Andrew Roszak, JD, MPA, EMT-P, serves as the senior director for emergency preparedness at Child Care Aware® of America. He is a recognized expert in emergency preparedness, public health, and environmental health. His professional service includes work as the senior preparedness director of environmental health, pandemic preparedness, and catastrophic response at the National Association of County and City Health Officials; at the MESH Coalition and the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana, as the senior preparedness advisor supporting Super Bowl 46 and the Indianapolis 500; as a senior advisor for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; on the Budget and HELP Committees of the United States Senate; and at the Illinois Department of Public Health. Before becoming an attorney, he spent eight years as a firefighter, paramedic, and hazardous materials technician in the Chicago-land area. He has an AS in Paramedic Supervision, a BS in Fire Science Management, a Master of Public Administration, and a Juris Doctorate degree. He is admitted to the Illinois and District of Columbia Bars and is admitted to the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. Twitter: @AndyRoszak

Lt. Colonel Michele Matthews is The Salvation Army national director for White House Relations. She has served alongside her husband, Ward, as a Salvation Army officer since their marriage in 1999. Between them, they have fulfilled appointments in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Oklahoma, Florida, North Carolina, Jamaica, and at The Salvation Army USA Southern Territorial headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. She served as a commander of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, where she and Ward were responsible for more than 450 corporate partnerships, including the Dallas Cowboys, which has raised more than $2.2 billion over 21 years. She was also a founding officer of The Salvation Army’s Echelon organization, which provides a forum for young professionals to engage in their respective communities. It has since become the National Young Adult Auxiliary of The Salvation Army, with chapters across the country. She graduated with dual degrees in psychology and social services from Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky. She later received a Bachelor of Science nursing degree from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Further, she worked in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa, Florida, before being commissioned as a Salvation Army officer in 1999.

Lt. Colonel Ward Matthews is The Salvation Army national spokesperson and National Community Relations and Development secretary. During his more than 30-year tenure, he has served at all levels of The Salvation Army in the United States – including local, area, divisional, territorial, and national appointments. Most recently, he was the legal secretary for The Salvation Army Southern Territory. He served as a commander of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. He was also a founding officer of The Salvation Army’s Echelon organization, which has since become the National Young Adult Auxiliary of The Salvation Army, with chapters across the country. He has also served as a Salvation Army officer in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Oklahoma, Florida, North Carolina, and Jamaica. At the age of nine, he volunteered on a Salvation Army mobile kitchen with his father in the aftermath of Hurricane Camille. Since then, he has served in Jamaica after Hurricane Ike, in the Carolinas after Hurricane Floyd, at ground zero of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, and at the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with degrees in history and religion at Emory University before being commissioned as a Salvation Army officer in 1984. His Salvation Army heritage dates back five generations to the late 1800s.