About us - King County

The mission of King County Emergency Management is to provide leadership and high-quality services that improve the safety of the public in King County. Our office specializes in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. In addition to natural and technological disasters, many homeland security issues are also coordinated through this office.

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 by measuring quality, cost, delivery, safety, and morale.

Resilient and inclusive systems - To have the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, respond to, recover from, and adapt more successfully to adverse events.

Quality workforce - To develop a strong workforce made up of internal and external partners, ready to coordinate emergency response and recovery.

Our 2018-2019 Annual Report provides specific examples of how we've achieved these outcomes.

Leadership

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

Melody Hall, Confidential Secretary
206-205-4058
Melody.Hall@kingcounty.gov

Finance and Administration

Veronica Hill, Business Finance Officer III
206-205-6347
Veronica.Hill@kingcounty.gov

Soon Lee, Grant Analyst
206-205-6345
Soon.Lee@kingcounty.gov

Sherrie Chatman, Administrative Specialist
206-205-4064
Sherrie.Chatman@kingcounty.gov

Public Communications and Outreach

Lynne Miller, Media Relations and Joint Information System
206-205-4031
Lynne.Miller@kingcounty.gov

Sophia Lopez, Public Education and Community Engagement
206-205-6545
SLopez@kingcounty.gov

Jared Schneider, Dam Safety Program
206-205-4027
JSchneider@kingcounty.gov

Plans

Barnaby Dow, Senior Program Manager - Plans and Governmental Affairs
206-205-4070
Barnaby.Dow@kingcounty.gov

Nick Gibbons, Homeland Security Program
206-205-6352
Nicholas.Gibbons@kingcounty.gov

Derrick Hiebert, Hazard Mitigation
206-205-4063
DHiebert@kingcounty.gov

Janice Rahman, Business Engagement and Recovery
206-205-4061
Janice.Rahman@kingcounty.gov

Jennifer Rosenberger, Plans and Coordination
206-205-4071
JRosenberger@kingcounty.gov

Operations

Amy Gillespie, Senior Program Manager - Operations
206-205-4066
Amy.Gillespie@kingcounty.gov

Tony Cebollero, Logistics and Resource Management
206-205-4059
Anthony.Cebollero@kingcounty.gov

Eric O'Brien, Training and Exercise
206-205-4072
Eric.Obrien@kingcounty.gov

Tom Sharp, Mass Care and Response
206-205-4069
Tom.Sharp@kingcounty.gov

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

Ted Toet, CCTA Program
206-205-4032
TToet@kingcounty.gov

ecc.kc@kingcounty.gov

206-296-3830
Toll Free 1-800-523-5044

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