02/14/2014 – 02/14/2014
1221 Avenue of the Americas #2
Description:
February Chapter Meeting
Date: February 14, 2014
Location: McGraw Hill, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10020 MAP
Guest Speaker: LT COL Jerome Hatfield, NJSP (Ret.) FEMA R2 Regional Administrator
A sit-down lunch will be served and a cash bar is available. Registration for individuals, groups and tables of ten can be made below. Attendees who indicate CPP status when registering online will receive a certificate at the meeting for one (1) CPP continuing education credit.
Ticket are purchased online only and can be for individual, groups and reserved tables of ten. We will automatically reserve a table for group purchases of 10, 20 or 30. Please note that we need the names for all table guests to enable McGraw Hill Security to have attendees pre-registered at their security desk.
Online registration will close on February 12th!
About the Speaker
LT COL Jerome Hatfield, NJSP (Ret.) FEMA R2 Regional Administrator
Jerome Hatfield was appointed as the Regional Administrator of FEMA
Region 2 on November 4, 2013
Jerome Hatfield is a 27 year veteran of the New Jersey State Police where he commanded more than 800 enlisted, professional and administrative staff, and as the Deputy Superintendent of Homeland Security oversaw more than 80 state and federal grant programs.
Hatfield has served as a member of the National Advisory Council to FEMA, and is Vice-Chairman to the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) responsible for conducting nationwide assessments of State, Territorial, federal and local emergency management and homeland security programs.
Additionally, he has led EMAP liaisons to Kenya in support of international assessments conducted in conjunction with the Department of Defense (U.S. African Command) and the Center for Disease and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM).
In September 2005, Hatfield was deployed to the State of Louisiana with over 600 New Jersey responders in support of Hurricane Katrina response efforts. He was designated incident commander during Operation LEAD (Louisiana Emergency Assistance Deployment).
Hatfield holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree and is a graduate of the Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Naval Post Graduate School, Executive Leader’s Program. Hatfield is a Certified Public Manager (CPM), awarded by Farleigh Dickinson University. He is married with two children.