distribution points and shelters.
-Loaded trucks with water,food,and supplies.

 Flooding- Cedar Rapids, IA- Caseworker
-Assessed the needs of clients and distributed emergency funds accordingly

Kevin Denney, MSEM