Homer D. Brenneman Jr., CBCP currently works as a defense contractor overseeing the development of an Enterprise COOP Program for the Army Materiel Command, providing COOP Plan concepts and development guidance and assistance to AMC headquarters and the major subordinate commands around the country. Mr. Brenneman previously provided Continuity of Operations Plan development for Defense Logistics Agency supporting the development and enforcement of IT COOP policies and procedures. He provided services as an independent consultant developing and testing Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) Plans for a diverse client base including Business Recovery Plans as well as Information Technology (IT) Recovery Plans. His private sector experience included 32 years with IBM working technology to business recovery. Mr. Brenneman currently holds the position of Secretary fulfilling the vacated position in January of 2008. Previously he served multiple terms as Director of Information position for the Chapter.

John C. (Jack) Barnett, CBCP has been a member of the DC-Mid Atlantic Chapter of ACP since 2003. He has served on the Chapter Board for the five years including two terms as President as well as Director of Marketing and Director of Compliance. He has led the planning committee of three successful symposiums in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He is an independent consultant currently engaged with FEMA in designing the National Emergency Technology Guard (NET Guard) program. Previously he was employed by SiloSmashers leading teams designing several Federal Lines of Business. Mr. Barnett has also worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, supporting the Department of Homeland Security developing the Department’s Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Emergency Preparedness plans. Jack retired from the US Department of HUD in 2003, where in his last assignment as Deputy Director for Security and Emergency Planning, he developed COOP plans for the Headquarters and 81 Regional and Field offices.

Stephanie Wehrheim, ABCP is a Senior Consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton, in Mission Assurance/Enterprise Resilience, with 3 years experience in Continuity of Operations and emergency management. Currently she is working with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of Health Affairs (OHA), establishing, training and exercising all aspects of their COOP and emergency preparedness programs. Ms. Wehrheim is evaluating and amending OHA’s Occupant Emergency Plans (OEP), Shelter-in-Place (SIP) and evacuation procedures. Ms. Wehrheim is also the primary contact for OHA’s Emergency Relocation Group (ERG), coordinating all aspects of their orientation, training and exercise logistics. She is the manager for OHA personnel on the DHS Emergency Notification System (ENS) and the OHA Communities of Interest (COI) on the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN).

Patricia Mendoza, CBCP, MPM is an Associate for Booz Allen Hamilton and currently has 5 years of experience in Mission Assurance/Enterprise Resilience efforts supporting several government and private organizations. She provides project management and financial management activities for Physical Security and Emergency Preparedness tasks for the IRS. She works closely with the IRS client to develop Enterprise Lifecycle documentation for an application that is used to conduct risk assessment on IRS facilities. Ms. Mendoza also supports Disaster Recovery testing and Business Continuity Planning for an internal project within Booz Allen. Previously, Ms. Mendoza developed IT Contingency Plans and facilitated tabletop exercises for the IRS.

Royal K Stacey, II, CBCP, CHS-III is a Business Continuity Professional and Emergency Management Specialist with nineteen years of experience in both the Private and Public arena. Focus over the last 8 years has been on Continuity of Operations, Information Technology Contingency Planning and Emergency Management for both Federal Agencies and the Department of Defense. His specialties incorporate COOP/COG; Emergency Management; ICS/NIMS; Disaster Recovery Planning; Information Technology Contingency Planning; Test, Train & Exercise; Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP); and Project Management. Mr. Stacey has been a Board member of Association of Contingency Planners in Washington, DC from 2008 to present as the Director of Information & Technology.

Brenda Brown-Paul, CBCP is a CBCP with over 20 years experience in a wide variety of IT functions, from pulling cable to management consulting. She served as the Mid-Atlantic-DC ACP Chapter Director of Technology in 2006 and 2007, and as the Director of Education in 2009 and 2009. Mrs. Paul is leaving her position the COOP Manager for the Army's telecommunications systems, where she provided the entire lifecycle of continuity planning. She will begin a position as a Senior COOP Manager with Nova Datacom at the Army Corps of Engineers. She has attended, assisted in the coordination of, and taught at various educational and conference events, and will use that experience to provide information on educational events for ACP.

