Chris started as the FFXCHD EP&R Healthcare Preparedness Coordinator in late 2021, where he is building a brand-new program that integrates traditional public health, emergency management, and healthcare systems – services that are normally siloed in practice. Chris is forging new relationships with the Northern Virginia Hospital Alliance, staff and program managers at the health department, and other important stakeholders. Facility readiness, including CMS required risk assessment processes, and the associated training and emergency preparedness exercises necessary to assure it, are key among the developing systems. Chris built healthcare and preparedness coalitions post-9.11, and he has previously worked with hospitals, long-term care facilities, universities, and the Air Force. However, like many staff, Chris arrived while the COVID-19 Pandemic was in upswing: he transitioned into an active role watching and reporting information on global developments as the unofficial Situation Unit lead for the Incident Command. He was also activated for the Monkeypox Public Health Emergency and the Uganda Ebola epidemic (recently declared ended). Chris worked as Researcher for the FFXHD Ethics Committee on the multi-drug resistant organism project. With decades of experience at local, state, and federal agency, Chris has served three local public health departments, three federal agencies (including FEMA and US DHHS/ASPR), taught at three universities (Assistant Program Director in a Master of Public Health program located in a medical school), and he was previously appointed to a state department of health public health regulatory board. Chris holds a Master of Public Health degree, the internationally recognized Registered Environmental Health Specialist tile, and he continues to be active with the National Environmental Health Association. Chris has been a consultant and operated as a subject matter expert, and he has written publications on the topic of all-hazards readiness regarding the 2008 H1N1 Pandemic, the 2014 Dallas Texas Ebola crisis, the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, and Zika. His current work on crisis standards of care (medical services rationing and patient triage) and healthcare super-systems development is on-going following his 2023 publication. His new paper on topic was published in March 2024.