Kathleen Gleaves has 17 years of experience in the emergency management field. Her experience developing plans and conducting emergency drills and exercises covers security issues and a full range of natural and man-made disasters. She excels at bringing divergent ideas, conflicting processes and multiple documents into a single, efficient and coherent program.

Ms. Gleaves is an engaging and energetic facilitator and trainer and has brought National Incident Management, Incident Command, facility and aviation security, and emergency response training programs to all organizational levels. 
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PROFILE

Expertise
  • 8 years in aviation industry in Emergency Program management and flight crew emergency procedures with Alaska Airlines
  • 3 years Seaport Security and Emergency Program management, maritime transportation and corporate business continuity with the Port of Seattle
  • 17 years emergency management curriculum development and training delivery
  • 6 years of EOC management including facility and systems oversight and responder training
  • Delivered TSA/FAA mandated flight crew security training program
  • Served on the Regional Catastrophic Planning Team (RCPT) and the US Coast Guard's Maritime Transportation System Recovery Unit (MTSRU)
  • Developed, facilitated and evaluated numerous exercises from tabletops to full scale; including security breach scenarios, air crashes from both airline and airport perspectives, earthquakes, pandemics, severe storms, and more


Key Qualifications
  • Able to bring stakeholders with divergent goals and ideals together for their mutual benefit
  • Emergency Preparedness Program development
  • NIMS & ICS instructor for all organizational levels including elected officials
  • Experienced exercise designer, controller & evaluator 
  • Experienced moulage artist
  • Business Continuity instructor 
  • CERT Trainer
  • Professional magazine writer
  • Training program development - curriculum, materials, presentation
  • Excellent presentation skills
Professional Certification and Affiliations
  • Certified Continuity Manager (CCM)
  • Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) Certificate
  • Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) trainer
  • Incident Command System (ICS) Instructor

Education and Professional Development
  • International Air Transport Association Training Institute (IATA)
  • NTSB Aviation Disaster Response program
  • FEMA Professional Development Series
  • Mass Casualty Response Planning
Current Projects
  • Emergency Management Consultant for Sound Transit
  • Teaching the Master Exercise Practitioner program for FEMA as an adjunct instructor
  • Developing an Emergency Management Plan for the Snohomish School District

Recently Completed Projects​
  • SeaTac Airport 2017 Triennial Crash exercise, providing moulage and victim development for 120 victims.
  • Facilitated a ECC Activation exercise for the City of Bothell simulating a pipeline explosion in the city.
  • Developed a Clinic Emergency Response certification program for hospital and medical clinic personnel.
  • Developed the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan for the City of Woodinville.
  • Facilitated two full-scale exercises for Sound Transit for the start-up of new stations on the Link Light Rail Line; a shooter on a train in the UW/Cap Hill tunnel, and a derailment exercise at the Angle Lake Station in Seatac.
  • Provided exercise evaluation services for Anchorage Airport's triennial exercise.
  • Design team member, victim development and moulage for an Emergency Room surge capacity exercise for Valley Medical Center