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Past Meetings

2010

Month	Location	Subject	Speaker
June	Herakles Data Center, Sacramento	Herakles Data recovery facility tour
		Mobile/Alternate Workspace – Lessoned Learned in Real World Recoveries	Steve O’Neal, Rentsys Recovery Services, Inc
		Cloud Computing for Disaster Resilience	Andrew Pryfogle, Terrapin Solutions
		What is Your Disaster Personality	, Ernst & Young
		BRMA Software Survey Results	, Emergency Planning International, Inc.
May	San Francisco	Motorized Trolley Earthquake Tour	United States Geological Survey (USGS) Guides
April	Fireman's Fund Insurance, Novato	PS-Prep Update	, Union Bank of California
		Cross Sector Liaison — Mitigating Shortfalls in Public/Private Sector Disaster Planning Relationships	Forrest Franklin, Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA)
		Haiti Earthquake - Operation Unified Response	, Bond Consulting, LLC
March	Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo	Crisis and Emergency-Risk Communication (CERC)	Barbara Reynolds, PhD, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
February	Marvell Semiconductors, Inc., Santa Clara	Accomplishing More With Less: 5 Breakthrough Practices for the Digital Age! Bonus: Introduction to Virtual Worlds	Pierre Khawand, Founder and Principal of People-OnTheGo
February	Marvell Semiconductors, Inc., Santa Clara	Advances and Opportunities of P-Wave Earthquake Scott Nebenzahl, VP Sales & Director of Government Affairs, Seismic Warning SystemsEarly Warning	Scott Nebenzahl, VP Sales & Director of Government Affairs, Seismic Warning Systems
January	Schwab, San Francisco	Introduction to new Board Members and Message from the President	, BRMA President, Ernst & Young
January	Schwab, San Francisco	What has business continuity learned from the pandemic? Findings from the Second Wave	, CEM, RN, BSN, MPA, President, Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Inc.

2009

Month	Location	Subject	Speaker
December	The City Club of San Francisco, San Francisco	Annual Meeting and Luncheon	, Master of Ceremonies
October	Hotel Whitcomb, San Francisco	Vendor Faire 2009	Various Vendor Speakers
September	East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) Board Room, Oakland	Insurance Claims – A Backwards Look	, Hutson Resource Group
September		Open Session: What’s New in the H1N1 world? What was “hot” at DRJ?	facilitated
August	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	Preparing for Fall 2009: H1N1 Pandemic Flu Preparedness	Jennifer Lachance, MSE
August	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	How to Get Them to Drink the Koolaid	, McKesson
July	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	Pandemic Preparedness Roundtable Discussion	, Delta Dental of California
July	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	The Big Rumble San Francisco The Great California Shake Out	Lyz Luke, Commited 2 Community , Department of Emergency Management San Francisco Dorothy Lee, Bay Area Red Cross Erika Amir, Bay Area Earthquake Alliance
June	The Gap, San Bruno	Joint BARC-BENS-BRMA Infrastructure Symposium
		Setting the Stage — Earthquake Impact on Bay Area	Mary Lou Zoback, Risk Management Solutions Jeanne Perkins, Association of Bay Area Governments Roger Sigtermans, CalEMA Coastal Region
		Telecom	Don Boland, California Utilities Emergency Association Robert Spinelli and Ira Messner, Verizon Wireless Jeffery Jackson and Craig Yamato, TW Telecom
		Power, Gas, Water	Lessly Field, PG&E Steve Frew, East Bay Municipal Utilities District Jim Wollbrinck, San Jose Water
		Transportation	Radiah Taylor Victor, Sr., Metropolitan Transportation Commission Sean Nozzari, Caltrans Catherine Westphall, BART
		Financial and Consumer Services	Cody South, Federal Reserve Bank of SF Michael Bacon, Wells Fargo David Wiedeman, Brinks Jill Rulon, California Grocers Association Chuck Salby, Wal-Mart
May	Schwab, San Francisco	EQ Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Surviving the Next Earthquake. New Information on an old threat	Akshay Gupta, Ph.D., PE, SECB, Principal Engineer & Director, Catastrophe Risk Engineering
May	Schwab, San Francisco	Open Session: Lessons Learned – H1N1	Stasha Wyskiel to Facilitate
April	Fireman's Fund Insurance, Novato	Regional Disaster Recovery: Facility Restoration – Potential Issues After the Big One!	David Warters, BELFOR Property Restoration
April	Fireman's Fund Insurance, Novato	Making Your Claim: What to Expect When it’s Time to Talk Insurance	Amy Bach, United Policyholders
March	Symantec, Mountain View	PG&E/Power: Overview of Planning Efforts – what assumptions can WE make around the return of power after a large event?	, PG&E
		BART/Transportation: Status of the Hazard Mitigation/Seismic Upgrades and BART response capabilities.	Catherine Westphall, BART
		San Francisco Public Utilities Commission/Water: What about the water? Overview of planning and response efforts.	Brad Wilson, SFPUC
		Panel Discussion/Preparedness: Training in the corporate sector, what can we learn from community outreach efforts and an introduction to the American Red Cross’ public/private partnership; Ready When the Time Comes program.	, CirclePoint Nina Swanson, American Red Cross Bay Area
February	The Gap, Inc., San Francisco	A New Take on an Old System: A fresh look at the Incident Command System for the Private Sector	, Emergency Management Consultant
February	The Gap, Inc., San Francisco	PS-Prep: Is there a “Dark Side”? The need for BRMA to take a closer look	, Union Bank of California
January	East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), Oakland	Develop a SMOKING Action Plan	, Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Inc.
January	East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), Oakland	Introduction to the Northern California Regional Terrorism Threat Assessment Center	Brandon Bond, Private Sector Liaison Officer

