ACP Greater Houston
Chapter Meetings
We generally meet on the second Tuesday of each month at the United Way of Greater Houston building at 50 Waugh Street, but the actual date, time and location will vary for each event.
Please see each event's details for more information.
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2022 Greater Houston Chapter Officers
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PresidentChuck RussellThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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SecretaryJennifer WilliamsThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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TreasurerDawn MurphyThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Membership DirectorKathy WilliamsThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Program DirectorSteve O'NealThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Information DirectorWayne ChanThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Public Relations DirectorAlison SvrcekThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Education & Seminars DirectorBryce AllenThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Each month a member of ACP Greater Houston will provide some insight into their organization and what drives day-to-day activities. The following questions are answered:
- What is the name and purpose of your organization?
- Why is your response program needed?
- What are the top three recovery priorities per executive management?
- How do you engage with your workforce for information?
- Disaster events experienced?
- Describe last exercise and lessons learned.
If you would like to share about your program, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
2022 Program Schedule
Date | Speaker/Event |
January 11 | Roundtable Discussion: How to respond to Omicron and OSHA mandate to vaccinate or test |
February 24 | ACP Texas Statewide Virtual Tabletop Exercise |
March 8 | Business Priorities - How should organizations identify what is important? |
April 12 | Member Spotlight: Joe Long, Weatherford Risk Awareness - What options are available to identify risks? |
May 10 | Member Spotlight: Chuck Russell Hurricane Season - A Weather Threat Variety Pack! Derek Ortt, StormGeo |
June 14 | Industry Flavors - Where is BC within different industries and why? |
July 12 | Response Integration - How should Business Continuity, Emergency Management, and Cyber Security work together? |
August 9 | Member Spotlight: James Mitchell Building Our Bench Strength – Perspectives on education and professional development for the next generation of continuity professionals |
September 13 | Is it time for a COVID After Action Review? |
October 11 | Exploring The Role of Insurance in Business Continuity |
November 8 | Member Spotlight: Derek Ortt Incident Reporting - What is a LEPC? And how do they fit into the greater resilience community? |
December 13 | Annual Member Appreciation Holiday Luncheon |
2021 South Texas Chapter Officers
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PresidentKaren WazbinskiThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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SecretaryJennifer WilliamsThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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TreasurerDawn MurphyThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Membership DirectorVikki ClarkThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Program DirectorChuck RussellThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Information DirectorWayne ChanThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Public Relations DirectorJames MitchellThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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2021 Chapter Meetings
Date | Speaker/Event |
January 12 | Disaster Myths Grayson Cockett, Host, Emergency Preparedness in Canada (EPIC) podcast |
February 9 | Introducing Adaptive Business Continuity Concepts Mark Armour |
March 9 | What Every Continuity Planner Needs to Know About Cybercrime Scott Augenbaum |
April 6 | Special Members-Only Event: Is your BIA effective or are you using it ineffectively? How 2020 Changed My View on “Traditional” Business Continuity Shane Mathew, MPH, CBCP, Vice President, Professional Services at Virtual Corporation and Host of The Failover Plan Podcast Thank you to ACP North Texas for organizing and hosting! |
May 11 | StormGeo 2021 Hurricane Season Outlook & Severe Weather Preparedness Webinar Alison Svrcek and Courtland Keith, StormGeo |