Arthur Fuller, CBCP, CERT has been working in the publishing and media industry for over 23 years. During past 11 years he has worked for The Washington Post Newspaper in various IT related roles, and for the past 3.5 years as IT Manager of Business Continuity Planning. In this role he is responsible for the conduct of impact analyses and reporting, continuity plan development and maintenance, and coordinating business continuity exercises for the enterprise. Mr. Fuller holds a Bachelors Degree in Printing Management from UDC, Masters Degree in Computer Information Systems Management from UMUC, and CBCP & CERT certifications. An active member of the DC / Mid Atlantic ACP Chapter since 2006, Mr. Fuller is currently the Director of Public Relations. He is also on the Emergency Management Committee for the Greater Washington Board of Trade.

Thomas A. Moran, CBCP is a Program Manager for Alion Science and Technology, a local and national professional services firm. He specializes in the design and delivery of agency and enterprise IT and management solutions including Continuity of Operations (COOP) Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and IT Disaster Recovery Plans and solution. His active duty aboard US Polaris submarines and subsequently providing design and acquisition support as a contractor to US Navy ship and submarine programs exposed him to a wide range of best practices in engineering, risk management and contingency planning. He has an extensive network of professional contacts and working relationships with local, state and government personnel involved with acquisition, IT and risk management issues.

Mr. Moran works closely with clients in determining the scope of their planning process and in conducting their Business Impact Assessments (BIAs) and Risk Assessments (RA) so that the resulting risk mitigation recommendations, recovery strategies, team structures, procedures and training materials are tailored and pertinent the organization with the guidelines and supporting documents needed for an “All Hazards” approach to contingency and disaster readiness planning. Mr. Moran holds the Director of Compliance position for the Chapter.

Douglas S. Kinney, CBCP consults for industry and government on continuity and contingency action, planning, training and exercises. He has specialized counter terrorist "red cell" gaming to test contingency planning and preparedness, in mass casualty disaster response, including over 140 foreign and domestic exercises. This training emphasizes preparing systems and people to the unexpected. Other kinds of exercises help ensure readiness of headquarters operations facilities; preparations for response to high-value targets such as airports; and readiness for threats during high-visibility events such as the Turin Winter Olympics and the Beijing Olympics. Crisis Skills Training conveys basic skills to generalists and advanced training in working with them to specialists such as a heavy rescue unit, CBRN monitoring field team or a national-level SWAT Team.

Mr. Kinney has also done crisis management training for the intelligence and defense communities, as well as helped with contingency training for the Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) off each major littoral should Americans need rescue or evacuation. He volunteers as regional Life Safety co-lead for American Red Cross; as an Instructor in CPR for the Professional Rescuer, Psychological First Aid, and Wilderness First Aid; as a CERT member and Instructor in light urban search and rescue; on the Rehab Squad of DC Fire & EMS; and for Shenandoah Mountain Rescue Group, an accredited rescue squad under law enforcement auspices for wilderness areas in the Mid-Atlantic states.

George Huff, CBCP cis the Attorney-Advisor for the Space and Facilities Division of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO). He advises the U.S. Judicial Conference’s Committees on Space and Facilities and Judicial Security. In his work with the Judiciary, George has served as a law clerk in the Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., in the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, and in a variety of legal positions at the AO associated with court management, facilities and security. As a former Deputy Attorney General of Indiana, he is the attorney of record on a number of reported cases. George retired from the Army Reserve after service in various senior-level operational positions.

Mr. Huff’s primary additional duty has been as the Attorney-Advisor to the Judiciary Emergency Preparedness Office at the AO during more than 40 disaster-related incidents affecting court operations throughout the U.S. He has published cover articles on business continuity and pandemic preparedness in journals of Federal and American Bar Associations. Mr. Huff is a Certified Business Continuity Professional. In addition, he serves as the advisor to the Judiciary Emergency Preparedness Program, providing guidance and assistance for operational continuity management programs nationwide. He participates in the activities of the Interagency Continuity Advisory Group. Mr. Huff conducts continuity exercises for the AO and U.S. courts, and teaches business continuity in continuing legal education programs.