July 22, 2014

WE MEET AT THE RIVER CITY BREWING COMPANY
Lunch begins at noon - Meeting starts at 12:30 p.m.

 Welcome Steve Woodard 
Chief, Emergency Preparedness Division
Fire and Rescue Department City of Jacksonville

Experience
•    Chief of Emergency Preparedness, Duval County Emergency Planning Director, Security Coordinator, City of Jacksonville, FL (2013-Present)
•    Deputy Assistant Administrator, Senior Executive Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Logistics Management Directorate, Washington, DC (2012-2013)
•    Deputy Assistant Administrator, Senior Executive Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Response Directorate, Washington, DC (2010-2012)
•    Director Operations Management Division, Senior Executive Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC (2008-2010)
•    Deputy Assistant Director, United States Secret Service, Office of Inspection,
Washington, DC (2007-2008)
•    Deputy Assistant Director, United States Secret Service, Office of Government and Public Affairs, Washington, DC (2006-2007)
•    Deputy Assistant Director, United States Secret Service, Office of Administration and Homeland Security, Washington, DC (2004-2006)
•    Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service, Richmond Field Office,
Richmond, VA (2002-2004)
•    Assistant Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service, Richmond Field Office,
Richmond, VA (2002)
•    Assistant Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service, Office of Protective Operations, Major Events Division, Washington, DC (2002)
•    Assistant To the Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service, Office of Protective Operations, Major Events Division, Washington, DC (2000-2002)
•    Special Agent, United States Secret Service, Office of Protective Operations, Major Events Division, National Special Security Event Coordinator, Washington, DC (1997-2000)
•    Special Agent, United States Secret Service, Office of Protective Research, Intelligence Division, Foreign Intelligence Branch, Washington, DC (1996-1997)
•    Special Agent, United States Secret Service, Office of Protective Research, Intelligence Division, Special Detail to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Division Domestic Terrorism, Operations and Planning Section, Washington, DC (1995-1996)
•    Special Agent, United States Secret Service, Office of Protective Research, Intelligence Division, Operations Branch, Washington, DC (1994-1996)
•    Special Agent, United States Secret Service, Office of Investigations, New York Field Office, Special Investigations Squad (1991); Bank Fraud Squad (1992-1993); Intelligence Squad (1993-1994), New York, NY
•    Special Agent, United States Secret Service, Office of Investigations, Norfolk Field Office, Norfolk, VA (1987-1991)
•    Lieutenant, Training Officer, Investigator, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Department of Security and Safety, Williamsburg, VA (1983-1987)
Other Accomplishments
•    Served in a senior leadership capacity for over 60 response operations for national level disasters and incidents as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Response Coordination Center Staff, Washington, DC (2008-2013)
•    National Special Security Event Coordinator, United States Secret Service, Super Bowl XXXVI, New Orleans, LA (February, 2002)
•    National Special Security Event Coordinator, United States Secret Service, United Nations General Assembly 56th Session, New York, NY (November, 2001)
•    National Special Security Event Coordinator, United States Secret Service, 54th Presidential Inauguration, Washington, DC (January, 2001)
•    Principal Federal Official, Designated Representative of the Secretary of Homeland Security as overall Federal Coordinator for the State of the Union Address, Washington, DC (2007)
•    Principal Federal Official, Designated Representative of the Secretary of Homeland Security as overall Federal Coordinator for the State of the Union Address, Washington, DC (2006)
•    Principal Federal Official, Designated Representative of the Secretary of Homeland Security as overall Federal Coordinator for State Funeral of Former President Gerald R. Ford, Washington, DC (2007)
Education and Special Training
•    West Virginia University, B.A., Morgantown, WV (1983)
•    Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Criminal Investigator School, Brunswick, GA (1988)
•    Special Agent Training, United States Secret Service, Washington, DC (1988)
•    Federal Executive Institute, Leadership in a Democratic Society, Charlottesville, VA (2004)
•    National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, Kennedy School of Government and Harvard School of Medicine, Cambridge, MA (December 2011 & June 2012)
Awards and Honors
•    New Zealand Police Commissioners Award (1999)
•    United States Attorney’s Award for Public Service (2002)
•    United States Secret Service, Director’s Award (2002)

Fireside Chat

Incoming Rotarians and their sponsors were hosted by PP Robert Harris at a mid-week get-together to learn all about our club!

 

Minutarian Update, Week 3

Greetings District 6970 Rotarians, are you ready to Light Up Rotary?!?
I already know that a couple of clubs have plans afoot to fire it up this year with their own special “Rotary Days” events. The Deland club is reaching out to their community to go “bowling for literacy”; and a group of clubs in Volusia County, led by the Port Orange-South Daytona club, is planning to host The Family of Rotary for a baseball game at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach. By the way, there is a very interesting piece of baseball and cultural history associated with this historic ballpark – go to Wikepedia and check it out. Way to go Daytona Beach for leading the way in 1946!
Want to know more about Rotary Days?  To start, Rotary Days is one of the signature initiatives from Rotary International President Gary Huang [pronounced: Wong; as in Rotarians know the difference between right and Wong].
Next, for more information on planning your club’s Rotary Days, go online to My Rotary and type “Rotary Days” in the search box. Then click the looking glass icon to download the PDF for a full description and helpful hints.
Start your planning now to Light Up Rotary this year with a well organized Rotary Days event.

Weekly reminders:
•    On Saturday, August 2nd, it’s the annual Rotary Youth Exchange Welcome Home Dinner which takes place at Riverside Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville. All Rotarians are invited.
•    On Saturday, August 16th, it’s our District’s Light Up Rotary Seminar at the Thrasher-Horne Conference Center in Orange Park. Rotary International Director Robert Hall will be our keynote speaker at lunch that day. All Rotarians are invited, but it is really important that club Presidents and Presidents-Elect, as well as Foundation, Membership and Public Image chairs attend. Sign-up today because seating is limited.

Details and sign-up for both events can be found on our District’s website, www.rotary6970.org, under the events section on the home page.

    Percy

       District Governor 2014-2015