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2025 Conference
Wednesday Agenda*

*Agenda is subject to change

Wednesday, April 16th Presentations

8:00 am: Keynote Speaker – Secretary of State, Steve Hobbs

9:00 am: Breakout Session 1

10:00 am: Breakout Session 2

11:00 am: Breakout Session 3

Breakout Session 1

Track 1 – No Plan is an Island with Alexandra Taylor and Norma Pancake

Track 2 – Shared Strengths, Shared Impact: Partnering for Vulnerable Populations with Dean Vailencour and Jessica Wilkinson

Track 3 – Using FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants to Fund Local Risk-Reduction Efforts with Ryan Chandler and Matt Lebens

Breakout Session 2

Track 1 – Rapid Initial Natural Disaster Recovery Planning for EOCs using PPOST; And a Look at an AI-Enabled PPOST Tool with Steven Newton

Track 2 – PACE-Getting to C&E and Back: An Emergency Communications Story with Scott Dakers and Jon Lee

Track 3 – Exploring Anticipated Evacuation Behavior Among Parents of School-Age Children in Mt. Rainier’s Lahar Hazard Zone with Jessica Ghent

Breakout Session 3

Track 1 – People, Stories and Power: The Mind of the Emergency Manager with Christopher Godley

Track 2 – East Pierce County Lahar Evacuation Exercise 2024 – A comprehensive How to Workshop with Kirstin Hoffman

Track 3 – Building Resilient Youth: Integrating CERT Training into Highschool Curriculum for Community Preparedness with Danna Kapacinskas