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Caucus Co-Chair Dr. Stacy Willett higheredacademician@iaem.com
Caucus Co-Chair Jennifer Carlson, Ph.D., CEM, LCSW higheredacademician@iaem.com
Executive Secretary Joshua Shanley
Publicist Sara Ruch
Board Liaison Anthony Mangeri, M.S., CEM iaem.r2@iaem.com
Staff Liaison: Terry "TC" Cooper terry@iaem.com
Government Affairs Committee Liaison: Suzy Spurgeon
IAEM-USA members interested in participating in this caucus should email the caucus staff liaison and tell them how you can contribute to or learn from this caucus's important work.
To create a space for researchers and professors of emergency management to coordinate with FEMA’s Higher Education Program to share and contribute to the betterment of the profession of emergency management. Initial tasks: 1) providing enhanced coordination between IAEM and FEMA’s Higher Education Program, 2) increasing networking opportunities for IAEM member researchers and professors, 3) conducting a campaign to increase new IAEM members who will join the Caucus, 4) enhancing IAEM’s efforts to professionalize emergency management through discussions on a Code of Ethics and other contemporary issues, 5) providing a voice within IAEM for the researchers and professors that are teaching future emergency managers, and 6) provide advice to IAEM leadership on matters relating to higher education for emergency managers.
Learn about the history of this caucus.
General Membership: General Membership meets via Teams online with a conference call option every second Thursday of the month from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET. Members Only: Meeting Schedule
To be an official member of the IAEM-USA HEA Caucus, as reported to the IAEM-USA Board, an individual must:
All members of this caucus shall be designated as a higher education emergency management practitioner or academic or have a majority interest in higher education in emergency management. A “higher education emergency management practitioner” or “academic” is defined as an individual who is working or volunteering in the higher education or academic arena and whose primary duties include the addressing the four phases of emergency management within that arena. It is strongly encouraged, although not required, that caucus members possess CEM/AEM certification.
The designation of “Associate Member” may be granted to any current IAEM-USA member who serves in a tangential but related role to higher education emergency management. It is only a form of recognition. It does not reflect any special role, responsibility, position, status, or privilege with respect to the Caucus.
Higher Education Program
In addition to the annual goals and priorities established at the IAEM-USA Annual Conference, the Caucus will always address the following standing goals:
See OKR’s above for 2024.