2008

Month	Location	Subject	Speaker
December	Renaissance ClubSport Walnut Creek, Walnut Creek	Annual Meeting and Luncheon	, Master of Ceremonies
October	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	Infectious Disease Prevention and Preparedness	, San Francisco Department of Public Health
		Travel Safely	, Center for Disease Control at SFO
		Responding to Trauma	Wilma Bass and Vanessa Watt, Trauma Outreach Associates
		Bringing it to your Companies	, Kaiser Permanente
September	Pacific Gas and Electric, San Francisco	Business Impact Analysis	, Union Bank of California
		War Stories Panel Discussion	, BRMA President, Delta Dental of California , ASAP President, Blue Shield of California Krista Slanker, Emergency Services Manager, San Francisco Division of Emergency Services
		Ready Your Business: Government and Business Preparedness Cooperation	, Certified Business Continuity Professionals
August	Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo	The Business Case for BCM Software — Top Ten Reasons	, COOP Systems
		Phoenix 2.0: Recovery Road Map	, Chief Administrator's Office, City and County of San Francisco
		Public/Private Partnerships
July	Chevron Corporation, San Ramon	Chevron’s BCP New Standards Process	, Chevron Corporation
		Building a State-of-the-Art Disaster Resiliency Center in Silicon Valley	, CEO, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
		Ten Reasons Plans Fail	, www.LucienCanton.com
June	San Francisco State University	Preparing for Pandemic Flu: Employer Strategies for Protecting Employees
		Getting Ready – Pandemic Influenza	, Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Inc.
		Panel Discussion	Multi-disciplinary representatives from: McKesson, McKenna/Long & Aldridge, Roche, California Department of Health & Emergency Preparedness, James Lee Witt Associates, and PG&E
		Facilitated Tabletop Exercise
May	Fireman's Fund Insurance, Novato	2008 BRMA Compensation Survey Findings	(BRMA Information Resources Coordinator), Ernst & Young
May	Fireman's Fund Insurance, Novato	Long-Term Disaster Recovery Planning - Lessons from Katrina, Northridge, and Loma Prieta	Jeanne Perkins, Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
April	East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), Oakland	Risk Assessment: The First Step in Emergency Planning	, Consulting Engineer
April	East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), Oakland	Lessons Learned From a Review of the EBMUD Business Continuity Program	, P.E., East Bay Municipal Utility District
March	Symantec, Mountain View	BCP and Supply Chain Risk – The Same, Only Different	, Global Risk Advisers
		Post Earthquake Response	David L. McCormick, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
		Joint Venture Disaster Planning Initiative	Jim Wollbrinck, San Jose Water Company
February	Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo	Regulatory Trends in Business Continuity Planning	, Union Bank of California
February	Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo	Infectious Disease Emergencies and Mass Prophylaxis Preparedness	Amy Pine, San Francisco’s Department of Public Health
January	Citrix, Santa Clara	BCP at Citrix — The Follow the Sun Model	, Citrix
January	Citrix, Santa Clara	Rising Waters: Global Warming and Business Continuity Planning	, Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Inc.

2007

Month	Location	Subject	Speaker
December	Marriott Oakland City Center, Oakland	Annual Meeting and Luncheon	, Master of Ceremonies
October	United Way Bay Area, San Francisco	HAZUS/BAHUG Update	Richard Davies, Western Disaster Center
		Prepare Bay Area initiative	Scot Ferrell, Marsh Risk & Insurance Services
		The Changing Face of Risk Management	Dave Morgan, Delta Dental of California
September	VISA International, Foster City	Remote Sensing	, Genetech, Inc.
		Computer Modeling	, Procovery Risk Services
		Search Dog Demonstration	Pluis Davern, Search Dog Foundation Tom Carney, South San Francisco Fire Department Gypsy, Search Dog Extraordinaire
August	East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), Oakland	Regulatory Follow-Up: Improving America's Security Act of 2007	, Littler Mendelson
		Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) Committee Report	OCEG Ad Hoc Committee
		Current State Assessment Tool	, Ernst & Young
July	Fireman's Fund Insurance, Novato	Virtualization	, VISA Kathy King, Teichert Construction Beverly Ark, City of Livermore Cynthia Donovan, Reliability Consultant Steve Kaplan, AccessFlow
July	Fireman's Fund Insurance, Novato	Prove It: Two Steps to Ensuring the Recoverability of Critical Enterprise Application Data	, 21st Century Software
June	DTS Training Center, Sacramento	EOC Presentation and Exercise	, Symantec
June	AT&T	EOC/NOC Tour	John Bianchi, AT&T
May	Applied Materials, Santa Clara	Benchmark for Continuity	, Praetorian Protective Services
May	Applied Materials, Santa Clara	Pandemic Planning at Applied Materials	, Applied Materials
April	PMI Mortgage Insurance Company, Walnut Creek	Vendor Faire 2007	Various Vendor Speakers
March	Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo	Recovery Safety	Dr. Molestad, OSHA
March	Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo	Legal Aspects (OSHA) of Work at Home Strategies	Fred Walter
February	Chevron Corporation, San Ramon	CFO Viewpoint	John Schaefer, Global Risk Advisors
February	Chevron Corporation, San Ramon	Results of the Annual Survey	, AT&T
January	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	Preparing for Continuity of People Processes	, Trauma Outreach Associates, Inc.
January	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	Crisis Management Planning	Sam Singer

