Response & Recovery

This meeting of the Commission took place on April 1, 2015, and covers response and recovery needs for biodefense. See here for more information on this event.

Objective: Provide panelists with an understanding of the biodefense requirements for effective preparedness, response and recovery from biological and chemical threats that can inflict potentially catastrophic consequences.

Agenda:

Congressional Perspective

• Former Representative Mike J. Rogers, Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute

Panel One: Pre-event Activities and Emergency Response

• Ms. Myra Socher, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University  Chief G. Keith Bryant, Fire Chief, Oklahoma City Fire Department; President and Chairman of the Board of the International Association of Fire Chiefs
• Dr. Matthew Minson, Senior Advisor for Health Affairs, Texas A&M University
• Dr. Carter Mecher, Senior Medical Advisor, Office of Public Health, Department of Veterans Affairs; former Director for Medical Preparedness Policy, Homeland Security Council and National Security Staff (President George W. Bush and President Barack H. Obama)

Panel Two: Public Health Response

• Dr. Suzet McKinney, Deputy Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health
• Ms. Melissa Hersh, President and CEO, Hersh Consulting
• Dr. James Terbush, Senior Partner, Martin, Blanck, and Associates; former Command Surgeon, North American Aerospace Defense Command/U.S. Northern Command, Department of Defense

Lunch Keynote

• Dr. Irwin Redlener, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness

Panel Three: Pharmaceutical Response 

• Dr. Ann DeGroot, CEO, EpiVax
• Mr. Daniel J. Abdun-Nabi, President and CEO, Emergent BioSolutions
• Mr. Mike Chervenic, Managing Director, Stokes Evans
• Mr. Jude Plessas, Executive Manager, Countermeasures Delivery & Distribution, U.S. Postal Service

Panel Four: Recovery and Mitigation

• Dr. Kavita Berger, Scientist, Gryphon Scientific
• Mr. Michael Hopmeier, President, Unconventional Concepts, Inc.
• Dr. Ken Staley, Consultant, McKinsey & Company; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterproliferation, Department of State; former Director for Biodefense Policy, Homeland Security Council (President George W. Bush)

Panel Five: Leadership

• Dr. Kenneth Bernard, former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush for Biodefense; former Senior Advisor to President William J. Clinton for Security and Health; Rear Admiral (Retired - US Public Health Service)
• Ms. Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, President, Tier Tech International, Inc.; former Director for Combating Terrorism, National Security Council (President William J. Clinton)
• Dr. Robert Kadlec, Deputy Staff Director, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush for Health and Biodefense; Colonel (Retired - US Air Force)