Stakeholder Mgt with Kit Lee-Demery

Kit Lee-Demery is an emergency management professional with public, private, and higher education sector experiences. Kit is the Senior Manager of Business Continuity for Proskauer Rose and is responsible for business continuity and crisis management for the firm. Kit is also an adjunct at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Previously, Kit worked for Pace University, where she led the development and implementation of the University’s emergency management and fire life safety program.Kit began her career with the NYC Emergency Management, working alongside CERT to prepare and respond to disasters in New York City. She then worked at the Office of Chief Medical Examiners and contributed to the regional mass fatality plan, trained hospitals on mass fatality management, and was involved in COOP planning. Kit holds instructor certifications in Stop the Bleed and adult/pediatric first aid, CPR, and AED. Additionally, she Co-Chairs NYCEM’s public and private sector partnership’s Legal Forum. Kit is part of FBI InfraGard and a member of NYPD SHIELD.Kit received her B.S. in Criminal Justice from Pace University and her MPA, specializing in emergency management, from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She is also a graduate of the FBI Citizens’ Academy.In episode 18 we spoke about stakeholder management in EM/BC programs, how to leverage your network internally and externally to maintain and sustain an EM/BC Program, and what are the unique attractions of the EM profession. For a longer version of our interview, see: https://youtu.be/x4JWyLkl_9A