Jordan Nelms (pictured) is the Planning Branch Manager at the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, and previously worked as a contractor with Witt Associates supporting the PPD-8 Program Executive Office at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He received a BA in political science/security studies from East Carolina University and pursued graduate studies at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of South Florida, and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

Amanda Faul, a policy analyst with the University of Maryland’s Center for Health & Homeland Security, currently works as a regional planner for the Maryland Emergency Management Agency. Prior to assuming that post, she worked as a disaster planner for the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She holds a Master’s degree in public health, with a concentration in emergency public health and disasters, from the University of California, Los Angeles.