Monday, June 15, 2015

Meghan McPherson discusses Disaster Preparedness on “Fresh Outlook”

by CHI Staff


Meghan McPherson, the assistant director of the Adelphi University Center for Health Innovation (CHI), recently spoke on the importance of being prepared for disasters on the weekly talk show “Fresh Outlook.” Meghan is currently also the program coordinator and adjunct faculty for graduate programs in emergency management at Adelphi.

 Ms. McPherson has over a decade of experience in emergency management and is credentialed as a Certified Emergency Manager.  She has worked in both the public sector, for New Hampshire's Governor's Office of Energy and Planning, and in the private sector for James Lee Witt Associates in Washington, DC where she was twice deployed to the Gulf Coast to support the recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana. Additionally, she serves on the Board of Advisors for the Order of the Sword & Shield National Honor Society, dedicated exclusively to homeland security, intelligence, and all protective security disciplines. Click the following link to watch the full episode.

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