2006

Month	Location	Subject	Speaker
December	Marriott Oakland City Center, Oakland	Annual Meeting and Luncheon	, Master of Ceremonies
October	PMI Mortgage, Walnut Creek	Introduction to ITIL	Sallie Kennedy, World Savings Bank
		ITIL, ITSM, and LotR	, Network Edge LLC
		Business Continuity in COBIT, ITIL and SOX	, Network Edge LLC
		ITIL Certification	, Network Edge LLC
September	Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo	Terrorism and the Law: Emergency Action Plans, Responses and Civil Liberty Issues	, Chapman University
September	Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo	Legal and Regulatory Aspects of BCP	Garry Mathiason, Littler Mendelson
August	ADP ProBusiness, Pleasanton	Business Process Analysis	, Enterprise Security and Availability Group, LLC (ESAAG)
August	ADP ProBusiness, Pleasanton	Application Continuity Framework	, HP
July	Visa International, Foster City	Pandemic Awareness and Preparedness
		Principles for Community and Business Planning for Pandemic Influenza	Dr. Scott Morrow, San Mateo County Health Services Agency
		Sun’s Corporate Approach to Multi-National Pandemic Planning	, Sun Microsystems
		Pandemics from a SARS Perspective
		Corporate Pandemic Planning	, Visa International , Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Inc.
		Panel Discussion and Q/&A	Members of BRMA and BARC FIRST
June	Fireman’s Fund Insurance, Novato	NCS-GETS/TSP/WPS/SHARES	, AT&T
June	Fireman’s Fund Insurance, Novato	Disaster Communications	Art Botterell
May	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	Salary Survey	, Ernst & Young , Franklin Templeton Investments , Union Bank of California
		Employee Notification Systems	, send word now
		E&Y Employee Notification System	, Ernst & Young
April	Guidant Corporation, Santa Clara	100 Years later: the 1906 Earthquake
		The 1906 Earthquake and Future Ramifications	Jeanne Perkins, Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
		Earthquake Hazard Mitigation	Fred Turner, California Seismic Safety Commission
March	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	Salary Survey	, Contingency Management Consultants
		The Final Word on Emergency Response Planning	, Praetorian Protective Services
		Moulage Training: Its Not Just Blood, Guts and Gore
February	East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland	It's Hard To Plan If You Don't Know What You Are Facing!	, Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Inc.
February	East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland	Results of the 2005 BRMA Survey	, ATT
January	Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo	Katrina Lessons Learned	, Kaiser Permanente
			, Gap, Inc.
			Walt Flannery, Chevron
			, Vision Service Plan

2005

Month	Location	Subject	Speaker
December	California Culinary Academy, San Francisco	Annual Meeting and Luncheon	, Mistress of Ceremonies
October	Symantec, Mountain View	Creating or Updating DR Plans Using NIMS	Jim Fey, PMI Mortgage Insurance
October	Symantec, Mountain View	Demonstration on the Pros and Cons of Using an Automated External Defibrillators	Jennifer Carlson, Medtronic, Inc.
September	Ramada Plaza Hotel, San Francisco	Vendor Faire 2005	Various Vendor Speakers
August	East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland	Public/Private Partnership: Coordinating Exercises	, Inter-Con Security Services
July	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	Are You Ready? Or Why We Perform BIA's and Who Are the Stakeholders	, Greater Bay Bancorp
July	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	Analyzing BIA Data	, Union Bank of California
June	VISA, Foster City	Bottom-Up to Top-Down Continuity Plans	, VISA
		Administering LDRPS at Providian	, Providian Financial Corporation
		Why UBOC Uses a Recovery Plan System that was Developed Internally	, Union Bank of California
May	ADP ProBusiness, Pleasanton	Case Study: Producing a BCP Report Card for Blue Shield of CA	Karen Rinaldi, Blue Shield of CA
May	ADP ProBusiness, Pleasanton	The BRMA Library: We're Not Just Books Anymore	, Praetorian Protective Services
April	Fireman's Fund Insurance, Novato	Business Interruption Insurance - Considerations	Mike Roney, Fireman's Fund Insurance
March	ATT, San Ramon	How IT Security and Continuous Operations are Integral to Business Continuity Planning (BCP)	Edmund Lam, San Jose State University
		Business Readiness: What Businesses Need to Know to Get Ready for a Disaster	Wendy Walsh U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Citizen Corps Alfred Judd, Small Business Administration
		FFIEC Guidelines and the BCP	Barry Cardoza, Union Bank of California
		The Business Continuity Management Program Audit: An Overview	Kathleen McGrorty and Neville Morcom, Deloitte and Touche
February	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	The Public Private Interface—What Isn't There and What to Do About It	, Contingency Management Consultants
February	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	Results of the 2004 BRMA Survey	, ITBC - IT Business Continuity
January	Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo	Get on Board!: Incorporate the Incident Command System into Your Plan: How the Incident Command System (ICS) Can Provide Your Company With Clear Guidelines for Incident Management	, Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Inc.

2004

Month	Location	Subject	Speaker
December	California Culinary Academy, San Francisco	Annual Meeting and Luncheon	, Mistress of Ceremonies
October	Franklin Templeton Investments. San Mateo	Emergency Action Plans: the Southern California Fires	, Chapman University
September	Sacramento Airport, Sacramento	RTO and RPO
		How to Perform Effective Exercises	, Eclipse Solutions, Inc.
		Lessons Learned from Recent Events in California	Henry Renteria, Governor's Office of Emergency Management
August	Franklin Templeton Investments. San Mateo	Weapons of Mass Destruction — Understanding the Threat	, Kaiser Permanente
July	VISA, Foster City	BC Plan Building Tools Panel
		Moderator	, VISA
		In-House BC Planning Database
		BCM Online	, VISA
		LDRPS (Living Disaster Recovery Planning System)	, Franklin Templeton
		REVO	, Charles Schwab
		BIA Professional	, Guidant Corporation
		Operational and Notification Systems Panel
		Moderator	, VISA
		Schwab Dialogic vs. Application Service Providers	, Charles Schwab
		MiR3 Notification System	, VISA
		Notification Vendor Selection Criteria	, The Gap
		Alertcast Notification System	, Union Bank of California
		Eteam EOC Operations/ Crisis Management	, Macy's West
June	Schwab, San Francisco	Incident Management	Gary Ackerman and Doug Nelson
		People Reading: How to Influence Diverse Styles	Marilyn Manning, The Consulting Team
		BCP Testing	, Macy's West , Disaster Survival Planning Network
		The Importance of Integrating Physical Security with Business Continuity Planning	Mike Farnham, Providian Financial
May	East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland	Overcoming Chronic Business Continuity Program Issues and Obstacles to Build a First Class Business Continuity Program	, Providian Financial Corporation
		Weapons of Mass Destruction — Understanding the Threat	, Kaiser Permanente
		BRMA's Annual Salary Survey	, Ernst & Young , Contingency Management Consultants , Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund
April	HP, Pleasanton	How the Anti-War Demonstrations Effected the San Francisco Unified School District	, San Francisco Unified School District
April	HP, Pleasanton	Determining Business Risk for New Projects	, Sun Microsystems
March	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	Logical Security and BCP	, San Jose State University
		Paradigm Shift for Meeting Business Objective Encourages Strange Bedfellows? IS and BC Working Together?	, ESAAG
		Automating BCP Controls: What are Some of the Controls and How Can We Automate Them?	, Strohl Systems Group, Inc.
		Integrating IT Security into the BCP Planning Process	, PWC
February	ATT, Hayward	Managing Incidents Effectively — Suggestions and Tools for Large and Mid-sized Companies	, Greater Bay Bancorp , Ernst & Young
February	ATT, Hayward	BRMA Annual Survey Results	, ATT
January	Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo	Now A New Threat To Add To Your Plan — A Pandemic	, Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Inc.
January	Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo	BRMA Website Demonstration	, BCP and More

2003

Month	Location	Subject	Speaker
December	California Culinary Academy, San Francisco	Annual Meeting and Luncheon	, Mistress of Ceremonies
October	Ramada Plaza Hotel, San Francisco	BRMA Vendor Faire
October	Ramada Plaza Hotel, San Francisco	Declaration — Selling The Need	Bob Fuhr, Historical Perspectives
September	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	Building Employee Awareness	, Macy's West
		Employee Training and Awareness Program at SCIF	, State Compensation Insurance Fund
		BCP Management vs. BCP Leadership	, Sun Microsystems
August	Charles Schwab, San Francisco	Alternate Work Area Recovery Strategies	, Blue Shield of CA
		Planning and Implementing a Successful Drill	, Charles Schwab
		Building a Business Response to Domestic Violence	Marianne Balin, Blue Shield of CA
		Obtaining Management Support
July	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	Risk Management for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning	, Lockheed Martin
		Business Impact Analysis	, VISA
		OCTAVE — A Risk Assessment Technique	Steve Kruse, Impruve
June	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	EOC Design & Testing	, Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Inc.
		Emergency Response	, San Francisco Unified School District
		Web Based Emergency Evacuation Training	, Building Safety Solutions
		Lessons Learned — What Information You Really Need During a Crisis	, Union Bank of California
		Financial White Paper Analysis	, Strohl Systems Group, Inc.
May	State Office of Emergency Services, Mather	Tour of the State OES Headquarters Building
	State Office of Emergency Services, Mather	OES Recovery Process	Paul Jacks, Deputy Director of Disaster Assistance
	Herakles Data, Sacramento	Class A Data Center Tour 1	Tim Coats, Herakles
		Vendor Neutral DR Technology 101	Bill Dufton and Jim MacKay of Forsythe Solutions Group
		Mobile and Quick Ship Recovery Strategies	Rich Zane, RBZane Advisory Group
		Class A Data Center Tour 2	Tim Coats, Herakles
April	East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland	Emergency Action Plans — A Legal and Practical Blueprint	, Chapman University
April	East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland	BRMA NFP1600 Committee
March	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	Business Continuity Program Development	Ed Clayton, Greater Bay Bancorp
March	Union Bank of California, San Francisco	Business Resumption Planning Interactive Panel Discussion	Linda Pahkim, Strohl Systems Group, Inc. Judy Bell, Disaster Survival Planning Network Jim Kotowski, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company , Rohrs Consulting Service, was the moderator
February	State Compensation Insurance Fund, San Francisco	Don't Let Media Become Medea in the Time of Crisis	, Executive Director, Office of Public Engagement and Information, San Francisco Unified School District
January	Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo	How to Write White Papers	, TechProse
January	Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo	BRMA Annual Survey Results	, Rohrs Consulting Services

2002

Month	Location	Subject	Speaker
December	California Culinary Academy, San Francisco	Annual Meeting and Luncheon	, Mistress of Ceremonies
October	Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Novato	Final Report by the BCI Certification Committee	, Ernst & Young , VISA , Contingency Management Consultants
		Home Office: Trial By Fire — Lessons Learned by SCIF	, State Compensation Insurance Fund
		BCP Concepts/Awareness Training Resource	"Ready for Anything" Video Commonwealth Films www.commonwealthfilms.com
September	Bank of America Technology Center, Concord	Symposium on Business Recovery Planning and Testing
		BCP Testing Process	Lee Milligan, Strohl Systems Group, Inc.
		Communicating with and Through the Media	Tom Vacar, KTVU Channel 2
		Exercises	John Dalisky, Deltanet
		Building The Business Continuity Plan	Skip Skivington, Kaiser Permanente
		Breakout Sessions
		Writing Your Plan — Share your Business Continuity Plan
		Exercising Your Plan — Information Exchange on Lessons Learned from Exercises	Karen Dye, Clorox
		Executing Your Plan or Reality vs. an Exercise — How Things Really Went	, Charles Schwab
August	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	BRMA Business/College Speaker's Bureau ad hoc Committee Report	Chris Rohrs, Rohrs Consulting Services
August	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	Managing Critical Electronic Data	Moderator: , Ernst & Young Alex Hesterberg, Veritas Ken McGlothlin, SunGard Recovery Systems Tom Downey, EMC
July	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	DoD's Continuity of Operations Program	Tom Daniels, Director CoOP, DoD
July	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	Building The Connection Between Your Business and Your IT Infrastructure	Elizabeth Diamond, Technology Connection, Inc.
June	State Compensation Insurance Fund, San Francisco	"Setting up Crisis Management Teams" Workshop
June	State Compensation Insurance Fund, San Francisco	"Managing the Emergency Response" Workshop	, Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Inc.
May	Oakland OES EOC, Oakland	BRMA Salary Survey Committee Report	, Ernst & Young
		WTC — 9/11 Search & Rescue Operations — A Different Perspective	Mark Hoffman, Oakland Fire Department, Fire Training Division
			Henry R. Renteria, Emergency Services Manager for the City of Oakland
April	Mortenson Development and SOMARA Capital, Oakland Telecommunications Access Center (OTAC), Oakland	Business Continuity: Applying Lessons Learned from 9/11 to Reduce Risk	, Ernst & Young
		Seismic Performance: How Well Will Your Building Perform?	John Myers, Structural Engineer, Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
		Can Your Fiber Survive the Big One?	Erin Canden, Vice President/General Manager, Time Warner Telecom
March	VISA, Foster City	Getting Management Buy-in for Business Planning	Dr. Raja Iyer, San Jose State University, OnGlo Inc. (developer of the Emergency Response Service), and BackInBiz
March	VISA, Foster City	EERI Quake '06 and SF DBI CAPSS (Community Action Plan for Seismic Safety)	Zan Turner, San Francisco City and County, Department of Building Inspection (DBI)
February	East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland	Introduction to the Program "Planning for Bio/Chem Terrorism Incidents" Survey Results	Bob Robinson, Double R Consulting
		Planning for Bio/Chem Terrorism Incidents	Lucien Canton, Director of Emergency Services, City and County of San Francisco
		Business Recovery Response to Terrorism	Jonathan Tol, TAL Global
		Q&A Panel	Lucien Canton Jonathan Tol Mary Clair Bennett, CMP Media Patrick Kelley, Franklin Templeton Investments
January	State Compensation Insurance Fund, San Francisco	Grass Roots Public/Private Partnering: NERT/CERT Programs	Sara Wynne, BRMA Community Liaison Coordinator Lt. Patricia Yuen, Program Director of SFFD NERT Dan Lunsford, CEM, Emergency Services Manager, City of San Leandro Mike Stone, Fire Chief, Southern Marin Fire District

