Lisa Blake is Deputy Director, Planning in the New York City Emergency Management Department, a recipient of the DRI Foundation’s 2020 Women in BCM Scholarship, and as a result, is on track to becoming a certified CBCP with DRI International. …
Tag: Hurricane Sandy
DRI Foundation Teams with Rapid Response Veterans Group Team Rubicon
Left: Todd Adrian, Jon Connors, Ford Sypher, Chloe Demrovsky, AnneMarie Staley We are pleased to announce that the DRI Foundation has made a $5,000 donation to Team Rubicon to support their disaster relief efforts locally and abroad. Foundation Chair AnneMarie Staley and…
DRI Golfing for Good!
Earlier this week, DRI joined Penta Dynamic Solutions for its 7th Annual Charity Golf Outing benefiting the American Cancer Society. This year's event was sponsored by Penta Cares, the philanthropic division of Penta Dynamic Solutions, and ASIS International. DRI sponsored…
Imagine That!
As 2012 slowly fades from our memory, the disasters of the year behind us remain clear in the minds of Business Continuity Planning (BCP) folks like us. Forgetting and moving on isn't in our business continuity genetic make-up. Moving forward with…
PTSD Meets BCP?
There's no real debate about the fact that disastrous events are happening with alarming frequency across the globe. The 24-hour news cycle makes us disturbingly aware of all the bad things happening to innocent people and corporate entities. We, as…
It’s What We Do
In our personal and professional lives we constantly seek purpose. We agonize over the myriad choices we have when thinking about our 'to dos' as they relate to family, community, friends, and neighbors. We are forever pulled in multiple directions…
Double Whammy!
Living in the Northeast (specifically the north shore of Long Island) has so many wonderful benefits: beautiful coastline, rolling hills, majestic trees, great restaurants, proximity to New York City, and good public services and utilities. All of these have been stressed…
How Can You Help? Give!
For those among you who are moved to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy, we urge you to consider giving generously to the charity of your choice. We also caution you to be wary of charity scams that are already…