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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