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About us

Vision: A county with disaster-ready communities where everyone is prepared for and resilient to emergencies.

Mission: We provide regional leadership to strengthen community resilience and access to emergency services.

King County Emergency Management provides for the effective direction, control and coordination of County government services functional units; provides liaison with other governments and the private, non-governmental section; and, serve as the coordinating entity for cities, County departments, and other appropriate agencies, during incidents and events of regional significance. This is done in support of the Executive's Vision of King County as a welcoming place where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

Emergency management, in general, is the nexus of a number of other practices and professions, focusing them on solving the problems of emergencies and disasters. We specialize in emergency preparedness and emergency operations in the prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery mission areas. This includes hazard and threat identification, risk assessment, capability building, planning, training, exercises, and operational execution and coordination of capabilities. Our four key initiatives are to develop and provide better situational awareness, strengthen Emergency Operations Center (EOC) readiness, promote public awareness, and contribute to disaster risk reduction.

In addition, a team of volunteers supports King County Emergency Management during activations of our Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The EOC Support Team participates in training, exercises, and emergency coordination activities throughout the year.

Our priorities

Our priorities include four specific outcomes:

  • Regional emergency services - To provide region-wide planning and emergency response coordination for jurisdictional and private sector partners
  • Standards-based programs - To achieve a state of continuous improvement through the adoption of standards-based programs
  • Resilient and inclusive systems - To develop resilient and inclusive systems for King County departments and the whole community
  • Quality workforce - To develop a strong workforce made up of internal and external partners, ready to coordinate emergency preparedness and operations

Our Annual Reports provides specific examples of how we've achieved these outcomes.

Cover page for 2023 Annual Report

Annual reports from prior years

Leadership

Brendan McCluskey, Director
206-205-4060
Brendan.McCluskey@kingcounty.gov 

Alysha Kaplan, Deputy Director
206-205-4062
AKaplan@kingcounty.gov

Sheri Badger, Sr. Communications Specialist- Public Information Officer
206-205-4031
SBadger@kingcounty.gov

Sherrie Chatman, Business and Finance Officer III
206-205-4064
Sherrie.Chatman@kingcounty.gov

Nancy Choi, Administrator I
206-205-4058
NChoi@kingcounty.gov

Planning and Finance

Celia Taylor, Senior EM Program Manager - Planning and Finance
206-205-4066
CETaylor@kingcounty.gov

Nathan Drain, EM Program Manager - Finance and Grant Analysis
206-205-3419
NDrain@kingcounty.gov

Sasha Rector, EM Program Coordinator - Planning
206-205-4071
SRector@kingcounty.gov

Travis Bilyeau, EM Program Coordinator - Recovery
206-205-4061
TBilyeau@kingcounty.gov

Nathan Emory, EM Program Coordinator - Extreme Weather
206-205-4059
NEmory@kingcounty.gov

Edan Edmonson, EM Program Coordinator - Crisis Management/Targeted Violence
206-205-0940
EEdmonson@kingcounty.gov

Lynn Bagby, EM Program Specialist - Finance
206-205-4061
LyBagby@kingcounty.gov

Melody Hall, Administrative Specialist - Finance
MeHall@kingcounty.gov

Regional Integration

Nick Gibbons, Senior EM Program Manager - Regional Integration
206-205-6352
Nicholas.Gibbons@kingcounty.gov

Eric O'Brien, EM Program Manager - Training
206-205-4072
Eric.Obrien@kingcounty.gov

Mark Dix, Trainer
mdix@kingcounty.gov

Lexi Swanson, EM Coordinator - HLS Region 6
206-205-6545
ALSwanson@kingcounty.gov

Deborah Hunt, EM Coordinator - Exercise and Evaluation
206-205-4070
DHunt@kingcounty.gov

Susanna Trimarco, EM Coordinator - Public Outreach
206-205-5497
STrimarco@kingcounty.gov

Sunita Hall, Program Specialist - Zone 1 Liaison
206-205-6347
SHall@kingcounty.gov

Sally Calengor, Program Coordinator - Zone 3 Liaison
206-205-4074
SCalengor@kingcounty.gov

Keara Ryan, AmeriCorps Fellow - Outreach
n-kryan@kingcounty.gov

Alexis Mee, AmeriCorps Fellow - EMAC
n-amee@kingcounty.gov

Audrey Hoen, AmeriCorps Fellow - Cybersecurity
n-ahoen@kingcounty.gov

Risk Reduction and Operations

Nicole Johnson, Senior EM Program Manager - Risk Reduction and Operations
206-205-4057
NicoJohnson@kingcounty.gov

Jason Shirron, EM Program Manager - Technical Operations and Volunteer Management
206-205-4068
Jason.Shirron@kingcounty.gov

Tom Sharp, EM Program Manager - LEPC
206-205-4069
Tom.Sharp@kingcounty.gov

Vacant, EM Program Coordinator - Dam Safety
206-205-0940

Andrew Matthews, EM Program Coordinator - Hazard Mitigation
206-205-0463
AndMatthews@kingcounty.gov

Lily Xu, EM Program Coordinator - Continuity
206-205-5460
LXu@kingcounty.gov

Allison Ferreri, EM Program Coordinator - Wildfire Planning
206-205-7776
AFerreri@kingcounty.gov

Mercedes Stroeve, EM Program Coordinator - Hazard Mitigation
206-205-3457
MStroeve@kingcounty.gov

Organizational Chart

Click to download Screenshot of OEM org chart Sept 2024
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