Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia

The Role of the Private Sector in Preparedness and Emergency Response

Date: May 8, 2013
Time: 2:30pm
Location: SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Agenda:

The purpose of the hearing was to examine how the private sector can be leveraged to support community preparedness and response to natural and manmade disasters. The hearing highlighted how FEMA and the Federal government reaches out to the private sector as well as getting the private sector’s input on best practices and discuss challenges to potential public-private partnerships at the Federal, state and local level. Additionally, the hearing explored how the private sector can better prepare for disasters by developing plans, identifying priorities, engaging other stakeholders, and reducing the escalating cost of disasters with smart mitigation efforts.

Witnesses

Panel I

Elizabeth

Zimmerman

Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Response and Recovery

Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Panel I

Michael

Chodos

Associate Administrator, Office of Entrepreneurial Development

U.S. Small Business Administration

Panel II

Chris

Terzich

Chair

Regional Consortium Coordinating Council

Panel II

Michael

Merwarth

Senior Vice President and Chief Underwriter

United Services Automobile Association

Panel II

Daniel

Stoecker

Executive Director

National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster