ACP Corporate Board Members for 2012

CEO / Chairman

Chair Executive Committee
Co-Chair Association Management Transition Committee

Mike Gifford
Telephone: 210 474 4543
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Mike Gifford, CBCP, is the Senior Manager of Disaster Recovery & Risk for the Capital Group Companies' Information Technology Group (ITG).

Prior to joining the Capital Group Companies in March 2005, Mike was the Director of Audit Assurance and Regulatory Programs for JPMorganChase's Global Technology Infrastructure team. Prior to the merger of Bank One with JPMC in 2004, he was the Director of Disaster Recovery for Bank One's Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) team within Technology and Operations. Mike also worked for State Farm Insurance for 21 years in a variety of leadership positions, including manager of the Systems Disaster Recovery Team, and manager of the Systems Catastrophe Services team.
Mike’s education background includes his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of South Dakota.

Mike served as the founding President of the Alamo Chapter, San Antonio, TX for 4 years and has now joined the ACP Corporate Board as its Director of Membership Services.

Mike is the Chairman of the Administrative Services Committee which is responsible for ACP's Administrative Services Provider coordination and other member services.

Mike is also the Co-Chairman of the Association Management Transition Committee which is responsible for for acquiring paid staff for ACP, selection of association management provider and transitioning ACP to paid staff and provider.

BAO / Secretary

Chair Governance Committee

Ginnie Stouffer
Telephone: 610 246 9592
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Ginnie Stouffer, MBCP, MBCI, is currently the VP of Consulting for IDC-Partners a business continuity consulting company in Wayne, PA where she is responsible for the Practices of Business Continuity, Information Technology Management and Direction (ITM.D.) and Project Management.

Ginnie has been a member of ACP since 2003 and has served as the Liberty Valley Chapter (Philadelphia) Director of Information for 3 terms. She was awarded the MVP in the Liberty Valley Chapter in 2005 and MVP for the Corporate Board of Directors in both 2008 and 2010.

Ginnie is also active as a SEPA VOAD volunteer (Southeastern Pennsylvania Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters); a member of her township Emergency Operations Committee (EOC); a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), a voting member of the NFPA 1600 Standard Technical Committee; and a member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).

CFO / Treasurer

Chair Finance Committee

Mike Thomson
Telephone: 281 298 1109
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Mike Thomson heads ImpactWeather’s business continuity program and is President of the South Texas Chapter of the Association of Contingency Planners (ACP).
(http://www.acp-international.com/southtx).

As a seasoned 30-year veteran in the crisis management field, Mike managed successful corporate responses to 9/11, the Northeast power outage, the postal anthrax threat and Hurricane Isabel, Ike and Dolly. A former head of business continuity at a Top 100 law firm, he has managed the consulting teams helping to build the business continuity programs at several Fortune 500 corporations. A member of the Energy Security Council (ESC), Mike also serves on ACP’s national committee on US business preparedness standards and practices. His business unit helps clients integrate ImpactWeather services and products into their contingency planning and crisis management efforts.
www.impactweather.com.

Mike is the Chairman of the Finance Committee which is responsible for the budget, financial planning, finance reports, dues, tax preparation, chapter treasury oversight and expense reports.

Mike is also the Co-Chairman of the Association Management Transition Committee which is responsible for acquiring paid staff for ACP, selection of association management provider and transitioning ACP to paid staff and provider.

Director of Chapter Services

Chair Stakeholder Relations Committee

Michael Carver
Telephone: 214-754-5040
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Michael Carver, MBCP, is a Manager with PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) in Dallas, Texas. He is part of the PwC Assurance practice, focusing on Business Continuity.

Carver has been a member of North Texas ACP since 2004. He has served the North Texas ACP chapter as President (2011 and 2012), Program Director (2009, 2010), and Small Business Committee member (2007, 2008). In 2009, Carver was awarded the chapter's Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award. At the ACP National Level, Carver has served on the ACP 2011 National Leadership Conference Planning Committee, ACP Stakeholder Relations Committee member (2010, 2011), National Distinguished Service Award (DSA) Selection Committee (2010, 2011), and ACP National By-laws Revision Committee (2010). Carver has led a group of ACP chapters in planning the first regional event for ACP South Central (Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma). Thanks to great connections from other ACP chapter presidents, the inaugural event occurred during the January 2012 International Disaster Conference and Expo in New Orleans.

Carver has worked in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery roles since 1999. Carver worked with various EDS clients including a Fortune 1000 software company, Fortune 200 insurance company, Fortune 100 airline, and the largest government website (based on dollar transactions). After leaving EDS in 2007, Carver worked for Commercial Metals Company to establish their Disaster Recovery Program. Carver joined CoreLogic in 2010 and serves as the Global Business Resiliency Manager within the Business Continuity Program Office. Carver joined PwC in January 2012.

Prior to 1999, Carver worked at EDS in various roles, including as a corporate trainer and one of the first people focusing on Year 2000 remediation work. In his Year 2000 role, he worked extensively with the press, analysts, and internal groups as the Year 2000 process matured. He then moved into the consulting role to deliver the Year 2000 process for internal and external clients globally.

Director of Education

Ed Goldberg
Telephone: 860 665 5422
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Dr. Ed Goldberg, MBA, BSEE, CBCP manages Northeast Utilities’ BC&DR Programs in Berlin, CT. Ed served 10 years as IT manager at Millstone Nuclear Power Station.

Ed is a CBCP with 25+ years IT and management experience. He served 4 terms as president of Connecticut ACP and is a popular conference speaker and published author.

