Mr. Alfassa is a corporate emergency management professional. A former federal employee, he has served on several deployments on a FEMA CBRN response team as Deputy Commander (G8 Summit, the Atlanta Olympics, etc.), and on major Hurricane responses with the National Disaster Medical System. He is a member of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) Government Affairs Committee and is a Certified Emergency Disaster Professional (CEDP). Alfassa volunteers his time as an active uniformed member of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary and serves on its Emergency Management national staff. His education includes a Harvard Business School post-masters Certificate in Sustainable Business Strategy, a BA in Homeland Security and a Masters in Public Administration from APU. He is the author and editor of “Essays in American Public Safety and Emergency Management.”