ACP’s Most Valuable Players

The Corporate Board of Directors of the Association of Contingency Planners is pleased to recognize the Most Valuable Players (MVP) for each of your Chapters. This MVP award is presented annually to an individual member of each Chapter for being an extraordinary person. The difference in being ordinary or extraordinary is obviously the “extra.” The information about each MVP was provided by the individual’s Chapter.

The established criteria for the MVP Award are as follows:

The recipient is verified by the Chapter board as an ACP membership in good standing;
The recipient provides outstanding service and value to the Chapter—be that knowledge, enthusiasm, participation, and/or interface with others; and
The Chapter board is in agreement on the selected recipient.This can be a board member.

1. South Texas – Darcy Riley	18. Alamo – Michelle Vickers
2. Mid Penn – Don Long	19. Colorado Rocky Mountain – Julie Hock-Noble
3. Northeast Florida – Richard Wadsworth	20. Greater Tampa Bay – Wendi Stevens
4. Connecticut – Catherine Chatfield	21. Sacramento – Dale Hall
5. Arkansas – Sabrena Newsom	22. Capital of Texas – Melody Nunn
6.DC/Mid Atlantic – Jessica Blond	23. First State – Peggy Sue Cole
7. NY Capital Region – Kent Johnson	24. Washington State – Bob Posey
8. Garden State – Stan Carlstadt	25. Eastern Great Lakes – Bob Dickerson
9. Mid Tenn – Andy Palk Wyley	26. Old Dominion – Connie Riffe
10. Greater Boston – Douglas Moore	27. North Texas – Michael Carver
11. Central Maryland – Roxanne Byczkowski	28. San Diego – Jack Boyles
12. Sioux Empire – Curt Clemens	29. Orange County – Monique Weiland
13. NY City Metro – Shelley Johnson	30. San Francisco Bay Area – Ray Bonilla
14. Liberty Valley – Brian Mackay	31. Los Angeles – David R. Graves
15. Mid South – Rickard Bowker	32. Central Arizona – Russ Rowe
16. Mid Florida – Staci Urbanovitch	33. Atlanta – Joseph Tollison
17. Long Island – Nick Mattera

ACP Member Publishes Book on Disasters

Self Defense Against Disasters, a newly published title by Arizona author Ed Copp, provides families and individuals with simple but important strategies that can increase their chance of survival in the face of disaster.

Nearly everyone will face an emergency or disaster during their life. Yet, most are vastly unprepared for that inevitability, and most are very dependent on outside resources and institutions, incredibly vulnerable to devastation at even small interruptions in service. With down-to-earth and easy-to-implement strategies, Self Defense Against Disasters will help readers prepare for life's emergencies, learn resiliency, reduce their dependence on others, and take steps to increase their chance of survival in the face of disaster.

The book explains the four basic steps for disaster readiness and offers critical considerations, such as: which supplies you should have in your car at all times, which conveniences won't work without electricity, and things every individual should know about their home.

For more than two decades, Ed Copp has helped large institutions to prepare for crises and to develop risk mitigation plans. In this book, he uses his experience to help individuals and families with scaled-down but similar considerations, resource guides, explanations of emergency procedures, and checklists for supplies and other tools for crisis preparedness.

For more information, call Ed Copp at 480-231-8913 or visit www.coachingforresiliency.com. His book can be found on Amazon by title, by ISBN 978-1449578503, or by clicking here.

Conferences

Spring World 2010
Dates: March 21-24, 2010
Theme: The Path to Global Resilience
Contact: www.drj.com, 636-282-5800
Prices - $1095 through 3-21-10: ACP Pricing: $985.50
Spring World 2010 is the number one business continuity conference in the industry.

Eighth Annual Continuity Insights Management Conference
April 12-14, 2010 (Monday-Wednesday conference days)
April 15 and 16, 2010: Continuity Cares – Greater New Orleans volunteer effort.
(Volunteers receive a special room rate of $99/night for the volunteer nights only.)
Sheraton Hotel – 500 Canal Street, New Orleans LA
Full Conference Registration Fee: $1,295.00 (enter promo code: NOLA for $100 discount*)
More information online: www.continuityinsights.com/conference.html

Updated February 2010

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Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning – Volume 3
Published in association with ACP
ACP Members 15% discount (Quote code “ER” when subscribing)

Updated February 2010

Recent News

Conferences

Formal Education Programs

Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning – Volume 3 **Published in association with ACP** **ACP Members 15% discount (Quote code “ER” when subscribing)**

Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning – Volume 3
Published in association with ACP
ACP Members 15% discount (Quote code “ER” when subscribing)