2023 Meetings
Next Chapter Meeting: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
Location: The Grapevine Restaurant @ 11055 Three Chopt Road, Richmond, Va., 23233 (804-440-9100)
RSVP: Jon Bernhardt @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Meeting Time: Registration / networking @11:30 am; Meeting 12 Noon - 2:00 pm
Lunch / Meeting Fees: ACP members ($10) / All other attendees ($20)
Main Speaker: Clarence Elliott, President ACP Old Dominion Chapter
Focus:
Hybrid/Remote Work and Business Continuity
Additional Information:
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Other Events 2023:
Mid Atlantic Disaster Recovery Association (MADRA) Meeting: Washington, D.C. (bimonthly) Additional Information
ACP National Conference: () - Additional Information
Virginia1st Annual Meeting: (October 11th) - Registration Closed
DRI2023 Preliminary Conference Program: Austin, Texas (Feb. 26 thru March 1) - Registration Closed
DRJ Spring World: Orlando, Florida (March 12-15) - Registration Closed
Virginia Emergency Management Symposium: Harrisonburg, Virginia (March 20-23) - Registration Closed
Continuity Insights Management Conference: Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 24-26) - Registration Closed
The International Crisis Management Conference (ICMC): Newport, Rhode Island (June 6-7) - Registration Closed
DRJ Fall World: (Phoenix, Arizona (September 10-13) - Registration Closed
2023 Old Dominion Chapter MEETING CALENDAR
Program Dates: February, May, June, September and November (December Board Meeting)
No meetings are scheduled for the month(s) of: January, March, April, July, August and October
Monthly Chapter Meetings - normally 4th Tuesday, 12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM
NOTE(s): Times and locations may vary
Normal Cost (Lunch/Program): ACP Members ($10); All other attendees ($20)
February 28: "Business Continuity Management Program (BCMP) Role"
Host Location - The Grapevine Restaurant
Speaker - Clif Hairfield
May 9: "The Disaster Experience"
Host Location - Markel Corporation (4521 Highwoods Parkway, Glen Allen, Va. 23060, 804-527-7618)
Speaker(s) - Bob Mellinger, Attainium Corporation
June 27: "NWS: Prior Year Highlights / 2023 Hurricane Season Outlook"
Host Location - The Grapevine Restaurant
Speaker - Eric Seymour, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather Service
NWS 2023 Hurricane Season (Note: This is a Google Docs Link; authorization granted by the National Weather Service)
September 19: "Cyber Security"
Host Location - The Grapevine Restaurant
Speaker - Kathy Scourby, ACP ODC Board Member
November 28: "Hybrid/Remote Work and Business Continuity"
Host Location - The Grapevine Restaurant
Speaker - Clarence Elliott, ACP ODC President, IT Manager - Disaster Recovey
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Previous Years
2022 Meetings
February 22: "Roundtable Discussion: Top Business Continuity Challenges for 2022"
Host Location - Grapevine Restuarant
Speaker(s) - Lead by: Clarence Elliott / Philip Oppenheim / Renee Wentworth (15 attendees)
May 24: "Developing a Crisis Management Plan for your Business"
Host Location - Grapevine Restuarant
Speaker - Frankie Blevins, Director - Business Resilience, Markel
Crisis Management Overview for Virginia ACP
June 28: "Hurricane Season"
Host Location - Grapevine Restuarant
Speaker - Mike Dutter, Science Officer, NOAA
NWS 2022 Hurricane Season NOTE: link currently unavailable (32mg+ - file too large)
September 27: "Cloud Disaster Recovery (DR)"
Host Location - Grapevine Restuarant
Speaker - Twann Atkins, AWS Amazon Architectural Advocate
October 26: "Supply Chain Basics & Emergency Management Priorities"
Host Location - Grapevine Restuarant
Speaker - Mark Scott, DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency
Supply Chain Basics Presentation (Mark Scott)
Supply Chain Overview - Part 1 (John Caton)
Supply Chain Overview - Part 2 (John Caton)
Supply Chain Overview - Part 3 (John Caton)
November 22: "Elections and Roundtable Discussion (2022 Lessons Learned & Major Issues for BC / Emergency Management)"
Host Location - Grapevine Restuarant
Speaker - Lead by: Clarence Elliott
December 19: ODC Board Meeting
2021 Meetings
February 23: "Lessons Learned: Covid and Ice Storm"
Host Location - Zoom (virtual meeting)
Speaker(s) - Clarence Elliott, Kathy Scourby (Interactive)
April 27: "Demo of LiveSafe / WorkSafe Product and Platform"
Host Location - Zoom (virtual meeting)
Speaker - Jim Lee of Vector Solutions
June 23: "Hurricane Season - A Review of 2020 and a look ahead at 2021"
Host Location - Grapevine Restuarant
Speaker - Eric Seymour, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather Service (Wakefield Va.)
2021 Tropical Outreach Slides - 1 of 3
2021 Tropical Outreach Slides - 2 of 3
2021 Tropical Outreach Slides - 3 of 3
Sptember 28: "Best Practices for Business Continuity: Client RFP's, Client Audits and Vendor Risk Management Program"
Host Location - Grapevine Restuarant
Speaker - Kathy Scourby, CBCP, KNS Consulting, LLC and Secretary ACP ODC
November 16: "Elections (VP / Treasurer) and Roundtable Discussion (what are your major issues for BC / Emergency Management?"
Host Location - Grapevine Restuarant
Speaker - ACP ODC Board
December 14: ODC Board Meeting
2020 Meetings
February 25: BC Software Panel Discussion
Host Location - Grapevine Restaurant
Speaker(s) - Clarence Elliott, Connie Riffe and Clif Hairfield
IBM Resiliency Orchestration (Clif Hairfield)
BC Software Discussion Presentations (Clarence and Connie)
December 15: ODC Board Meeting
2019 Meetings
February 26: Phishing: Trying not to get caught on the Bad Guys "Phishing Hook"!
Host Location - Jefferson Lakeside Country Club (Lunch)
Speaker - Robin Hillman, Affinion Group/Connexions Loyalty
April 23: The Disaster Experience - Quickfire Exercise
Host Location - UNOS (2:00 pm to 4:00 pm)
Speaker - Bob Mellinger, President, Attainium Corporation
Attainium: Readiness Resources
May 28: 2018 Hurricane Lessons Learned, 2019 Season Forecast
Host Location - UNOS Headquarters
Speaker - Jonathan McGee, Meteorologist, Tropical Program Leader, NWS Wakefield
NOTE: Due to the upload size limitations, the NWS presentation was broken into 5 part as follows:
NWS (2 of 5) NWS (3 of 5) NWS (4 of 5) NWS (5 of 5)
June 25: GDPR and Privacy in the US
Host Location - Grapevine Restaurant
Speaker - Shana Bumpas, Director of Information Security, University of Richmond
General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR)
September 25: "Trends in Disaster Recovery (DR) and Backup"
Host Location - Quality Technology Services (QTS)
Speaker(s) - Ben Jenkins, Account Executive – SoVA & WV, QTS
Dan Butzer, Global Field CTO, Zerto
Zerto 7.5 Enhancing Hybrid Cloud and Cyber Resilience with CDP
November 5: "C-Suite support: BCP/DR/Risk Management, Workplace Violence" and "Active Assailant Preparedness for Business Continuity Managers"
Host Location - UNOS Headquarters, 4th Street, 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Speaker(s) - Ted Brown, Dave Hunt, KETCH Consulting
Ted Brown: Convincing the C-Suite to Invest in BCP, DR and Risk Management
Dave Hunt: Active Shooter Part 1 and Active Shooter Part 2
November 19: "Elections and Panel Discussion"
Host Location - Grapevine Restaurant
December 4: ODC Board Meeting
2018 Meetings
February 27: Business Continuity and Cybersecurity
Host Location - Grapevine Restuarant (Lunch)
