Dave Reddick, a seasoned public health professional with over 40 years of experience in media and community relations, community affairs, and crisis communications. He is the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of Bio-Defense Network, a public health consultancy based in St. Louis, which is working with local public health departments across the United States to prepare clients for potential business continuity issues that may arise from a pandemic.

Dave is a co-founder of Global Velocity, a company that commercializes technology to enable clients to do deep-packet inspection of data flows at gigabit speeds. He is also a former Director of Communications at the City of Miami Beach and former Assistant Vice President, Public Relations at SunBank/Miami. Dave has contributed to various roles at Palm Beach Post and Gainesville Sun.

He has a Master's degree in Public Health with a focus on Bio-Security and Disaster Preparedness from Saint Louis University and a Master's level certificate in Emergency Management and Crisis Leadership with a 4.0-grade point average. Dave is an executive committee member of PandemicPrep.Org and has recently coordinated with St. Louis and St. Charles counties to create a Regional Radiological Response MRC for the region.

Dave is an expert in crisis communications and has extensive experience in community and public affairs. He has a passion for disaster preparedness, bio-defense, and public health.