Roundtables – Disasters Expo Miami 2026

13:30 14:30

Disaster Financial Resilience – to Fuel Readiness & Recovery – Fast, Safe, with Dignity.

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Charlotte Hyams Porter, Director, Policy, Planning, & Partnerships - SBA

Kirsten Trusko, Co-Founder - Payments as a Lifeline

J. Kevin A. McKechnie, Executive Director and Founder - American Bankers Association’s Health Savings Account Council and the Office of Insurance Advocacy

Bobby Tinsley, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer - SKUx
11:30 12:30

How Do We Recover?

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Alannah Irwin, Sustainability and Resiliency Administrator - City of Boynton Beach Official

Andrew Donawa, Emergency Management Director - Pasco Sheriff's Office

Hamid Reza Nikvan, Director of Public Utilities - City of North Miami Beach

Sonia Brubaker, Chief Resilience Officer - City of Miami

Riley Tuff, Lead Emergency Planner, City of Tampa - City of Tampa
13:30 14:30

Mass Care

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Alison Thompson, Founder/CEO - Third Wave Volunteers

Michael Sharon, Chief, Emergency Programs Division - USDA

Major Ethan Frizzell, Officer - The Salvation Army

Riley Tuff, Lead Emergency Planner, City of Tampa - City of Tampa

Elizabeth A. Greig, Co-Director - University of Miami Global Institute for Community Health and Development
11:30 12:30

States

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Jess Kindig, Team Lead and North Region Exercise Program Manager - Indiana Department of Homeland Security

William Turner, State Emergency Management Director - Connecticut Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS)

Jamie Quarrelles, Senior Program Manager - District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA)