Le Duc's professional and academic experience is focused on developing community and organizational disaster resilience. Le Duc takes an integrated systems approach to emergency management and continuity of operations that focuses on not only preparing the community/organization to respond to crises and disasters, but also identify opportunities to mitigate risk and prevent loss; and establish continuity of operations and recovery strategies for all types of events crisis or disaster –regardless of size and complexity. Le Duc also serves as the Executive Director of the Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience. A coalition of public, private, and professional organizations working collectively toward the mission of creating a disaster resilient and sustainable state.

Boards & Committees:

- Region 10 Representative, Universities and Colleges Committee: International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)

- President, Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW)

- Member, Oregon Interagency Hazard Mitigation Team

- Chair, Lane Preparedness Coalition

Dillon has served as the Emergency Planner/Response Coordinator for campus since March 2008. Her work includes coordinating Incident Command System (ICS)  trainings and maintaining and updating campus plans including the Emergency Operations Plan and Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan. Dillon is a certified ICS instructor.  Dillon's research interests include creating integrated, holistic emergency management programs; improving risk perception through public involvement, education, and outreach; creating more disaster resistant economies; and building capacity to address emergency management issues. In 2002, Dillon was selected as one of two Community Planning Fellows with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.  Dillon has a Masters in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon.

Tom Ryan M.D.
Prevention & Preparedness Coordinator

Erika Beyer
Graduate Student - Campus Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment GTF

Erika is a second-year graduate student at the University of Oregon In the Masters of Architecture program. In her first year of graduate school she worked in the Geography Department's InfoGraphics Lab, providing mapping and graphics assistance in preparation for the 2008 Track and Field Olympic Trials in Eugene.  During the 2008-09 school year Erika will work as the Campus Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment GTF. Before enrolling at the University of Oregon, she received a Bachelor's degree in  Geology from Carleton College and a Masters of Scientific Illustration from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Trainer

A 1977 graduate of Oregon State University, Rick spent 32 years working for the Oregon Department of Forestry in a variety of field positions. He retired in 2007 as District Forester for the Department of Forestry in Veneta, Oregon. Rick’s experiences with incident management include 20 years on an Oregon Department of Forestry Incident Management Teams and 13 years as an agency administrator for the Coos and Western Lane Districts.  Rick’s fire position qualifications include Plans Chief, Situation Unit Leader, Fire Behavior Analyst, and Agency Administrator.  Rick served as Plans Chief for the Emergency Operations Center during the US Track and Field Trials in Eugene.

Rick’s training experiences include working on the cadres of the following courses:
 S-290 (Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior), S-330 (Strike Team/Task Force Leader),  S-339 (Division/Group Supervisor), S-390 (Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior Calculation), S-430 (Operations Section Chief), and S-420 (Command and General Staff), I-100 (Introduction to ICS), I-200 (Basic ICS).

Rick has also been involved in Oregon Department of Forestry leadership training and development for 9 years.  He is a certified instructor of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.