Hilary Styron currently serves as Director for the National Organization on Disability’s Emergency Preparedness Initiative.
She was recently appointed to the FEMA National Advisory Council.
In September 2005 she led the Special Needs Assessment 4 Katrina Evacuees (SNAKE) Teams to the Gulf Region in response to Hurricane Katrina. Results from this report are being used to increase emergency preparedness for people with disabilities across the country and in new legislation currently before the U.S. Congress.
At the request of the City of New Orleans, Ms. Styron was also deployed to the Emergency Operations Center to assist in managing issues surrounding special needs populations.
She also serves as a Lead Systems Integrator for the Department of Defense Joint Project Management Guardian Installation Protection Program where she conducts command-post and full-scale exercises, evaluating levels of readiness of incident commanders at military installations located within the United State and abroad.
Ms. Styron has extensive experience in all-hazards emergency management, emergency medical services, and implementation of long-range strategic planning. She participates in the preparedness and planning efforts undertaken across the country and coordinates the development of standard operational procedures, performance measures, protocols, and implementation and administration of programs related to emergency preparedness, continuity of operations, preparedness for people with disabilities, and other substantive mission-oriented programs.
In 1991, she began developing disaster-related plans for training, exercises, and operational procedures, and conducted studies related to emergency preparedness for Local, State, and Federal agencies. As a first responder, Ms. Styron worked with personnel from hospitals, assisted living centers, and nursing homes to provide appropriate access to the 9-1-1 system, as well as basic emergency preparedness information for these facilities and for their residents.
In the summer of 2005 Ms. Styron testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration regarding the emergency plans on Capitol Hill as they related to special needs populations. In March 2006 she provided testimony to the FCC Katrina Investigation Panel on communications access for the disabled population during Hurricane Katrina, and is frequently called on to testify or brief Members of Congress on special needs preparedness issues.
Ms. Styron serves as a member of the: Interagency Coordination Council Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities National Citizen Corps Council Subcommittee; Emergency Alerts National Advisory Board; West Virginia University Project Safe EVAC Advisory Board; Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Emergency Preparedness Task Force; International Association of Emergency Managers Special Needs Committee; and was recently appointed to: the FCC Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee; International Codes Council Disability Task Force; the American National Standards Institute Homeland Security Steering Committee; the Serve DC Advisory Board; and the National Fire Protection Association Disability Task Force. She serves on many other disability preparedness-related task forces and working groups. She is an advisor to the American Red Cross, FEMA, DHS, DOD, and emergency managers at the state and local government levels.
After September 11, 2001, she relocated to Washington, DC where she has been actively engaged in the preparedness planning for the National Capital Region, as well as performing high-level program activities at agencies such as the U.S. Senate Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness, Executive Office of the President/Office of Administration, U.S. Library of Congress Office of Emergency Management; World Bank; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Department of Defense Director of Research and Engineering; United States Fire Administration; Miami-Dade Urban Area Security Initiative; U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency – U.S. Fire Administration; and City of New York Fire Department.
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