ACP Greater Houston

Chapter Meetings

We generally meet on the second Tuesday of each month either at the Weatherford International (2000 Saint James Place, Houston, TX 77056) or virtually via Zoom, but the actual date, time and location will vary for each event.

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2022 Greater Houston Chapter Officers


PresidentChuck RussellThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	SecretaryJennifer WilliamsThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	TreasurerDawn MurphyThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Membership DirectorKathy WilliamsThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Program DirectorSteve O'NealThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Information DirectorWayne ChanThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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.

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


President Karen Wazbinski This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Secretary Jennifer Williams This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Treasurer Dawn Murphy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Membership Director Vikki Clark This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Program Director Chuck Russell This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Information Director Wayne Chan This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Public Relations Director James Mitchell This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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


President Karen Wazbinski This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Secretary Michelle Neisen This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Treasurer Robert Martinez This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Membership Director Vikki Clark This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Program Director Chuck Russell This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Information Director Wayne Chan This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Education & Seminars Director Kathleen Edwards This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Public Relations Director Amber Kahla This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Promotions Director James Mitchell This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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


President Karen Wazbinski This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Treasurer Robert Martinez This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Secretary & Education Director Chuck Russell This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Membership Director Kathy Williams This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Program Director James Mitchell This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Public Relations Director Amber Kahla This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Information Director Wayne Chan This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

2019 Chapter Meetings

Date	Speaker/Event
February 6	10th Annual Texas Technology Summit
March 12	The Art & Architecture of Powerful Crisis Communications with Dee Dee Dochen, Principal, DDD Marketing Communications
April 18	ACP South Texas RESILIENCE! Day at Texas Medical Center Innovation Institute
May 14	Gaming Theory and Exercise Constructs: A Means To A Solid Contingency Plan with John A. Kunert and Austin Stone, NorthStar Recovery Services
June 11	Emily Thompson, GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Center
July 9	State of the ACP and BC Market Trends with Scott Ream & Cheyene Marling Webinar
August 13	Port of Houston Boat Tour (Field Trip)
September 10	Preparing for Pandemic Lunch and Learn with Drs. Amy Arrington and Brent Kaziny at Texas Children’s West Campus
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 Dave Gorham
December 10	Member Appreciation Luncheon at The Union Kitchen Washington

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

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
8/1	BCP Metrics That Matter	Chuck Russell
9/5	(Cancelled for Hurricane Harvey recovery)
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

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

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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.

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Your ACP 2015 Board Members.

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Thank you and Happy Holidays.

October ACP Chapter Meeting

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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

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August ACP Chapter Meeting

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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

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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

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Thanks to all that attended and Anthony Pizzitola for a great June meeting.

May ACP Chapter Meeting

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Michael Herrera provided an excellent exercise and gave all attendees key insights to managing incidents, planning, and responding.

April ACP Chapter Meeting

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Joe Kanouff gave a magnificent presentation that was very educational involving Supply Chain Management.

March ACP Chapter Meeting

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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

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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)

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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!

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