2001

Month	Location	Subject	Speaker
December	Embassy Suites Hotel Pleasant Hill-Walnut Creek, Walnut Creek	Annual Meeting and Luncheon	, Master of Ceremonies
October	San Jose State University	World Trade Center Recovery and Key Learnings	Gary Tanaguchi, Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund
October	San Jose State University	The World Trade Center Recovery Efforts and Issues	Jim Kotowski, Fireman's Fund Insurance
September	Sheraton Concord Hotel	4th Annual Vendor Faire	Vendor representatives from: Comdisco Data Rescue Services E Team Inc. Ernst & Young Fennell & Associates Fijitsu Softek GE Capital IT Solutions Iron Mountain Off-Site Data Protection Q-Safety, Inc. Recall Total Information Management SunGard Recovery Systems
August	State Compensation Insurance Fund, San Francisco	The Hidden Trap in Business Continuity Planning	John M. Stagl, CBCP, INRECON
August	State Compensation Insurance Fund, San Francisco	Doing Business After A Major Bay Area Earthquake	Jeanne Perkins, Principal, Earthquake Program, ABAG
July	SunGard Recovery Services, San Ramon	Testing your Disaster Recovery Plan	Bob Litchfield, SunGard Recovery Services
June	State Compensation Insurance Fund, San Francisco	Energy Crisis Update: Bay Area Emergency Operations	Amelia Gannon, PG&E
		Building Occupancy Resumption Program (BORP): After the Earthquake Hits	Zan Turner, City & County of San Francisco, Dept. of Building Inspections
		Setting up a Desktop Exercise	, Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Inc.
May	Alameda County EOC, Dublin	Combined CESA/BRMA Meeting on Public Private Partnerships
		Local Government Perspective on Public Private Partnerships	Dan Lunsford, CEM, Emergency Services Manager, City of San Leandro
		Private Industry Perspective on Public Private Partnerships	Gene Burbank, Manager of Business Continuity Planning, California State Automobile Assoc.
		How to Create a Public Private Partnership: Emergency Preparedness in Milpitas	Cecil Williams, Principal Disaster Planning Consultant, Williams Associates Consulting Cliff Williams, Planning Commissioner for City of Milpitas, & Contractor at NASA - Ames Research Center
		The Collaborative Approach: Disaster Mitigation at San Jose State	Guna Selvaduray, Ph.D. , Executive Director of CDM (Collaborative for Disaster Mitigation), & Professor of Materials Engineering, San Jose State University
		The State OES Perspective on Public Private Partnering	Paul Jacks, Deputy Director, Governor's Office of Emergency Services
		Suggestions for Partnering with Schools	Anne Warren, Director of Emergency Planning, San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD)
April	Hills Brothers Complex, San Francisco	Power Issues in California
		ISO Summer Assessment and Emergency Notifications	Ean O'Neill, California Independent System Operator
			Hector Fulgencio, Pacific Gas & Electric
			Selby Mohr, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
March	East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland	Interactive Presentation on the Incident Command System	George Berry, CSAA Terry Gitlin, Santa Clara County OES
		Panel Discussion on Implementing ICS/IMS/SEMS in Private Industry	Bonita Gohler, Intuit Stasha Wyskiel, Charles Schwab George Berry, CSAA Patrick Kelley, Franklin Templeton Investments
		Hazus Update	Brian Quinn, Charles Schwab
February	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	The Titanic: A Business Recovery Perspective	Bob Fuhr, Historical Perspectives
January	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	Certification Committee Update	Certification Ad Hoc Committee Members
January	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	Public/Private Partnerships for Recording and Utilization of Strong Earthquake Motion	Dr. Mary Lou Zoback, US Geological Survey (USGS)

2000

Month	Location	Subject	Speaker
December	Lafayette Park Hotel, Lafayette	Annual Meeting and Holiday Luncheon	, Master of Ceremonies
October	Oakland Emergency Operations Center	Tour of the Oakland EOC	Colleen Bell, Oakland Fire Department
October	Oakland Emergency Operations Center	HAM radio usage for Business Recovery	Brian Quinn, Charles Schwab Bob Czapinski, Sandia National Laboratories
September	Hilton Pleasanton at the Club	Vendor Faire	Various speakers and vendor booths
August	Comdisco, San Ramon	BRMA Salary Survey	, Ernst & Young , Contingency Management Consultants , Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund
August	Comdisco, San Ramon	IBM Crisis Response Team	Brent Woodworth, IBM/ISSC
July	Hilton Pleasanton at the Club, Pleasanton	Public/Private Partnering of Emergency Management Associations: A Public Sector View	Terry Gitlin, President, CESA Coastal Chapter
July	Hilton Pleasanton at the Club, Pleasanton	Employee Awareness Programs	Karen Dye, Clorox
June	VISA, Foster City	Workplace Violence Discussion	Eugene Tucker, Alburger Basso de Grosz, Inc.
		Workplace Violence	Regina Phelps, Health Plus
		Triage Injury Simulation Moulage	Tecia Ryan
May	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	Network Security in e-commerce	James O'Niel, Ernst & Young
April	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	The Challenge that BCP Presents	Van Volovik, New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc.
April	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	Home and Family Preparedness	Colleen Bell, Oakland Fire Department
March	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	BCP for the Connected Ecomomy	Scot Ferrell, Ernst & Young
February	East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland	Obtaining ROI from your Y2K Preparations	Scott Lawrence, Lawrence Consulting Associates, LLC
		Roundtable Discussion: E-Commerce Business Continuity Planning	Rhonda Jones, Continuity Works, and , Ernst & Young LLP
		Roundtable Discussion: Business Continuity Basics	Cris Castro, Ernst & Young LLP
		HAZUS Update	Brian Quinn, Charles Schwab
January	Levi Strauss & Company, San Francisco	Choosing the Right Strategies	, Contingency Management Consultants

