
SPEAKERS & TOPICS OF DISCUSSION:
Erica Fleck
Assistant Chief, Community Risk Reduction & Logistics, Emergency Management Office (EMO)
In addition to having over 30 years of experience with EMO, Erica has also worked as Commanding Officer with Department of National Defence, an instructor of Emergency Management at NSCC, and worked as Division Chief of Emergency Management for Halifax Regional Municipality.
Erica will discuss the importance of critical incident planning and response.
Margaret Leahey
Specialist, Crisis Communication and Owner of Margaret Leahey Consulting (MLC) – Communications & Media Consulting Company
Margaret is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster with a successful forty year career in communications. She is well known for her excellence in Government, Corporate, and Crisis Communications. Margaret began her communications career in the Maritimes and became the first female TV News Reporter in New Brunswick, opening and running the first News Bureaus for CTV/ATV in Saint John and Fredericton (NB Legislature) and CBC in Charlottetown. Her expertise in communications has led her to a senior position with the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada. She has also served at the provincial level, appointed by the Premier of Alberta to head up a 15-member, high profile, province-wide Commission.
Margaret will discuss Media and Risk Management when a crisis strikes.
Please RSVP to Enille.Currie@emera.com