June 8 | Operational Resiliency in 2021: Post-COVID How to Successfully Manage Critical Events Matthew Bradley, Onsolve |
July 13 | War stories from the front lines of business continuity |
August 10 | The Chaos of dealing with Death in Today’s Digital Age! Jonathan Braddock |
October 12 | What is AT&T FirstNet and lessons from the Big Freeze and Hurricane Ida |
November 9 | Business Continuity Management Competencies in Demand to Ensure Career Resiliency Cheyene Marling, Founder & CEO, BC Management, Inc. |
December 16 | Second Annual ACP South Texas Member Virtual Holiday Happy Hour |
2020 South Texas Chapter Officers
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PresidentKaren WazbinskiThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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SecretaryMichelle NeisenThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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TreasurerRobert MartinezThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Membership DirectorVikki ClarkThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Program DirectorChuck RussellThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Information DirectorWayne ChanThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Education & Seminars DirectorKathleen EdwardsThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Public Relations DirectorAmber KahlaThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Promotions DirectorJames MitchellThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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2020 Chapter Meetings
Date | Speaker/Event |
January 14 | Howard Pierpont, Resilience Speaker, Author and Consultant |
February 11 | Delivering Business Continuity Value Beyond Compliance, Chuck Russell CBCP, Texas Children's Hospital |
March 10 | Functional Business Impact Analysis, Michelle Neisen, Academy Sports |
April 14 | (No Chapter Meeting) |
May 12 | 2020 Hurricane Outlook & Severe Weather Preparedness Webinar, Alison Svrcek and Courtland Keith, StormGeo |
June 9 | Building an Engaging BCM Culture, Tracey Rice, Fusion |
July 14 | Preparing for Multiple Events, James Mitchell, Texas Childrens Hospital |
August 11 | The New Normal, Eric Chetwynd, Mark Green, Everbridge |
September 8 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of COVID Dr. Kristy Murray, Baylor College of Medicine |
October 13 | Texas A&M Learnings Post Global Pandemic, Monica Martinez, Texas A&M |
November 10 | The Other First Responder, Kenyon International |
December 8 | Inaugural Member Appreciation Holiday Virtual Happy Hour |
2019 South Texas Chapter Officers
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PresidentKaren WazbinskiThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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TreasurerRobert MartinezThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Secretary & Education DirectorChuck RussellThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Membership DirectorKathy WilliamsThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Program DirectorJames MitchellThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Public Relations DirectorAmber KahlaThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Information DirectorWayne ChanThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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2019 Chapter Meetings
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Speaker/Event |
February 6 |
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March 12 |
The Art & Architecture of Powerful Crisis Communications with |
April 18 |
ACP South Texas RESILIENCE! Day |
May 14 |
Gaming Theory and Exercise Constructs: |
June 11 |
Emily Thompson, |
July 9 |
State of the ACP and BC Market Trends |
August 13 |
Port of Houston Boat Tour (Field Trip) |
September 10 |
Preparing for Pandemic Lunch and Learn |
October 16 |
Agility Recovery and TEEX facilities tours (Field Trip – College Station) |
November 12 |
The Value of Using Twitter in an Emergency or in a Disaster |
December 10 |
Member Appreciation Luncheon |
2018 Chapter Meetings
Date |
Program Topic |
Presenter |
2/13 |
METRO Emergency Management: How we keep the region moving! |
Michael L. Riggs, METRO |
3/13 |
Hurricane Harvey: Historic Flooding and Lessons Learned |
Jeff Linder, Harris County Flood Control District |
4/10 |
Murphy Oil: Passing the Harvey Test |
Jessica Jackson, Murphy Oil |
5/8 |
Hurricane Preparedness and 2018 Season Outlook |
StormGeo |
6/12 |
Greater than the Sum of it's Parts |
Anthony Pizzitola, Disaster Recovery Institute |
7/10 |
