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65 Robert R. Latham, Jr. Professiolna! History Education Mr. Latham joined Neel-Schaffer in 2006 upon refirement as Executive Director of the Mississippi Northwest INississppi ` Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), a position he held for more than six years. As an Community College. Emergency Management Director for Neel-Schaffer, Mc Latham is actively involved with the -1969, 1970 development of programs designed to assist local, state; federal, non-government organizations and Private sectors in all-hazards emergency preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation activities. Affiliations Central United States -< Ear#hquake Consortium Related Experience: • Northern California Catastrophic Earthquake Readiness/Response Plan -Selected as a state Govemor~s Advisory ` Subject Matter Expert {SME), with an emphasis on the integration of a State and Federal response CouncitforRemote to a catastrophic event, during the development and implementation of a Catastrophic Earthquake Sensing ~echnotogy Readiness Response Plan for the State of California. Mississippi Cnri1 Community Health Center Emergency Management Training Program -Developed and delivered a comprehensive emergency management training program for the 22 community health centers of the Defense/Emergency.., Mississippi Primary Health Care Association {MPHCA}. Management Associafion' • State Emergency Management Director -Served as the senior emergency management advisor to National Emergency the Governors for the State of Mississippi for more than six years. Responsible for a functioning, ManagementAssoaation comprehensive statewide emergency management system to include oversight in the development (NEMA) and maintenance of the States Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan including the incorporation of more than 15 emergency support functions within state government. Directed and Reference managed the States preparation for, response to, recovery from and mitigation of eleven presidential disasters including Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, recognized as the worst natural disaster in State of Mississippi recent American history. Haley Barbour. Governor GovemoPs Homeland Security Advisor -Served as the Governor's Homeland Security Advisor for (609) 359-350 two years following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center in New fax (sot) 359-3741 - York. Oversaw the development of the State's initial Homeland Security strategy, the organization and implementation of a regional response capability within the state, and managed more than $35 million in homeland security funds for state and local governments. • Incident Management System -Developed and implemented the State's first standardized, statewide Incident Management Systems (IMS) making Mississippi one of the first six states to accomplish this after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center in New York. This was achieved before the mandate by HSPD-5 and the Department of Homeland Security. • Unified Command System -Organized and implemented the nation's first successful use of a Unfied Command System during the country's worst major disaster -Hurricane Katrina. This was accomplished by working closely with the Federal Emergency Management Agency's {FEMA} Field Coordinating Officer (FCO) Bill Carwile. • Central US Earthquake Consortium -Served on the Board of Directors for the Central US Earthquake Consortium for six years and Chairman of the Board for two years. The focus of this project was on the earthquake hazard and vulnerabilities in the Central US along the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ). • County Emergency Management Director -Served five years as the County Emergency Management Director for Tate County, MS. Responsible for the County's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP), as well as the County's fire protection and response system. IU_ NEEI-SCRAPPER ~ se~mw. ro.. s.n a.na w.m