GlobalOptions Group Opens Chicago Offices and Leads a Life Safety and Disaster Preparedness Forum at Illinois
"GlobalOptions Group is leading these forums with the educational institutions to discuss and share best practices in terms of disaster preparedness," said Cortez Trotter, the Vice President and Director of Midwest Operations for GlobalOptions. "This is a necessary process to ensure the safety and security of our nation's schools and the lives of our children. We are looking to these types of platforms to provide an avenue for honest dialogue to reform existing security practices and procedures," he concluded.
In addition to exploring the vulnerabilities facing college and university campuses, the executives will review and discuss the President's report on Virginia Tech. A government forum is also being held to conduct information sharing with city, county and state organizations.
"Many of the Chicago area university systems are very forward thinking and have approached GlobalOptions about pandemic planning, and we felt that this setting would permit institutions to share experiences and issues of concern with other schools," said James Lee Witt, CEO of GlobalOptions' James Lee Witt Associates unit. "This forum is the first of several we hope to conduct throughout the country."
"This forum is a vital process in creating active discussions between the nation's leading experts in risk management, security and emergency preparedness services with government and educational institutions responsible for the safety and well being of its constituents," said Dr. Harvey Schiller, Chairman and CEO of GlobalOptions Group. "We look forward to working together to establish best practice security measures in campuses across the country."
GlobalOptions Group recently announced the opening of the Midwest Region Office, headed by Cortez Trotter with the assistance of Vicki Wilson and Patrick Crawford. Trotter is the former Chief Emergency Officer, Fire Commissioner and Executive Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness for the City of Chicago.
About GlobalOptions Group, Inc.
GlobalOptions Group, with headquarters in New York City and offices in 16 cities, is a provider of high-end risk assessment and mitigation services to Fortune 1000 corporations, governmental organizations and high-profile individuals throughout the world. GlobalOptions Group's services currently include risk management and security, investigations and litigation support, and crisis management. These engagements take GlobalOptions Group staff around the world and are typically highly-sensitive engagements where GlobalOptions Group is interacting with senior leaders in corporations and governments. Its overall mission is to identify, evaluate, assess, prevent and correct issues that may threaten people, organizations or strategic initiatives for corporations or governments.
Additional information can be found at www.globaloptions.com
About James Lee Witt Associates
Founded in 2001, James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), a part of the GlobalOptions Group, is a crisis management and preparedness unit of GlobalOptions Group based in Washington, D.C. with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Little Rock, and Sacramento. Led by James Lee Witt, the FEMA Director under President Clinton, JLWA has unrivaled experience and hands-on knowledge of public safety, disaster response, continuity of operations, and emergency management issues. JLWA's management team and staff include some of the nations most notable and experienced disaster management experts, including General Wesley Clark, one of the nation's most distinguished retired military officers, who formerly served as NATO Supreme Allied Commander; and Rodney Slater, who formerly served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
www.wittassociates.com
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