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SUZANNE FREW
Suzanne Frew is an international consultant, speaker, facilitator and instructor in emergency management throughout the United States, the Pacific Island and Southeast Asia. She brings almost 20 years of public and private experience spearheading, designing and evaluating pre- and post-disaster risk and strategic communications, emergency management plans and partnership initiatives.
Through The Frew Group, her consulting practice based out of the San Francisco Bay Area, Ms. Frew works collaboratively with government agencies, business, community and faith-based organizations to develop solutions that meet the unique needs and circumstances of stakeholders at the national, regional and local community level. Ms. Frew specializes in the communication and strategic/tactical planning needs of multi-cultural, high-risk populations, addressing cultural, socio-economic and faith-based concerns of "communities within the community" to develop sustainable approaches that engage priority audiences.
Ms. Frew has been in private consulting since 1999, providing leadership for many key public-private partnership community resiliency and educational/informational initiatives. She is a published author, article reviewer, and a regular speaker for emergency management conferences and workshops. She has served as an adjunct instructor for a variety of clients, including FEMA's Emergency Management Institute, Orange County Sheriff's Department, FBI, California Office of Emergency Services/California Department of Public Health, and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center. A member of IBM's Humanitarian Response Team, she worked closely with the National Child Protection Authority of Sri Lanka after the Indian Ocean Tsunami to develop a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Training-of-Trainers Educational Program, and supported recovery efforts during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Ms. Frew has trained emergency management and public health workers on risk communications, developed and facilitated CBRNE exercises, and developed plans for local public health departments. In 2008, Ms. Frew provided expert advice on U.S. resiliency initiatives for the National Roundtable on Disaster Resiliency for the Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Public Health Agency of Canada. She first experienced the challenge of public health concerns while in Thailand teaching risk communications to Asian emergency managers at the peak of the Avian Flu outbreak.
A prior FEMA regional official for nine years during the 1990s, Ms. Frew served in a wide variety of positions, including Marketing, Education and Partnership Development Coordinator, Public Information Officer and Mitigation Education Branch Chief on natural disasters throughout the United States and island jurisdictions..
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