1999

Month	Location	Subject	Speaker
December	Lafayette Park Hotel, Lafayette	Annual Meeting and Holiday Luncheon	, Master of Ceremonies
October	Alameda County Emergency Operations Center	Exercise Design	, Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Inc.
September	Hilton Pleasanton at the Club	Vendor Faire	Various speakers and vendor booths
August	Chevron's Emergency Operations Center, Dublin	Tour of Chevron's Business Resumption Center Chevron's Business Recovery Operations	Mia Weller, Chevron
July	Pacific Bell, San Ramon	Risk Management and Mitigation Techniques	Eugene Tucker, Alburger Basso de Grosz, Inc.
June	Charles Schwab, San Francisco	Y2K Zero Hour Strategies
		Panel Discussion	Dan Berg, Miller Freeman
		City of San Francisco "Last Minute"	Lou Canton, City of San Francisco
		BRMA White Paper	Philip Smith, Data Rescue Services
May	Educational Testing Service, Oakland	Telecommunications Network Diversity	Paul Cullinane, WinStar
April	Chevron, San Ramon	Business Continuity Planning: Now and Tomorrow. A Review of Y2K and e-Commerce Planning	Scot Ferrell and Lisa Trousdale, Ernst & Young LLP
March	Clorox, Pleasanton	Electrical Outage 101	Wolfgang Hase, PG&E
		Water When the Power Goes Out	Raymond Riordan, East Bay MUD
		Getting the Power You Need	Scott Anderson, Quick Response Services
		Backup Hardware	Steve Kelly, Building Operation Services
February	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	Preparing for the Big One: Earthquake Mitigation at EBMUD	Andrea Pook and I-Pei Hodge, East Bay MUD
January	San Francisco Airport Marriott	Use of the Internet During Recovery	BRMA Member Discussion

1998

Month	Subject	Speaker
December	Annual Meeting and Holiday Luncheon	, Master of Ceremonies
October	The Development of a Corporate EOC — A Case Study	Karen Rinaldi, Levi Strauss & Company , Emergency Management & Safety Solutions Inc.
October	Y2K Discussion	Y2K Committee
September	Vendor Faire	Various speakers and vendor booths
August	Y2K Awareness and Discussion
July	Distributed System: A Sample Solution	Gary Tanaguchi, Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund
June	Keynote	Judy Kay Bell, Disaster Survival Planning, Inc.
	How to: Business Impact Analysis
	Recovery Planning Basics	Judy Kay Bell, Disaster Survival Planning, Inc.
	Emergency Response Test	Ginny Peterson, Hewlett-Packard
	Work Area Recovery	, Charles Schwab
May	Developing Employee Support for the BCP Program	Scot Ferrell, Ernst & Young LLP
April	Development of a Hazus Risk Assessment for the San Francisco Bay Area	Jim Buika, FEMA
April	Emergency Provisions	Miriam Snedaker, Simpler Life Emergency Provisions
March	Contingency Planning -- A Range of Experience
	Contingency Planning Awareness	Tonya York, Charles Schwab, Inc.
	Compensation Survey	Lisa Trousdale, Cellular One , Contingency Management Consultants
	Nuts and Bolts of Cellular Communications	Lisa Trousdale, Cellular One
	Risk Based Approach to Business Planning	Scott Anderson, Quick Response Services
	Testing "A" to "Z"	Ed Clayton, Chevron
February	Taking Another Look -- A Readiness Assessment	Betty Kildow, University of California, Berkeley
January	The New FEMA Outreach Program	Suzanne Frew and Diane Earl, FEMA Region Nine

1997

Month	Subject	Speaker
December	Annual Meeting and Holiday Luncheon at the Lafayette Park Hotel	Brian Gladden, Master of Ceremonies
October	Using Satellite and Cellular Communications for Disaster Recovery	Lisa Trousdale, Cellular One Robert Rosen, Remote Satellite Systems International
September	Vendor Faire	Various speakers and vendor booths
September	FEMA Outreach Program Report	Michael Wilson, A.S.A.P Representative
August	Executive Support -- How To Get It And How To Keep It	Lee Milligan, The Gap
July	Strategies for Physically Protecting and Recovering Data	Charles E. Cassani, Steamatic of Sacramento
June	Business Partner Planning	Scot Ferrell, The Gap
	"Sharing Our BR Plans" Panel Discussion	Dan Berg, Sumitomo Bank of California Claire Le Donne, University of California, Berkeley Ed Clayton, Chevron
	Testing the BR Plan	Ralph Wheeler, R Square Consulting
May	Internet Security	Marvin Christensen, IBM Internet Emergency Response Services
April	Power Failures, Backup Generators, and a Halon "Accidental Dump" Story	Diana Wirt, City of San Jose Scott Anderson, Quick Response Services
March	Network Recovery Planning Strategies and Issues	Larry Ficher, CIO of Network Recovery Services
March	Workshops on client server recovery strategies and planning issues
February	Emotional Fallout	Dr. Stewart Proctor, Ph.D., Kaiser Permanente
January	Business Unit Recovery Planning and a tour of the SunGard recovery facility	Vince Condon, SunGard Recovery Services

