CEO, Board Member, Foundation Trustee, Advisor, Bridging Philanthropy, Technology, Public & Private Sectors
Pleased to announce I have joined the 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 FEMA & the U.S. Fire Administration have established for updating national wildfire evacuation standards & developing Temporary Fire Refuge Areas (TFRA) for wildfire evacuation during no-notice events. This will enable the Santa Clara County FireSafe Council to contribute to this critical program to save lives during emergency evacuations and leverage our network of advisors and board members to engage in this process. More to follow after future meetings. The focus of the Communications Working Group will be: Communications and Messaging • Preparing the public o Effective and consistent plain language messaging o Communicating consistently across jurisdictions • Driving public action o Vehicles to communicate across multiple mediums o Effective and clear directions on what to do/where to go o Identifying and including trusted messengers Grateful to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), FEMA and the US Fire Administration for prioritizing and leading this essential program. Looking forward to Justin Ángel Knighten's leadership of this workgroup. #wildfire Kevin Sofen Kevin Conant Kirk McKinzie Jacy Hyde, PhD Genevieve Biggs Christopher Anthony Laura Blaul Ilkay Altintas, Ph.D. Andrea Santy Daniel Berlant Kenneth Dueker Curtis E. Alling, AICP Anthony Schultz Debra Deininger Teresa Alvarado Ken Alex Kim Zagaris Kelly Martin Nancy Watkins Wade White Frank Frievalt Kate K., Kate Dargan Marquis O.P. Almaraz Bob Horton Evrim Bunn Erica Kuligowski
