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Published on: 9/27/2006
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Key local and state government officials, as well as top executives from the nonprofit and corporate sectors, will speak at the event, including: Cyndi Lesher, president and CEO of Northern States Power â€" Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota (an Xcel Energy company); Lauren Segal, president and CEO of the Greater Twin Cities United Way; Commissioner Michael Campion, Minnesota Department of Public Safety; Commissioner Dianne Mandernach, Minnesota Department of Health; Attorney Greg Stenmoe, Briggs and Morgan; Marie Johnson, president of BCPA; Kris Eide, director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM); and Aggie Leitheiser, director of Emergency Preparedness.
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"This is the crucial next phase of planning with knowledge sharing amongst many influential people," says Johnson."With the impending arrival of pandemic influenza unknown, the public sector needs to start engaging the private sector to move forward with initiatives."
Following the event's keynote speakers, a nearly two-hour long panel discussion about building partnerships toward efficient communication during catastrophic events will commence with participation from Stenmoe, Johnson, Eide and Leitheiser, as well as Tim Turnbull, director of Hennepin County Emergency Preparedness; Rob Fulton, director of Saint Paul â€" Ramsey County Department of Public Health; Christopher Terzich, incident management vice president of Wells Fargo & Company; and Catherine Jirik, director of Greater Twin Cities United Way.
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Marie Johnson, CBCP, is the president of the Twin Cities-based nonprofit Business Continuity Planners Association.She has been an active member of BCPA for eight years and has worked in the business continuity industry for six, consulting with various Fortune 500 companies and individuals.She is currently a senior manager of business continuity management with Ameriprise Financial.Marie aims to continually broaden both her own knowledge, as well as that of industry-related professional associations.