Tour of Data Foundry's Houston 2 Data Center Field |
Data Foundry |
8/14 |
Business Continuity Software |
Chapter Roundtable |
10/9 |
Business Disruption Insurance |
Tony Pham, Marsh Wortham |
11/13 |
Tabletop Exercise |
Chapter Roundtable |
12/11 |
Annual Member Appreciation Luncheon |
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2017 Chapter Meetings
Date |
Program Topic |
Presenters |
1/10 |
Tabletop Exercise/Discussion |
MHA Consulting |
3/7 |
Panel Discussion: Crisis Communications and Technology |
James Mitchell, Chuck Monroe, Wayne Chan, Nick Conley |
4/4 |
Managing Large Scale Functional Exercises |
Aaron Freedkin, Angela Smith, James Mitchell |
5/2 |
Hurricane Preparedness |
Dave Gorham |
6/7 |
The 4 Ps of Business Continuity |
Chuck Monroe |
7/11 |
Wine Tasting & Happy Hour |
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8/1 |
BCP Metrics That Matter |
Chuck Russell |
9/5 |
(Cancelled for Hurricane Harvey recovery) |
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10/3 |
Hurricane Harvey Debrief and Round Table |
South Texas chapter board and members |
11/7 |
Stories from Harvey: Maintaining Revenue Stream Amidst Historic Flooding! |
Steven O'Neal |
12/12 |
Annual Member Appreciation Luncheon |
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2016 Chapter Meetings
January 12 - Group Roundtable Discussion, Alicia Henderson
February 9 - How to Budget for IT Disaster Recovery, Rich Bruklis
March 8 - War Stories (Presentations of Latest Disaster Declarations), Steven O'Neal
April 12 - Crawfish Boil
May 20 - Disaster City Tour, College Station
June 14 - Hurricane Season Outlook
July 12 - Houston TranStar Traffic Emergency Management Operations Center & Harris County of Emergency Management Visit
August 9 - Roundtable Discussion
September 13 - Black Swan Solutions Webinar
October 11 - How to Get What You Need From Hotels When Your Plan (And Your Business!) Depend On It
November 8 - Active Shooter Training
December 3 - Holiday Luncheon
2015 Chapter Meetings
January 13 - Open Discussion
February 10 - Implementing Crisis Management: What It Takes To Make It Work, Pansy Brown
March 10 - A Tabletop Exercise - Come Learn and Share Lessons Learned, Angela Mestre
April 14 - Supplier Performance Management and Business Continuity - Best Practices, Joe Kanouff
May 12 - Scenario Based Mock Tabletop Exercise, Michael Herrera
June 9 - Storm Riders and Red Binderes, Anthony Pizzitola
July 14 - Data Loss Mitigation, Gordon Wingate
August 11 - Challenges in Achieving Hurricane Resiliency, Bill Read
September 8 - Business Impact Analysis Roundtable, Angela Mestre
October 13 - CenterPoint Facilities Tour, Robert Martinez
November 10 - Federal Reserve Bank Tour, Oscar Greenleaf
December 1 - Holiday Luncheon
Holiday Luncheon
Thank you all for joining us for the ACP South Texas Chapter Annual Holiday Luncheon this past December 1st @ Magianno's Little Italy Restaurant.
We had such a great time seeing everyone and being able to share our professional experiences among the other many gainful discussions we had that we cannot wait for next month's ACP meeting.
Your ACP 2015 Board Members.
Thank you and Happy Holidays.
October ACP Chapter Meeting
Thank you all who made it out to October's ACP Meeting, we had a great time and enjoyed touring CenterPoint's Energy Insight Center
September ACP Chapter Meeting
August ACP Chapter Meeting
Thank you all who attended the ACP meeting. A special thank you to our speaker Bill Read who gave an interesting and very educational presentation that kept all attendees intrigued and well informed.
July ACP Chapter Meeting
A special thanks to our speaker Gordon Wingate for presenting to us an interesting and very educational presentation/discussion about Data Loss Mitigations. If you missed it, don't plan on missing our next meeting. See you there!
June ACP Chapter Meeting
Thanks to all that attended and Anthony Pizzitola for a great June meeting.
May ACP Chapter Meeting
Michael Herrera provided an excellent exercise and gave all attendees key insights to managing incidents, planning, and responding.
April ACP Chapter Meeting
Joe Kanouff gave a magnificent presentation that was very educational involving Supply Chain Management.
March ACP Chapter Meeting
Another great presentation in the books for our March chapter meeting. Thank you to all of you who attended, and a likely thank you to our speaker Angela Mestre.
February ACP Chapter Meeting
Thank you all who attended the ACP meeting. A special thank you to our speaker Pansy Brown who gave an interesting and very educational presentation that kept all attendees intrigued and well informed.
