Janet is the Director of the Center for Disaster Risk Policy and the Florida Public Affairs Center at Florida State University, where she specializes in the fields of emergency management and organizational development. She also serves as Director of the Emergency Management Graduate Certificate Program at FSU and is a principal faculty member for the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy's emergency management curriculum. Janet has been a public manager for over 20 years. She is Past-President of the American Society of Professional Emergency Planners, is active in other national and international professional organizations and is a frequent speaker at state, national, and international meetings and conferences. She holds a MPA from the University of Idaho and is completing her doctoral studies (ABD) in Public Administration at FSU.

Audrey currently serves as the Deputy Director at the Center for Disaster Risk Policy and the Florida Public Affairs Center at Florida State University where she is a recognized expert in the fields of terrorism, emergency management and disaster health planning. Formerly with FEMA, Audrey now works extensively on innovative solutions for government and has appeared in several news pieces including MSNBC, CBS news, and in the AP. Audrey has served on several national and international boards and is currently a Senior Board Member for The International Emergency Management Society. Audrey also serves as the terrorism professor for the Emergency Management program at the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at FSU.

Rob is currently a Faculty Researcher and Director of Development at the Center for Disaster Risk Policy, Florida State University. He provides operations, planning, training and exercise expertise in emergency management on local, state, federal and non-profit agency projects. Mr. McDaniel also supplies technical assistance in Domestic Security/Preparedness and specializes in Bio-Terrorism response. Having previously served in operations, training, exercises and evaluations with the United States Air Force, Florida Division of Emergency Management, Florida Department of Health, the National Terrorism Preparedness Institute and several private consulting firms, Mr. McDaniel has actively participated in hundreds of crisis situations

Jarrett began work for the center in 2002 as a contract programmer and is now their Director of Information Technology. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Information Science in 1998 and his masters degree in Information Technology in 2000 from Florida State University. His daily duties at the center include windows and linux server administration, programming, graphic design and maintenance of the Center's mobile laptop classroom. Mr. Broder has assisted in the development, facilitation and analysis of over 100 tabletop exercises and numerous full-scale exercises.

David Merrick has been with the Center since 2004. With over ten years of experience in application and database development, Mr. Merrick has designed, built, and integrated enterprise applications utilizing a variety of programming platforms for both public and private organizations. He also has extensive experience in the design, implementation, maintenance and support of distributed networks, including encrypted Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). In addition to his information technology duties at the Center, Mr. Merrick has completed his certificate in Emergency Management from the Askew School of Public Administration at Florida State University and has assisted with the design, conduct, facilitation and evaluation of tabletop, functional, and full-scale exercises.

Sue is the Center's Business Manager and has been with the Center for 7 years. She received her undergraduate and Master's degrees at the University of Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts. She is responsible for the business functions of the Center, including budgeting, payroll, human resources, purchasing and travel.

Danny is a graduate assistant with CDRP and a full-time student at Florida State University. He is an integral part of the Center and assists with research, preperation of project deliverables, courier services and general office processes. He is expected to graduate with a degree in International Affairs Spring of 2008.

Dr. Brower is an Associate Professor and serves as Director of the Center for Civic and Nonprofit Leadership. His research and teaching interests include organization behavior and theory, qualitative research methods, organizational change and development, nonprofit management, and capacity building in the independent sector.