Episode 14 - Adam Montella Discusses His Unique Emergency Management Career and his Role in the Post 9/11 Anthrax Attacks

Introduction

Adam Montella, MPA, MHS-V, CMP is an internationally recognized subject matter expert, speaker, and writer on numerous topics relating to emergency management, business continuity, physical and cyber security, homeland security, public health, disaster response, and recovery. With over 35 years of direct disaster experience, Mr. Montella has worked at or as an advisor to local, state, and federal government agencies, private industry, and non-government organizations.

Adam’s experience is underscored by serving in senior leadership positions on over 100 presidentially declared disasters, including the COVID-19 Federal Vaccination mission, Hurricanes Maria, Andrew, Hugo, and Katrina, the September 11 terrorist attacks, and the anthrax release at the U.S. Capitol.

Adam is the President of the International Association of Planning Professionals, a board member of the Mid-Florida Chapter of the Association of Continuity Professionals (ACP), a member of the Department of Energy’s Emergency Management Special Interest Group, the Curriculum Review and Editorial Boards for the American Public University System (APUS) and American Military University (AMU) and Industry Advisory Board at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). He has served on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) National Advisory Council (NAC), as the Human Services Branch Chief for the Florida State Emergency Response Team (SERT), a member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Private Sector Intelligence Analyst Program, FEMA’s Emergency Response Team (ERT), the ESFS-6 (Mass Care) lead at FEMA’s National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) and as the National Partner for ESFS-6 at the American Red Cross.

Key Positions

- Senior Vice President of Preparedness and Resilience, The Olson Group, Ltd. (Current)

- Senior SME Contractor, Continuous Improvement Program, FEMA (Current)

- General Manager of Emergency Management, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

- Contracted Acting Emergency Manager, United States House of Representatives

- Deputy City Manager/Emergency Management Director, City of Daytona Beach Shores

- Florida State Lead Disaster Director, American Red Cross

- On-camera Disaster, Security, and Survival Expert, Discovery Channel’s THE COLONY

Contact Information

https://www.linkedin.com/in/disasterguy/