Response & Recovery

Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense

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)