Executive Director

Dorothy E. Miller is the Executive Director as well as a founding member of Epsilon Pi Phi Honor Society and the Council on Accreditation for Emergency Management Education (CAEME). She is the emergency management coordinator (EMC) for the City of Round Rock, Texas. She has over a dozen years of experience in higher education including The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), Florida International University (FIU) and Central Missouri (adjunct instructor). Ms. Miller is a FEMA Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) and a Certified Emergency Manger (CEM). She completed her Master’s degree at Arkansas Tech University in Emergency Management and Homeland Security. She is a recent graduate from the Emergency Management Institutes’ EMPP Program Executive and Advanced Academies.

President

Hallie Nix serves as the Senior Emergency Management Associate with the Office of Emergency
Management at the George Washington University. She oversees two principal annual events:
GW Safety Expo and the Emergency Management in Higher Education Seminar. The annual
seminar, co-hosted by the George Washington University and the Consortium of Universities for
the Metropolitan Area, brings emergency management practitioners from throughout the
country to share best practices.

Treasurer

Valerie Lucus-McEwen, CEM, CBCP is retired from a career as a professional Emergency Manager for over 20 years.  Her experience spanned local, regional, federal, and university agencies. In retirement, she is on the Board of this Honor Society, staff for CAEMHSE, and serves as the President for IAEM Region 8.

Secretary

Tiffany Thompson is a full-time Situational Awareness Analyst and Emergency Manager in the private sector, with over 10 years of experience in emergency response and emergency communication. She works as a contractor for various State Incident Management Teams (IMT) as a Logistics Section Chief. Tiffany also serves as the Metro Administrator for Southeast Florida with Team Rubicon. Leveraging her unique background, she consistently thinks outside the box while navigating the complexities of emergency management, whether in the field or in an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) setting.

Board Member

Kay C. Goss, CEM is a founder and the President of the Council on Accreditation of Emergency
Management Education, former Associate FEMA Director in charge of National Preparedness,
Training, and Exercises, as well as serving in EM leadership positions at the state, private and
nonprofit sectors. Ms. Goss is on the part-time Faculty at UNLV’s Executive Master’s Program in
Crisis and Emergency Management.

Board Member

Mr. Spiewak, CEM, TEM, MEP is a founder and Vice President of the Council on Accreditation for
Emergency Management Education (CAEME). He is a retired US Army Officer and a retired
emergency manager and security officer for the Brazos River Authority, an agency of the State of
Texas. Mr. Spiewak is also an adjunct for the University of Phoenix since 2000.