Mr. Michael D. Luke

Mr. Michael D. Luke is the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) Mortuary Affairs Officer and Joint Logistics planner for the Logistics and Engineering Directorate. Mike served for 21 years in the US Air Force primarily in logistics planning and operations. Mike holds a Master’s Degree in Business Organizational Management from La Vern University, CA and is pursuing a second Masters in Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Alabama. He is also a trained DOD Mortuary Affairs Officer. He was a member of the Pandemic Influenza Steering Committee for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and he is a contributing author to the forthcoming book “Death in Large Numbers: The Science, Policy, and Management of Mass Fatality Events”, on behalf of Dr. Elin Gursky and Dr. Marcella Farinelli Fierro. Mike helped establish the Fatality Management Interagency Steering Committee, an ad hoc group of subject matter experts which collaborate on fatality management issues. The group consists of representatives from the National Association of Medical Examiners, National Association of Funeral Directors, DMORT, DTRA, NTSB, DOD Joint Mortuary Affairs Center, FL Emergency Mortuary Response System, the CA FM Steering Committee, NV - Clark County Coroner, NYC - Office of Chief Medical Examiner and others. Mikes primary duties in his current position, is to liaison in fatality management issues with local, state and Federal colleagues, on how the DOD mortuary system will interface with their civilian counterparts during a Defense Support to Civilian Authorities (DSCA) operations. Additionally, he is responsible to the Joint Staff and DOD to ensure inclusion of fatality management planning for US specific operational and concept plans. Mike is an Adjunct Professor at Colorado Christian University and a certified Master Knowledge Manager.

Keynote Speakers

Col. Randall Larsen (Ret. USAF), Former Executive Director of the Congressional Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism

Dr. Jeffrey Runge, Former Chief Medical Officer, DHS

Robert Hooks, Deputy Assistant Secretary for WMD and Biodefense, Office of Health Affairs

Guest Speakers

Penny J. Hitchcock, D.V.M., M.S., Chief Scientist, Chemical and Biological Early Detection (BioWatch), Systems Program Office, Tauri Group

Tina Gabbrielli, Director of the Office of Risk Management and Analysis, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Peter Jutro, Deputy Director for Science and Policy, National Homeland Security Research Center, EPA

Daniel Marc Sosin, MD, MPH, FACP, Acting Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, CDC

Pietro D. Marghella, Former Director of Medical Contingency Operations, Office of the Secretary of Defense

Joanne Cox, Deputy Chief, Emergency Risk Communication Branch, CDC

Dr. Brian Flynn, Former Assistant Surgeon General, US Public Health Service

Gerald W. Parker, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Dave Gruber, Deputy Commissioner of Health (Preparedness and Response), State of New Jersey

Michael J. Fischer, Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Maryland Department of Transportation

John H. Bridges III, Former Incident Commander for Anthrax Response and Mitigation, US Postal Service, 2001 to 2004

Glen D. Gilmore, Responded to anthrax attack as Former Mayor of Hamilton Township, New Jersey

Gary Cecchine, Ph.D., Biology/Public Policy, Natural Scientist, RAND

Jeff Robertson, Former Assistant Commissioner for Public Affairs, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

Dr. William J. Parker III, Biodefense and Critical Infrastructure Expert

Thomas R. Austin, Ph.D., Manager CBRNE Countermeasures Programs, The Boeing Company

C. Randal Mullett, Vice President, Government Relations and Public Affairs for Con-way Inc.

Margaret Jo Velardo, PhD, Director of Research, Homeland Security Institute

Dr. David McWhorter, Principal, Catalyst Partners, LLC

Jennifer Nuzzo, Associate, UPMC Center for Bio-Security

Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH, Senior Principal Researcher, Paul O'Neill-Alcoa Chair in Policy Analysis, RAND Corporation

Dr. Thomas K. Zink, MD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute for Biosecurity, Saint Louis University

Dr. Joseph Tricarico, Jr., Esq., Assistant Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

Richard Cooper, Chairman, Homeland Security Division, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)

Anthony S. Mangeri, MPA, CPM, Assistant Professor School of Public Safety & Health American Military University

M. Allen Northrup, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, Microfluidic Systems

Tim Tinker, MPH, DrPH, Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton

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