Founding Board & Supporting Members Our founding membership represents faculty members from fifteen colleges and universities. Though most of us are from the State University of New York system, we welcome membership inquiries from full- or part-time faculty members and academic administrators in any accredited college and university, and also from emergency management and homeland security professionals (who are interested in research and education), and college students. Please find out more about our objectives & rationales, brief history and bylaws. Founding Board Founding President: Ernest Sternberg, Professor, Urban & Regional Planning, University at Buffalo Founding President-Elect: John Kostanoski, Professor and Chair, Security Systems, SUNY Farmingdale Founding Vice President: Eva Cramer, Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology; V.P. for Biotechnology and Scientific Affairs, SUNY Downstate Medical Center Founding Secretary: Powderly, Kathleen, Humanities in Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center Founding Treasurer: Brian Stenson, Deputy Director, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government Chair, Web Committee: Patricia Roblin, Administrator Disaster Preparedness, Research Instructor Pediatric Infectious Disease, SUNY Downstate Medical Center / Kings County Hospital Center Supporting Members Arquilla, Bonnie, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, and Director of Disaster Preparedness, SUNY Downstate Medical Center / Kings County Hospital Center Augenbraun, Michael, Clinical Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Community Health and Associate Professor of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center Asal, Victor, Assistant Professor, Political Science, University at Albany Barbour, Randall L., Associate Professor, Pathology and Physiology & Biophysics, SUNY Downstate Medical Center Birkland, Thomas A., Associate Professor, Center for Policy Research, University at Albany Bis, John, Adjunct Professor and Associate Dean Emeritus, School of Architecture & Planning, University at Buffalo Bruneau, Michel, Professor, Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering; Director, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, University at Buffalo Caplan, Elliot, Professor, Media Study; Director, Center for the Moving Image, University at Buffalo Chapin, John K., Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Cole, Sam, Professor, Urban & Regional Planning, University at Buffalo Colin G. Drury, Distinguished Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering; Director, Research Institute for Safety and Security in Transportation, University at Buffalo. Dubovsky, Steven, Professor and Chair, Psychiatry, University at Buffalo Gais, Thomas L, Co-Director, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government Hennessy, David J., Professor and Chair, Business Law, Schenectady County Community College Hess, Daniel, Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo Kumar, Korni Swaroop, Professor and Chair, Criminal Justice, SUNY Brockport Lee, George C., Samuel P. Capen Professor of Engineering, University at Buffalo Lemieux, Anthony, Assistant Professor, Psychology, SUNY Purchase McCrie, Robert, Professor, Security Management, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Mittal, Rajesh, Fellow, Disaster Preparedness; Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center / Kings County Hospital Center Nathan, Richard, Co-Director, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government O'Connor, Michael J., Jr., Associate Professor of Emergency and Disaster Management, The State University of New York - Canton College of Technology Prives, Joav, Professor, Pharmacology, Stony Brook University Reaven, Sheldon, Professor, Technology and Society, Stony Brook University Shea, William, Instructor, Empire State College Steinfeld, Edward, Professor, Architecture; Director, Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access, University at Buffalo Stenson, Brian, Deputy Director, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government Taylor, Henry Louis, Professor, Urban & Regional Planning, University at Buffalo Westphal, Robert G., Director, Center for Public Health Preparedness, School of Public Health, University at Albany Protect New York welcomes membership inquiries from full- or part-time faculty members and academic administrators, professionals interested in research and education, and college students. Please fill out the brief form on our application for membership page. As of fall 2006, memberships are free but each applicant is subject to approval by the Board. Members will be placed on our listserv. HOME | RATIONALE | HISTORY | INFORMATION | NEWS | JOURNAL | EVENTS | BOARD & MEMBERS | BYLAWS | APPLICATION TO JOIN | CONTACT
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