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Emergency Recovery Part II: Assisting Individuals after a Disaster

About the Presenters

Patricia Gonzales Stagg, LMSW is the project manager with ILRU’s Disability 911 Disaster recovery project where she coordinates activities of ILRU’s call center for persons with disabilities who were affected by Hurricane Ike. Stagg has over 15 years experience working in non-profit services agencies, hospitals, community clinics, schools and in the field of community development work. Her experience as a medical social worker was primarily in the areas of neurology and rehabilitation, assisting patients and families through the recovery process of newly diagnosed disabilities. She has a Masters degree in Social Work Administration and Planning from the University of Texas at Arlington and received her undergraduate degree in Social Work from Stephen F. Austin State University.

Jeff Sheen, MSW is a Project Director at the Center for Persons with Disabilities (CPD), at Utah State University. For the past seven years he has been involved in directing and evaluating a number of projects designed to improve community resources for individuals with disabilities and their families. Mr. Sheen along with colleagues at the CPD, has presented on emergency preparedness for people with disabilities at the annual Utah Bioterrorism/Emergency Preparedness Conferences for the past four years (’04-’07).  Mr. Sheen was also a part of the ILRU training development team that developed the training curriculum on Emergency Preparedness for Centers of Independent Living that is the basis for this webcast. Most recently Mr. Sheen has been directing the “Emergency Preparedness for All Utahns” project that provides training on emergency preparedness issues for people with disabilities for a variety of audiences.

Richard Petty is Program Director at ILRU‑‑Independent Living Research Utilization. He directs the IL NET, a national project providing training and technical assistance to Centers for Independent Living and Statewide Iindependent Living Councils. ILRU has produced several important publications on emergency preparedness and conducts training for CILs on preparing for and surviving disasters. Petty is conducting research on the experiences of those with disabilities affected by Hurricane Katrina. Petty holds an MBA degree from the C. T. Bauer School of Business at the University of Houston.

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