Speakers - Patrick Logan, SELTEK Technology Solutions & Kathy Scourby, KNS Consulting
Disaster Preparedness and BC Planning
April 24: Managing Risks: A New Framework
Host Location - Jefferson Lakeside Country Club (Lunch)
Speaker - Eddie McAndrew, CISSP, PMP, ITIL, MSIS of !mpactmakers
Managing Risks: A New Framework
May 22: Some Interesting Aspects of Recent Weather Events
Host Location - Jefferson Lakeside Country Club (Lunch)
Speaker - William (Bill) Sammler, Warning Coordination Meteorologist of NOAA's National Weather Service
NWS Review of 2017 Weather Events - Hurricanes
NWS Review of 2018 Weather Events - January Blizzards
NWS Review of 2018 Weather Events - Early March Winds
NWS Review 2017-2018 Weather Events - Situational Awareness Resources
June 26: Travel Risk Management
Host Location - Jefferson Lakeside Country Club (Lunch)
Speaker - Paul Ferrell, Director of Sales at iJet (WorldAware)
WorldAware: Travel Risk Management
WorldAware: Travel / Manager Perspective
WorldAware: Situational Awareness
October 9: "Supply Chain Risks and How to Audit Them” and “Active Assailant Preparedness for Your Organization”
Host Location - Grapevine Restuarant (Lunch)
Speakers - Ted Brown, CBCP, President & CEO of KETCH Consulting and Dave Hunt, CPP, President, Homeland Security Consulting LLC
November 27: Tornadoes in Richmond - Lessons Learned
Host Location: Jefferson Lakeside Country Club
Speaker - Clarence Elliott, MBCP, Contingency Planner, UNOS and President ACP Old Dominion Chapter
Tornadoes in Richmond - Lessons Learned
January 3, 2019 ACP ODC Board Meeting
2017 Meetings
February 28: Health-related Impacts on Businesses
Host Location - Jefferson Lakeside Country Club (Lunch)
Speaker - Dr. Nancy Welch (Virginia Dept. of Health)
District Health Director for Chesapeake and Western Tidewater
VHD - The Workplace as an Incubator for Infectious Disease
April 25: Hurricane Matthew - Virginia Beach and their "Rain Event"
Host Location - Jefferson Lakeside Country Club (Lunch)
Speaker: Bill Sammler, Warning Coordination Meteorologist - National Weather Service
Hurricane Matthew - Anatomy of a Flood
June 27: Ransomware / Malware
Host Location - Jefferson Lakeside Country Club (Lunch)
Speaker: Richard Blair
October 11: Resilience and Leadership
Host Location: Grapevine Restaurant
Speaker: Ted Brown III, CBCP, CBCV, MBCI, President & CEO: KETCHConsulting
Member: CPM Hall of Fame
Website: CEO of KETCHConsulting
Presentation: Resilience and Leadership
November 14: Bon Secours Lessons Learned from Hurricane Irma
Host Location: Jefferson Lakeside Country Club (Lunch)
Speaker: Clif Hairfield, CBCP, ITIL V3, CERT
In Hurricane Irma, why did nursing home patients have to die?
