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DARELL DARNELL
Darrell Darnell recently accepted a position with George Washington University as Associate Vice President for Safety and Security. Previously, he served as Director for Critical Instrastructure Protection and Resilience Policy with the White House National Security Staff.
Mr. Darnell is a former Director of the District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA) and Director of the Urban Areas and Exercise Program at IEM, a Louisiana-based national disaster and homeland security consulting company. Prior to joining IEM, Mr. Darnell spent eight years in the federal government, first at the US Department of Justice and then at DHS. At DHS he served as director of the Preparedness Division for the DHS Headquarters Operational Integration Staff and also worked with the Office for State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness (OSLGCP) in the planning and implementation of National Preparedness programs in partnership with state and local governments throughout the nation.
Prior to his assignment to the I-STAFF, Mr. Darnell served as the Local Programs Division Director within the State and Local Program Management Division at OSLGCP, where he oversaw the development and implementation of anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism preparedness programs within the nation's local urban areas. Mr. Darnell was also a lead training program specialist with OSLGCP, where he helped state and local emergency responders and public safety officials develop training and technical assistance programs to address Weapons of Mass Destruction response planning and emergency preparedness.
Mr. Darnell was a 2006 senior fellow at the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute and a Founders Award recipient from the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security for his role in the development of the first Master of Arts degree program in Homeland Security and Defense, offered by the Naval Postgraduate School on behalf of DHS.
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