Sue Kerr, CBCP

 

Session Description:

Dealing with a Crisis is obviously no game but dealing with them takes training and skill. Join this session to
enhance your response capability through a table top role play exercise focusing on a Hazmat incident that has
OSHA implications. You will receive an opportunity to exercise your decision-making skills in dealing with this
disastrous situation.

During this fast paced and intense session, you will have an opportunity to work through The Disaster Game. You
will be assigned roles representing the typical roles within a Corporate Crisis Management Team. You will be
presented with a scenario that will put you and your team to the test as you work through the consequences of
the disaster. Through The Disaster Game, you will learn to think through a crisis in your role as a safety
professional and through the eyes of others in various roles within the organization.

 

Speaker Bio:

Sue Kerr the President of Continuity First, Inc. Sue's expertise includes the development and implementation of
the Business Continuity and Crisis Management Programs both nationally and internationally. She successfully
led companies through the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, HAZMAT incidents, Hurricane Isabel, wild
fires and other natural and man-made incidents.

Sue is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University earning a Bachelors of Science with a concentration in
Information Systems. She has a Masters Certificate from the Project Management Institute at George
Washington University. She has been a Certified Business Continuity Planner (CBCP) since 1998. She is the
President for the Old Dominion Chapter of the Association of Contingency Planners (ACP). She worked with two
working groups sponsored by DRII and the Disaster Recovery Journal on refining the standards within the
Generally Accepted Practices for the Business Continuity industry.

Publications for Sue include interviews within the Richmond Times Dispatch and Washington Technology as well
as publication of various articles within the Disaster Recovery Journal. She has spoken at many conferences and
seminars on such topics as Business Continuity Planning, Crisis Management, and Pandemic Influenza.