December 19
ACP ODC Board Meeting
2016 Meetings
February 23: Cyber Security / Email
Host Location - Jefferson Lakeside Club (Lunch)
Speaker - Jerry Montella: Cyber Security Presentation
April 26: Workplace Violence
Host Location - UNOS
Speaker -Caroline Ramsey Hamilton: Active Shooter Presentation
Risk and Security LLC Website
Active Shooter Presentation (Part 1)
Active Shooter Presentation (Part 2)
May 24: UCI Bike Race Planning / Lessons Learned
Host Location - Jefferson Lakeside Club (Lunch)
Speaker - Capt. Will Smith: UCI Road World Championships UCI Road World Championships Video UCI Bike Race by UNOS
UCI Road World Championships Presentation
June 28: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Lightning & Staying Weather Aware
Host Location - Jefferson Lakeside Club (Lunch)
Speaker - Bill Sammler: NWS Presentation
NWS Hurricanes Tornadoes Lightning (Part 1)
NWS Tornadoes Hurricanes Lightning (Part 2)
Sept. 27: DR in the Cloud, DR in QTS Colocation, DR at Your Sites
Host Location - Quality Technology Services
Speakers - Steven Rosenthal, QTS Sr. Product Manager and
David Weisbrot, QTS Solutions Architect: QTS Presentation
Quality Technology Services (QTS) Presentation
October 25: Agility Recovery Solutions - Lessons Learned
Host Location - Jefferson Lakeside Club (Lunch)
Speaker - Carl Mackey, Area Director: Agility - 2015 Year in Review
Agility Recovery: 2015 Year In Review
Nov. 15: ACP Election of Officers / Roundtable Discussions
Host Location - Grapevine Restaurant
Speaker - Clarence Elliott, President ACP ODC
ACP ODC Elections and Roundtable Discussion
Dec. 20: ACP ODC Board Meeting
2015 Meetings
January 26: The Disaster Recovery Experience
Host Location - UNOS
Speaker - Bob Mellinger - Attainium Corp.
The Disaster Recovery Experience: Quickfire Exercise
March 10: Cybersecurity
Host Location - Nick's Roman Terrace (Lunch)
Speaker - Gene Fishel: ACP ODC Comp Sec Presentation
State-Level Computer Security Issues and Enforcement
May 14: The Impact of Social Media and Emergency Technologies Disaster Management
Host Location - Nick's Roman Terrace (Lunch)
Speaker - Adam Crowe: The Rise of Information on the Go
The Rise of Information on the Go (Part 1)
The Rise of Information on the Go (Part 2)
June 23: Weather Threats - Summer Storms, Hurricane Season
Host Location - VDEM EOC Tour
Speaker - Bill Sammler: Summer Storms and Hurricane Season
Summer Storms and Hurricane Season (Part 1)
Summer Storms and Hurricane Season (Part 2)
September 15: Remember 9/11 - NYC Office of Emergency Services
Host Location - Nick's Roman Terrace (Lunch)
Speaker - John Scrivani: Director of the Transportation of Emergency Operations Center (VDOT)
Remember 9/11 - NYC Office of Emergency Services
October 27: Cloud Disaster Recovery (Technology Trends in DR)
Host Location - Peak 10 (Lunch provided by host)
Speaker - Shannon Snowden: Peak 10 Solutions Propelling Your Success
Peak 10: Solutions Propelling Your Success
November 17: Elections - Secretary & Treasurer - 2016 & 2017
Host Location - Nick's Roman Terrace (Lunch)
Speaker - Clarence Elliott
ACP ODC Elections and Roundtable Discussion
2014 Meetings
February 25: The New Era of Business Continuity
Speaker - Cliff Barcliff - ACP ODC President
May 27: CERT at Work or, Better Put, Smart at Work
Host Location - Nick's Roman Terrace
Speaker - Linda Rubin - CERT Manager for VDEM
November 18: ACP ODC Elections for New President
Host Location - Nick's Roman Terrace
Speaker - Clarence Elliott
2013 Meetings
January 22: Planning for Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger Chapter
Host Location - Nick's Roman Terrace Speaker - Philip Oppenheim - ACP ODC President
May 28: Preparing for the 2013 Hurricane Season
Host Location - Nick's Roman Terrace Speaker - VDEM presenter)
July 23: Panel Discussion on using BIAs
Host Location - Nick's Roman Terrace Speaker - Philip Oppenheim - ACP ODC President
September 24: Back to School (Work)
Host Location - Nick's Roman Terrace Speaker - Ashley Barker - Senior Recruiter Morton Consulting
October 22: ACP ODC Elections for New President
Host Location - Nick's Roman Terrace Speaker - Mike Gifford - CEO of ACP International
