NATIONAL SUMMIT ON YOUTH PREPAREDNESS 

September 15-16, 2010 

American Red Cross Hall of Service 

1730 E Street, NW ~ Washington, DC 

 

 

Wednesday, September 15 

 

7:30 – 8:30 Registration and Breakfast 

 

8:30 – 9:00 Welcome 

 

 Jerry DeFrancisco, President 

 Humanitarian Services 

 American Red Cross 

 

Bill Modzeleski, Associate Assistant Deputy Secretary 
Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools 

U.S. Department of Education 

 

 Tim Manning, Deputy Administrator 

 Protection and National Preparedness 

 Federal Emergency Management Agency 

 U.S. Department of Homeland Security 

 

9:00 – 9:30 The White House Perspective: A Commitment to Youth 

 

Brian Kamoie, Senior Director for Preparedness Policy 

National Security Staff, The White House 

 

9:30 – 9:45 BREAK 

 

9:45 – 10:30 Promoting Community Resilience in Disasters: 

The Role for Schools, Youth, and Families 

 

Dr. Kevin Ronan, Professor of Clinical Psychology 

Central Queensland University, Australia 

 

10:30 – 11:00 The Way Children Learn: Implications for Youth Preparedness Education 

 

Francie Alexander, Senior Vice President & Chief Academic Officer 

Scholastic Inc. 

 

11:00 – 11:15 BREAK 

 

 


11:15 – 11:45 Practices from Around the World 

Jacob (Kobi) Wimisberg, Director of Strategy & Cooperation 

National Emergency Management Authority 

Israel Ministry of Defense 

 

11:45 – 12:15 Chandrika Kumaran, Manager for Public Education 

New Zealand Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management 

 

12:15 – 12:45 LUNCH 

 

12:45 – 1:15 Daniela Peρaloza, Deputy Director 

National Institute for Youth, Chile 

 

1:15 – 2:45 Working Group Assignment I 

 

 Opportunities and Barriers to Youth Preparedness Education 

 

2:45 – 3:00 BREAK 

 

3:00 – 4:00 Summary of Working Group Assignment I 

 

4:00 – 5:30 Reception and Program Showcase 

 

 

 

Thursday, September 16 

 

8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast 

 

9:00 – 9:45 Showcasing America’s Youth 

 

Kyra Sommerfeld, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin 

Victoria Elias, New York City, New York 

Konstantine Buhler, Lake Forest, Illinois 

 

9:45 – 10:15 Break 

 

10:15 – 11:30 Working Group Assignment II 

 

 Moving Effectively from Priority to Action 

 

11:30 – 12:00 Summary of Working Group Assignment II 

 

12:00 – 12:15 Closing Remarks and Next Steps