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MARY SCHOENFELDT
Mary Schoenfeldt is considered by many to
be an expert in the field of Disaster Psychology and Emergency
Management. She is the Public Education Coordinator for City of Everett,
Washington Office of Emergency Management, has developed and taught
Disaster Psychology courses in two Emergency Management/Homeland
Security degree programs and has traveled internationally to teach on a
variety of topics.
Her current public education campaign, Who Depends On You?
recently won an award from IAEM and was nominated for a Washington State
Cities of Excellence Award. Her ability to encourage people to
action is reflected in her books, articles and contributions to
publications for FEMA and US Department of Education.
Mary has been in the field of Emergency Management and Public Education
for over 25 years. Her experience includes both paid and volunteer
projects encouraging, managing or responding within the Emergency
Management community. She has worked with schools, government,
businesses and communities to help them prepare and respond to all types
of incidents. Ms. Schoenfeldt has provided assistance in
communities such as Littleton Colorado, San Diego California, New York
City, New Orleans, the New Jersey Shore, Newtown Connecticut and others
who have experienced devastating events that impacted their way of life.
Ms. Schoenfeldt received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from
the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, a United Nations
recognized international humanitarian organization, for her pioneering
(and continuing cutting edge) work in the field of School Crisis
Response, Disaster Mental Health and Emergency Management. Mary has
devoted her life, professionally and personally, to helping people
prevent, prepared for and recover from traumatic life
events.
In addition to devoting her work life to Crisis Response, she also gives
countless volunteer hours to her passion. She is the current
International Board President of Green Cross Academy of
Traumatology, has given more than 9 years as a Board Member of the
Washington State Critical Incident Stress Management Network,
volunteered as Deputy Incident Commander of Green Cross Academy of
Traumatology Katrina Response and also led a team into the New Orleans
area to provide services to volunteers who were rescuing animals after
Katrina and then returned again to New Orleans to work with St. Bernard
Parish Public Schools as they struggled to recover and reopen their
schools. She recently was the Deputy Incident Commander for Green Cross
Response to Super Storm Sandy. She just returned from Newtown
Connecticut where she was asked to join a specialty team to provide
guidance and support after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Ms. Schoenfeldt authored the Crisis Response model for all schools in
California, has been an advisor to the US Department of Education,
Disaster International and other agencies. She has written 4 books,
countless magazine articles, is the subject matter expert for several
software programs, has produced a DVD to help organizations handle
crisis, provides training and is routinely interviewed by print, radio
and TV media. Her materials are used internationally in locations
such as Australia, Israel, Hong Kong, Sweden, Germany, Bermuda, Mexico
and Canada.
Her knowledge and experience helps bridge the gap between theory and
reality and has assisted countless businesses, organizations and people
better understand how to prepare and respond to disasters of all kinds.
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