Next Chapter Meeting:  (April to be determined) and Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 

Location(s): (If April meeting): The Grapevine Restaurant @ 11055 Three Chopt Road, Richmond, Va., 23233 (804-440-9100)

                         (May meeting); Markel @ 4521 Highwoods Parkway, Glen Allen, Va, 23060 (800-446-6671) 

RSVP:  By Friday, (tbd) to 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 - tbd for May meeting

Lunch / Meeting Fees: ACP members ($10) / All other attendees ($20) - tbd for May meeting

May Meeting only Information:

Main Speaker: Onsolve 

Focus: Desktop Exercise / Emergency Communications 

Additional Information:

If you need to update your email address, please respond to new ACP Chapter Secretary Jon Bernhardt at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

 One (1) CEU is available for attendance.

Other Events 2024:

DRI Conference: March 3-6, New Orleans DRI Conference Registration (closed)

DRJ Spring and Fall World: March and September

        March 17-20, Orlando DRJ Spring World Registration - closed

        September 8-11, Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas DRJ Fall World Registration

VEMA Symposium - March 19-22 VEMA Symposium Registration (closed) 

Continuity Insights Management Conference: May 6-8 Charlotte

                                                         Senior-Level Business Continuity Executives Registration

ICMC (International Crisis Management Conference) - June 5-6, Newport, RI ICMC Registration

Virginia1st Website Virginia1st Meetings, etc.

Mid Atlantic Disaster Recovery Association (MADRA) Meeting: Washington, D.C. (bimonthly) Additional Information 

ACP National Conference: () - Additional Information 

 

2024 Old Dominion Chapter MEETING CALENDAR

Program Dates: March, April (tbd), May, June, September, November (December Board Meeting)

No meetings are scheduled for the month(s) of: January, February, 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)

March 14: "Recap of DRII Annual Conference"

Host Location - The Grapevine Restaurant

Speaker - Kathy Scourby, ACP ODC Board Member

DRI 2024 Take Aways for ACP ODC 

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2023 Meetings

February 28: "Business Continuity Management Program (BCMP) Role"

Host Location - The Grapevine Restaurant

Speaker - Clif Hairfield

BCMP Overview for ACP

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 

Hybrid/Remote Work Presentation

 

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

AWS Elastic DR - Part 1

AWS Elastic DR - Part 2

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

ACP ODC - Best Practices

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

Don't Get Caught on the Hook

Phishing Tips Card 

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 Presentation (1 of 5) 

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

Roundtable Discussions

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

Cybersecurity

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

VDH - Zika Virus

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

UNOS Ransomware Presentation 

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

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

UCI Road Race per UNOS

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