Bridging the Gap

Episode 4: Strategic Communications for Higher Education: Sensitive and Controversial Issues

March 06, 2024 SummitET Season 1 Episode 4
Episode 4: Strategic Communications for Higher Education: Sensitive and Controversial Issues
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Bridging the Gap
Episode 4: Strategic Communications for Higher Education: Sensitive and Controversial Issues
Mar 06, 2024 Season 1 Episode 4
SummitET

In Episode 4 of Bridging the Gap, Host Adam Montella speaks with SummitET's team of Strategic Communications experts about crisis communications fundamentals that higher education institutions can incorporate when addressing controversial and sensitive issues with their stakeholders.

This episode features the following SummitET subject matter experts:

Mark Basnight, Vice President of Strategic Communications and Incident Response
Mark is Former Co-Director and Communications Analyst for the Public Affairs Science and Technology (PAST) Fusion Cell at Argonne National Laboratory. He is also a retired Master Public Information Officer (MPIO) for the Charlotte Fire Department and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management Office.

Holly Hardin, Director of Strategic Communications
Holly holds an M.S. in Adult Education and served as a former Communications Analyst for the DOE/NNSA Enterprise, Emergency Management Team Lead for Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), and former Co-Director of the Public Affairs Science and Technology (PAST) Fusion Cell at Argonne National Laboratory.  

Ron Edmond, Ed.D., Crisis Communication SME
Ron is former Acting Director for the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Emergency Management Laboratory and is a former guest lecturer at Rutgers University Leadership Academy and Crisis Communication instructor at Lee University.

Adam Montella, Senior Vice President
Adam is the Former General Manager of Emergency Management for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and ESF-6 Lead for the FEMA Emergency Support Team - National. He was also the On-Camera Disaster and Crisis Management SME on the Discovery Channel series, THE COLONY. Adam is on the Public Safety Curriculum Review Board for the American Public University System and the Program Advisory Panel for Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.  

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In Episode 4 of Bridging the Gap, Host Adam Montella speaks with SummitET's team of Strategic Communications experts about crisis communications fundamentals that higher education institutions can incorporate when addressing controversial and sensitive issues with their stakeholders.

This episode features the following SummitET subject matter experts:

Mark Basnight, Vice President of Strategic Communications and Incident Response
Mark is Former Co-Director and Communications Analyst for the Public Affairs Science and Technology (PAST) Fusion Cell at Argonne National Laboratory. He is also a retired Master Public Information Officer (MPIO) for the Charlotte Fire Department and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management Office.

Holly Hardin, Director of Strategic Communications
Holly holds an M.S. in Adult Education and served as a former Communications Analyst for the DOE/NNSA Enterprise, Emergency Management Team Lead for Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), and former Co-Director of the Public Affairs Science and Technology (PAST) Fusion Cell at Argonne National Laboratory.  

Ron Edmond, Ed.D., Crisis Communication SME
Ron is former Acting Director for the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Emergency Management Laboratory and is a former guest lecturer at Rutgers University Leadership Academy and Crisis Communication instructor at Lee University.

Adam Montella, Senior Vice President
Adam is the Former General Manager of Emergency Management for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and ESF-6 Lead for the FEMA Emergency Support Team - National. He was also the On-Camera Disaster and Crisis Management SME on the Discovery Channel series, THE COLONY. Adam is on the Public Safety Curriculum Review Board for the American Public University System and the Program Advisory Panel for Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.  

Follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, or YouTube.

This presentation is for information and advertising purposes only. The opinions expressed during this presentation are based on certain facts, assumptions and conditions and should not be used or relied upon for any purpose. This presentation is based on publicly available information and contains no confidential government information. The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of speakers, and may not represent the views of any U.S. government department or agency or private sector company.

© 2024 Summit Exercises and Training LLC – All Rights Reserved

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