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

Dr. Tim Tinker is a Senior Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton's Organization and Strategy capability focused on Strategic Communications. He is focused on developing a new Center of Excellence for Risk and Crisis Communication for the Firm. As a nationally and internationally recognized expert in risk and crisis communications, Tim works in both public and private sectors such as homeland security, defense, emergency preparedness, public health, health care, energy, environment, and more, to successfully help clients anticipate, prepare and practice science-based and system-wide risk and crisis communication.

Prior to joining Booz Allen, Tim was a federal communicator at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a sister agency of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As Chief of Communications and Research he helped federal, state and local agencies develop solutions for complex and challenging communications issues. In the early 1990’s, he provided congressional testimony and worked with the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to develop a comprehensive communications strategy to address concerns about Gulf War Illness and anthrax vaccine safety.

As a risk and crisis communication expert, Tim has consulted with national and international organizations such as the National Academies of Science, the United Nations World Health Organization, the Scientific Affairs Division of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the Embassies of Italy and France.

In his consultation and practice, Tim interacts frequently with the news media and popular press. In 2007, his comments on controversial issues such as the global toy recall, child labor practices in India, and possible ecoli contamination from a national restaurant chain appeared in MSNBC, Forbes, PR News, PR Week, and Homeland Protection Professional. His communications research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, Journal of Health Communication and the Risk Policy Report.

Tim has won numerous honors and awards. In 2007, he was awarded a Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Health Literacy to Tulane University. He also led a team in 2006 that received the PRSA Thoth Award for Best Crisis Communications. In 2004, he and the American Public Health Association co-produced the video “The Face of Public Health,” winner of the 11th National Health Information Awards program.

In working to bridge research to practice, Tim holds Adjunct Professor appointments at The George Washington University School of Public Health and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences’ Department of Psychiatry

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.

Michael Luke, Command Agreements Manager, Mortuary Affairs Officer, Logistics Planning,NORAD-USNORTHCOM

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

Richard Cooper, Chairman, Homeland Security Divsion, 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

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