1996

Month	Subject	Speaker
December	Annual Holiday Luncheon at the Berkeley City Club, Berkeley	Brian Gladden, Master of Ceremonies
October	Paying for Plan Execution: Business Interruption Insurance	Fred Smith, Deltanet, Inc. Mary Ann Langer, Johnson & Higgins of California
September	Re-engineering Client Server	R.J. Pittman, Broadway Technologies Brian Gladden, Parity Systems, Inc
	Multi-Platform Recovery Strategy	Bonita Gohler, Union Bank of California
	Multi-Platform Network Recovery	Jim Ezop, SunGard Recovery Services
August	Alameda County EOC Tour	Terry Gitlin, Alameda County EOC
July	Family Preparedness	Chris J. Wimmer, Chevron
June	Data Communications	Al Parso, AT&T
	Mail and Print Recovery	Jeff Gustafson, Moore Business Communications Services
	Internet Communications	R.J. Pittman, Broadway Technologies
	Voice Communications	Mary Kay Morgan, IBM/ISSC
May	Professional Development Strategies	, Contingency Management Consultants
April	Data Recovery	Philip Smith, Data Rescue Services
	Electronic Recovery	Jim McGovern, RestoreTek
	Paper Recovery	Eric Lundquist, Document Reprocessors
March	Oklahoma Bomb Crisis Response	Brent Woodworth, IBM/ISSC
	Crisis Communication	Marty Boyer, Communication Advantage
	Emergency Response	Fred Lucier, San Francisco Fire Department
February	Violence in the Workplace -- Portland Gunman	Keith Headman, Charles Schwab, Inc.
January	Kobe, One Year Later	Cole Emerson, Cole Emerson & Associates

1995

Month

Subject

Speaker

December

Annual Holiday Luncheon at the Blackhawk Country Club, Blackhawk

Belinda Wilson, Mistress of Ceremonies

October

Exercise Design

Mary Meyer, Bay Area Safety Services

Business Resumption Plan Testing Methodologies

Alan Jolly, Wells Fargo Bank

September

Workplace Violence: Legal Issues

Jeffrey Tanenbaum, Littler, Mendleson, Fastiff, Tichy & Mathiason

Violence in the Workplace

Richard Drutman, Arcus Data Security, Inc.

August

Developing Business Unit Plan Templates

Stacey Jonasen, The Bank of California

July

Group Discussions:

	Recovery Planning
	Stumbling Blocks

Developing Mutual Aid Agreements and II-WARN

Martin Falarski, P.E., East Bay Municipal Utility District

June

Vendor Faire

May

Bomb Incident Planning

Eugene Tucker, Minet Risk Services

Establishing an Amateur Radio Communications Program

David Otey, Kaiser Permanente

April

ROLM Switch Outage at Charles Schwab Co.

Tonya York, Charles Schwab, Inc.

March

The Great Hanshin Earthquake

John Osteraas, Ph.D., P.E. and William Murray Jr., Ph.D., Failure Analysis Associates

Case Study Discussion: Critical Planning Issues and Solutions

February

Business Resumption in Client Server Environments

Roger Farnsworth, Cisco Systems

January

Developing Business Unit and End User Plans

Paul Coleman, Pacific Bell

1994

Month

Subject

Speaker

December

Annual Holiday Luncheon at the Blackhawk Country Club, Blackhawk

Belinda Wilson, Mistress of Ceremonies

October

Televaulting for LANs

Greg Turley, Rimage Datapath

Discussion Groups:

	Data Synchronization Across Multiple Platforms
	Backup/Recovery of Paper Files and Source Documents

September

Auditing Disaster Recovery

Dave Holcombe, Pacific Bell
Sam Singer, Longs Drugs

August

Business Impact Analysis at DHL

Wiley Gilvin, DHL

Business Impact Analysis White Paper

Tim Updike, Wells Fargo Bank

July

Disaster Recovery Services for the MCI Group

Wanda Gamble-Braggs, MCI

June

Exercise Planning Workshops

Los Angeles Civil Disturbances

Bayan Lewis, L.A. Police Department

May

Northridge Earthquake

Emergency Management Institute

David Locke, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

April

Office of Emergency Services Overview
Tour of State of California EOC

Thomas Murray and John Passerello, Office of Emergency Services

March

Telecommunications Planning

Gary T. Taniguchi, CDRP, Pacific Bell

Pacific Bell EOC and ECC Tour

Gary T. Taniguchi, CDRP, Pacific Bell

EOC Exercise Walk-Through

February

Supporting Northridge Earthquake Disaster Declarations

Stacy Schwarz-Gardner, Comdisco

Halon Alternatives

Charles Sabah, C.A. Sabah Company

January

The Disaster After the Disaster: Insurance Documentation and Recovery After the World Trade Center

Bonita Gohler, The Bank of California


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