January ACP Chapter Meeting (Roundtable Discussion)
Thank all of you who made it out to our January meeting and participated in the “Business Continuity/Emergency Management Roundtable discussion – Creating a Dialogue on Business Continuity”. We recieved a lot of positive feedback from all the members involved. Make sure you don't miss our monthly meetings!
2014 Chapter Meetings
January 14 - Peering into the Black Box: Mitigating Risk through ensuring clarity of requirements, expectations and outcomes with external suppliers, James Mitchell, BP
February 11 - Auditing Disaster Recovery As If It Matters, Harvey Nusz, Risk Management Expert
March 11 - How to Plan for the Unpredictable, the Impossible, and the Unimaginable, Roswitha Firth
April 8 - Crawfish Boil
May 13 - 2010/2011 BP Oil Spill Response, Jessica Cummings, Homeland Security Director HSSE
June 10 - Hurricane Forecasting, Frank Billingsley
July 9 - Appetizers and Drinks, Hughes Hangar
August 12 - Incident Management: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly, David Balcar, IOActive
September 9 - BC Today: What Really Matters Right Now?, Alan Berman
October 14 - BCM Framework: What it Takes to Meet Regulatory and Best Practices, Lillibeth Machado
November 11 - Workplace Preparedness for a Bioterrorism Event, Harlan Dolgin
December 9 - Holiday Luncheon
Holiday Luncheon
We had a great time, like always, and we really enjoyed seeing such a great group of professionals make it out to socialize, network, and celebrate another great year with us. We look forward in seeing all of you back next month for our monthly ACP Meetings, and if you missed this great event, make sure to plan to make it out with us to our monthly meetings.
Here are some pictures of the luncheon.
Happy Holidays everyone!!
November ACP Chapter Meeting
Harlan Dolgin
ACP October's Book Raffle Winners
Congratulations to all winners of the Houston Emergency Preparedness Cook Books. Thank you all who attended!
For those that didn’t get their ticket drawn, an electronic version of the Cook Book can be obtained here, enjoy!
October ACP Chapter Meeting
Charity Otwell, ABCP; Lillibett Machado, CISA CISM, CGEIT, CRISC
September ACP Chapter Meeting
Alan Berman MBCP DRII President
August ACP Chapter Meeting
The ACP August meeting was a tour of the Port of Houston Authority that included a boat ride and several interesting presentations from our very own Port Authority personnel.
You missed it? Well stay in touch with us!
July's ACP Chapter Meeting Social Gathering
The ACP July meeting was more of a Social Gathering at Howard Hughes to network with industry professionals.
We'd love to have you join us next time!
June's ACP South Texas Chapter Meeting
Houston's very own, KPRC 2 Chief Meteorologist Frank Billingsley
May's ACP South Texas Chapter Meeting
Jessica Cummings, Homeland Security Director HSSE
April's ACP South Texas Chapter Crawfish Boil
April's ACP crawfish boil was a great success, thank you to all those that attended! We missed those of you who could not make it, but we hope to see you in our next month's meeting.
2013 Chapter Meetings
January 8 - Public Health Emergency Risk Assessment Methods & Pandemic Readiness, John Fleming
February 12 - Harris County Flood Control District Disaster Preparation, Jeff Lindner
March 12 - Approaches to Modeling Risks, Bill Keros
April 9 - Field Trip: RentSys & Disaster City, Steve O'Neal
May 14 - Panel Discussion: Debrief and Lessons Learned for May Day Exercise
June 11 - ServPro Remediation, Gary Shoemake
July 9 - Android OS - The Favorite Mobile Target, Sam Sutton
August 13 - Disaster is the New Norm, Anthony Pizzatola
September 10 - Hurricane Safety Tips, Robert Martinez & Doug White
October 8 - Differences in Fire Suppression Solutions When High Asset Equipment is Present, Matt Gallup, Firetrol Protection Systems
November 12 - Common Misconceptions in Business Continuity Planning (Join meeting with IFMA), Tom Weems, Independent Consultant
December 10 - Chapter Member Appreciation Luncheon
