Instructors
Andrea Abrams
MBCP
Mahdi Ariffin
CBCP
Robbie Atabaigi
MBCP
Waleed J. Aldakheel
CBCP, CBCA
Brian Bauer
MPIA, MBCP, MCP, CBCLA, CC, CCRP, CEM, CRMP, Security+
Lisa Benini
MBCP
Suzanne Bernier
CEM, CBCP, MBCI, CMCP
Jiri Bongaerts
MBCP, CCRP
Duane (Chris) Bygum
MBCP, CRMP
Bonnie Canal
MBCP
Juan Carlos González Cardozo
CBCP, BCMM
Indrani Chandrasegaran
CBCP, CBCLA, CCRP
Karina de Allicon
CBCP, CRMP, TMF
Dana Dodson
CHPCP, CHFM, CHSP
Joop Epskamp
MBCP, CCRP
Dean Gallup
MBCP
Gill Hall
CBCP
Rouzbeh (Rouz) Hashemi
CBCP, CCRP
Graeme Stuart Jannaway
CBCP, CISA, Hon. FBCI
Philip Keshiro
MBCP
Colonel Alan Lake
CBCP
Gianluigi Lucietto
ARM, CBCP, AMBCI
Shane McMahon
CBCP
Matt Moon
CBCP
Kanryu Nagase
MBCP and Board Member
Kuzma Pashkov
CBCP, CBCLA
Réjean Pesant
CBCP, ITIL
Jeanne Powell
MBCP, CCRP
James Price
MBCP, CBCV
Sebastian M. Puache
CBCP
Alain Puyo
CBCP
Mariana Quirós
MBCP
Shinobu Sasaki
MBCP, CCRP
Donald L. Schmidt
ARM, CBCP, CBCLA
Ray Seid
MBCP, CBCLA, ARMP, CHPCP, CCRP, CPSCP Senior Director of Education, and Board Member
Sabeen Shamsi
MBCP
Randy Smith
CBCP
Cassandra Stelter
CBCP
Tara Tobler
CBCP
Michele L. Turner
MBCP, FBCI, CISA, CRISC, GRCP and Board Member
Dora Vasquez
CBCP, CBCLA, CHPCP
Gabriel Llumiquinga Veintimilla
CBCP, CRMP, CCRP
Gary Villeneuve
MBCP, CBCLA, CPSCP, ACRP, ARMP
Bobby Williams
MBCP, CCRP
Ann Wyganowski
MBCP, CCRP, CBRM
Roberto A. Zegarra
MBCP, CCRP, CBCLA, CRMP
Andrea Abrams
MBCP
Biography
Andrea Abrams, MBCP, hosts our DRI webinar series Profiles in Resilience, featuring interviews with compelling and inspirational global leaders in the resilience community. She also represented the financial industry on our most recent DRI professional practices workgroup, a national group of volunteers dedicated to ensuring the professional practices continue to reflect the evolving resilience industry.
Abrams consults through her LLC and is also Senior Business Analyst for Cash Business Continuity + Communications for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco where she has been employed for 24 years.
Abrams earned a Master’s degree in English Literature from San Francisco State University, a Bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in Spanish from the University of California, Berkeley, and in addition to her MBCP is a Prosci certified Change Management Practitioner.
Abrams prioritizes community and serves as a proctor for the California Bar Examination and The College Board’s SAT exam, along with Advanced Placement exams at Arcadia High School in Arcadia, California. Prior to currently serving as vice president of her homeowners association, she has held several appointed roles including both Library Commissioner and Commissioner on the Status of Women for the City of Pasadena, California and volunteer with Buffalo Field Campaign completing the annual census of wild bison at Yellowstone National Park.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-abrams-ma-mbcp-ccmp-88491a/
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