The Preparedness Matters Podcast

Jason Ferguson: Executive Director of Emergency Management at Tulane University

Jason provides executive leadership for the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response as its team works collaboratively with Tulane’s departments and in conjunction with external response partners to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against disasters of all types. He is an interdisciplinary emergency management professional with nearly 20 years of progressive experience across the higher education, public health, and emergency management sectors. Jason holds a master’s degree in public health (MPH), is a member of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) and is a certified instructor of FEMA’s Incident Command System (ICS) curriculum.

Art delaCruz: Team Rubicon

Art delaCruz served honorably for over 22 years in the United States Navy and enjoyed a career that included a broad range of assignments.  Art commanded a Navy strike-fighter squadron, spent one year with McKinsey & Co. as a Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellow, served as a Topgun instructor, and made six combat deployments.  

Willie Nunn: Regional Administrator for FEMA Region 10

Willie G. Nunn is the Regional Administrator for FEMA Region 10. Mr. Nunnleads and coordinates all activities in support of FEMA's mission. 

Rev Dele: Grandmother, Theologian, and Permaculture Professor

By now most people are familiar with the practical aspects of preparing for disasters, however, little attention is given to the spiritual connections of addressing the environment, climate change, and our journey as spiritual beings to connect with preparedness in a ‘new’ normal.  
Several years ago, I had the privilege of meeting and working closely with an amazing teacher and spiritual leader Reverend Dele.  
As social and weather climates intensify, she is leading a pathway through the eye of the storm for thriving in the next dimension with Earth. 
As a grandmother, theologian, and permaculture professor, in a time when we are all doused with waves of rage, Rev Dele's soil and souls journey shares stories and songs that lead you to that space of inner peace and spiritual clarity -- when we redeem the soil, we also redeem our own souls.In this week’s Preparedness Matters Podcast, we talk candidly with this renaissance woman who has lived, worked, and preached on the prophetic edge of social change throughout the world for more than four decades. 
We discuss Rev Dele's most recent children's book Daughter of the Tree, chronicling Sojourner Truth’s spiritual formation in nature. 

Tim Baughman

Tim Baughman is INDYCAR’s Senior Director of track safety and medical services and a longtime member of the AMR INDYCAR Safety Team.