Michael Dunaway
Michael Dunaway is the program manager for the Community Resilience and Preparedness program in the Human Factors/Behavioral Science Division of the Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The program directs research that furthers understanding of resilience in American society and enhances preparedness, response, and recovery of communities impacted by natural and man-made disasters and terrorist incidents.
Before joining DHS, Dunaway was senior engineer and program manager for an engineering firm that supported the Cognitive, Neural and Social Science Division the Office of Naval Research.
Dunaway was a member of a Philadelphia-based task force to develop strategies for managing complex medical emergencies and terrorist events and authored one of the first guidebooks for scenario-based emergency planning, published in 2002 by Drexel University. He was the founding chairman of a public-private sector partnership in Annapolis, Maryland, that coordinated planning and resource management with emergency management, local government, and the private sector. He has served as a surface line officer in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a captain after 27 years of service.
Dunaway is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and holds a M.A. in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a doctorate in systems engineering from the George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Workshop Abstracts
The Influence of Collaborative Partnerships on Private Sector Preparedness with Implications for Community Resilience
With Greg Shaw