COL Forest L. ‘Mike’ Ramsey USA (RET) retired as a career US Military Officer with extensive emergency management / military support to civil authorities (MSCA) experience. His career covered over 30 thirty years of cumulative military service in addition to extensive experience in the civilian business and government sectors.

His military career began in 1967 with induction into the U.S. Army, covered a tour in South Vietnam as an aviation unit commander, continued in the Army National Guard beginning in 1976, then extended through assignments in the international and domestic operations arenas, including Deployment Team Chief for DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM at U.S. Forces Command, culminating in assignments as Chief of Operations, Army National Guard, and then as Chief, National Guard Bureau Olympic Task Force, sending over 13,000 National Guard personnel to provide security support to the 1996 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Atlanta, and ending as the NGB Special Officer for Combating Terrorism.

Most significantly, his experience as Chief of Operations, Army National Guard, saw extensive involvement with MSCA in disaster response and domestic military activities across the nation, with direct involvement in national support to Hurricanes Iniki and Marilyn, Northridge earthquakes, Midwest and Southeastern floods, Summit of the Americas, Southwest Border Counter Drug projects, visits of the Pope, and World Cup soccer games to name a few, plus overall responsibility for physical security of over 5000 Army National Guard facilities in 54 states and territories in addition to an assignment as Chief of Intelligence.

H. E. ‘Bo’ Mayhew
Managing Partner

COL H. E. ‘Bo’ Mayhew, USA (RET) has long been recognized for his devotion to the resolution of some of the nation’s most pressing and critical disaster issues. He has an extensive portfolio of military and civilian emergency management experience.

COL Mayhew culminated his 30-year military career as Special Advisor to the Army National Guard, Domestic Military Support, on March 31, 1999. During his distinguished career, he performed as a Cobra gun-ship pilot, 1st Air Cavalry Division in 1969-70, an operations officer for US Army South, Republic of Panama, during Operation Just Cause and other operations; as Chief, Military Support Branch, National Guard Bureau, during the Los Angeles Riots, Northridge and Loma Prieta Earthquakes, and Mid-West Floods; and as Chief, Operations Division during Hurricanes Marilyn and Opal, the Southeast Floods, and the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

In the course of his career, COL Mayhew was a primary contributor to the seminal U.S. Federal Response Plan in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo; instrumental in initiating the current movement toward a national Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) between neighboring states, of which 49 states and two territories are currently signatories; was personally responsible for developing the series of engineering exercises in Central and South America referred to as: Minuteman in 1982, Blazing Trails, Abriendo Rutas, Fuertas Caminos, and finally, Nuevo Horizontes in 1998; and was the innovative lead in developing the current national program for response to Weapons of Mass Destruction for the Department of Defense.

Steven Kuhr
Director

Mr. Kuhr has extensive operational and consulting experience in guiding governments, agencies, and corporations throughout the nation in preparing for all hazards emergencies and catastrophic terrorism, especially those involving chemical and biological weapons.

Mr. Kuhr served with the City of New York for 20 years before joining the private sector. As deputy commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management, he oversaw and managed the City’s catastrophic terrorism readiness, planning, and response programs, and directed planning for all-hazards, such as severe/tropical weather, and failures of critical infrastructure.

Mr. Kuhr has served as an adjunct faculty member at FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute and the Department of Defense – National Guard Bureau, National Interagency Civil Military Institute (NICI – Camp San Louis Obispo) where he instructed on a variety of emergency management and counter-terrorism topics. He has written, published and lectured on emergency management, counter-terrorism preparedness, and port security within the US and internationally.

Walter M. Kowalczyk
Director

Walter Kowalczyk has 27 years experience in public safety and emergency management.

Mr. Kowalczyk leads, manages and oversees client oriented operations with the focuses on emergency preparedness, continuity of operations, public safety, and health and medical programs.

Mr. Kowalczyk is a credentialed and seasoned Subject Matter Expert possessing extensive experience in planning for, and managing all hazards emergency preparedness programs, mass casualty incidents and health and hospital preparedness and continuity and recovery programs.

We have developed and conducted training exercises in New York, California, Florida, Kansas and Missouri at local through State levels dealing with the planned response to terrorism events ranging from mass casualties, biological contamination, major explosive incidents, and Continuity of Operations/ Continuity of Government contingencies.

We consult at the federal level, primarily involving the Department of Homeland Security, in the areas of Domestic Disaster Planning, Planned Response to Terrorist Incidents, Coordination and Planning between State and Federal Agencies, Military – Civilian Planning and other related areas.

Exercises:

* Emergency Health/Medical Services
* Emergency Operations Center Management and Operations
* National Incident Management System [NIMS] planning, training and exercises
* Citizen emergency training
* Employee emergency training
* Corporate emergency preparedness and business continuity planning and exercises
* Tabletop, functional and full scale exercises