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Docusign Envelope ID: B576D624-E16E-4D9F-BC67-5703DE54A6F8 <br /> Orange County—Comprehensive Emergency Operations Plan Update <br /> DON GRIFFITH <br /> Program Director <br /> 35+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE <br /> in Aviation and Emergency ..- <br /> EXPERTISE PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS <br /> Emergency Management Mr. Griffith is an experienced disaster response professional with 35 years of <br /> aviation, emergency management, and homeland security experience, <br /> Disaster Responses including 15 years of experience managing disaster response, recovery, <br /> Hazard Vulnerability mitigation,and preparedness projects.He has deployed 54 disaster air response <br /> Analysis experts to seven U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico airports in response to <br /> Hurricanes Irma and Maria and four in the Pacific. Mr. Griffith managed IEM <br /> Liaison Officer Duties Air TM, our aviation-specific division, since 2009 until 2021. He is the Project <br /> Airlift Operations Director for over 150 airport assessments and numerous airport contracts. He <br /> also served as the Program Manager for the aerial data collection related to <br /> Assault Landing Zone public utility facilities and property for post-storm damage assessment from <br /> Operations Hurricane Matthew, using two unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) teams. He <br /> Drop Zone Operations served as Program Manager for the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) <br /> functional assessment, EOC operations plan,and rules and regulations projects <br /> Airborne Operations for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). <br /> Airfield Seizures RELEVANT EXPERIENCE <br /> EDUCATION I EM, 2008-Present <br /> M.A., Emergency Director of Response Operations, 2008-Present <br /> Management, AMU, 2010 <br /> (Honors) Director of Response Operations, Federal Emergency Management <br /> Introduction to Special Agency (FEMA) Air Evacuation Aviation Ground Support, 2009-Present <br /> Operations, Special <br /> Operations University, 1998 As Project Director, deployed 11 Senior Air Operations experts <br /> to Hawaii to support the 2023 wildland fires. <br /> Squadron Officers' School, As Project Director,created IEM Air",a division within IEM that <br /> 1995 specializes in disaster air response missions. Grew a division <br /> Air Force Reserve Officers from one employee in 2009 to 37 employees as of 2023. <br /> Training Corps Led the first airfield assessment for FEMA in 2009 of the Louis <br /> (Distinguished Graduate), Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY). <br /> 1988 <br /> B.A., Psychology, University <br /> of Central Florida, 1988 <br /> RFP NO.367-005435 • 10/23/24 1 ©1EM. <br />