A model to improve preparedness and strategically enhance resiliency at a community level: The Garden State approach

Author's Biography

Rodric Bowman is Senior Director, Emergency Management Operations at NYC Health + Hospitals. Dr Bowman is an adjunct professor at Colorado Technical University where he teaches in the Homeland Security Studies programme. He holds a bachelor’s degree in public health from Western Connecticut State University, a master’s degree in administrative science with a focus in emergency management from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a doctorate in civil security leadership, management and policy from New Jersey City University.

Alexander Newman is a New Jersey preparedness planner with experience in building resiliency across public sectors and in geographical regions such as the Southwestern USA, Southeast Asia, Western Europe and the Middle East and North Africa region. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Towson University, a master’s of public administration from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a master’s of public affairs from Sciences-Po, Paris.