Ed has a BSEE and MBA from University of New Haven, an advanced Graduate Certificate in Computer Communication Networks from RPI, and a Doctorate in Management and Organizational Leadership from University of Phoenix.  He has Professional Engineering and amateur radio licenses.

Ed also serves as Core Faculty at Capella University. He mentors PhD learners, teaches and develops coursework. Ed taught MBA and IT coursework at Albertus Magnus College for 11 years.

He has first hand experience designing military computer systems, fire alarm control panels, web offset printing press accessories, and electrofinishing/plating computerized controls. He has a patent for sub-ambient fluid circulation systems used in the printing industry.

Director of Information

Chair Communications Committee

Gina Potenza, CBCP
Telephone: 248-462-5381
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Gina Potenza, CBCP is a Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery and Information Technology Professional currently consulting for companies in both Michigan and New York State. She has been working in the field of information technology and business continuity since 1997 and is a Certified Business Continuity Professional through the Disaster Recovery Institute. She has been a member of the Association of Contingency Planners since 2005 and served as President for the New York Capital Association of Contingency Planners in 2009. Currently, since her relocation to Michigan, she is a member of the Michigan ACP. Gina has a B.S. Information Systems Management from Syracuse University and an M.S. in Telecommunications and Network Management from the SUNY Institute of Technology in Utica, NY. Prior to her consulting work, Gina served as the Director of Information Systems for Laboratory Alliance of Central New York where she developed and led their Business Continuity Program. She is also the co-chair of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, subcommittee on Planning for Challenges to Clinical Laboratory Operations during a disaster. With this committee she is leading the way towards the development of a standards and guidelines document that focuses on the planning and implementation of a disaster recovery plan for the clinical laboratory and other healthcare communities. Gina has also been a frequent speaker at several National and Regional conferences on topics related to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning. She has presented at conferences and seminars including those hosted by: the Association of Contingency Planners, the Clinical Laboratory Management Association; the American Society for Microbiology, the Contingency Planning & Management, the Sunquest Information Systems National Conference and for Washington G2 Reports.

Gina is the Chairwoman of Communications Committee which is responsible for websites, publications, library, speakers bureau,e-news, e-blasts, social media, industry groups and document archive.

Director of Marketing and Public Relations

Chair External Relations Committee

Frank Leonetti
Telephone: 609 267 9245
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Frank Leonetti, MBCI, CBCP, has been an ACP member for the past 9 years serving the Liberty Valley Chapter as Program Director for 3 years, President for 3 years, the Treasurer for 2 years and an ACP Corporate Board Director for the past 2 years.  He is Manager of Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery for Oracle's Professional Services for the past 6 years and has been in the overall IT business for the past 22 years.

Frank holds the CBCP and MBCI Certifications and also is a board Director for the BCI-USA.

He has worked on literally 100’s of engagements for both Public and Private Sector companies in the areas of DR planning, testing, Merger and Acquisition Planning, Continuity of Operations and Compliance Validation.

Frank has been a featured and keynote speaker at several national conferences including: DRJ, DRIE, CPM, CIO Forum, InfoWorld, Marcus Evans BC/Security Conference, Continuity Insights, BrightTalks Webinars and several ACP events.  He is also the Chair of the Camden County College Foundation Board and teaches a DR course at their facility.  Frank has written and published several articles and White Papers for CIO Magazine, BC Management, InfoWorld and the Province of British Columbia.

Frank is the Chairman of the External Relations Committee which is responsible for sponsors and partnerships, fundraising, ACP booth and exhibits for conferences and shows.

Director of Member Services

Chair Administrative Services Committee

Steve Elliot
Telephone: 813-792-8833
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Steve Elliot, CBRM, is President & CEO of Elliot Consulting, LLC (www.elliot-consulting.com), and a long-standing industry veteran. Steve has been responsible for creating and implementing customized all-hazards business continuity and incident response plans, pandemic planning and response strategies, and effective enterprise and technology disaster recovery programs for numerous private enterprise, non-profit, and government agencies around the Unites States and abroad. His expertise is helping organizations develop their strategic plans and operational guidelines which are then used within their business resiliency plans.

Steve is also a nationally-featured presenter at numerous seminars and conferences relating to contingency planning, emergency management, enterprise business disaster recovery, hazardous materials management, pandemic planning, and IT disaster recovery issues. He is President of the ACP’s Greater Tampa Bay Chapter, a member of the Tampa Bay region’s Local Emergency Planning Committee’s Facilities Disaster Planning Team, and the Risk Management Committee for the Greater Tampa YMCA. Steve co-authored the 2008 version of Florida Business Disaster Survival Kit.

At-Large Director 1

Bonnie Canal
Telephone: 504-874-5474
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Bonnie Canal is a recognized leader in community resilience innovations, strategies and is the founder and Managing Partner of The Resiliency Institute, LLC (TRI) a consulting firm that dedicated to the cause of resiliency. Bonnie understands that communities are the foundation of a strong and resilient nation and thus is dedicated to establishing resiliency as the foundation for prosperity and effectiveness.

Bonnie continues her resiliency consulting for businesses and non-profits while traveling the US engaging in the conversation at the community level.  She is a proud native of New Orleans and has worked in the field of Business Continuity for 5 years.   She currently serves at the Chapter President for the Southeast Chapter of the Association of Contingency Planners, Corporate Board Member for the Association of Contingency Planners and is the project manager for the Greater New Orleans Resiliency Project.

At-Large Director 2

Mike Morganti
Telephone: 727 372 7852
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Michael J. Morganti, MBCP, CBCLA was the Client Training Manager for FM Global, