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Jessica is Emergency Manager for Human Services, Pinellas County Government, chair of the Florida Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, better known as Florida VOAD, and the driving force behind collaboration between emergency managers and volunteer agencies across the state.

Jessica sheds insight into her more than a decade of experience connecting government, non-profits, and communities, making sure no one slips through the cracks when disaster strikes.

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Today’s guest is Catherine Blair, Manager of Emergency Management, Alectra Utilities: North America’s largest municipally-owned utility company. With a wealth of hands-on experience responding to crises from severe weather, power outages, pandemics, and large-scale public events, Catherine has built an incredible career keeping communities safe and prepared.

An enormously respected leader in Emergency Management and business continuity in Canada, Catherine discusses preparedness, emergencies, and what it takes to lead through them.

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Kicking off Season 2 is "Wander Woman" Lynn Waterfall, legend in global emergency response. Lynn is a registered nurse and rapid response manager with Canadian Red Cross, who specializes in women's and reproductive health and has deployed to some of the most challenging environments on Earth beyond North America, including Jordan, Nepal, Mozambique and beyond.

She's provided care and training in the aftermath of devastation, experienced a 7.3 magnitude earthquake, delivered babies by headlamp and helped build capacity and hope by training communities of women in their most desperate hours.

From health systems to human compassion, from trauma to tattoos, this episode will dig into the human side of humanitarian work.

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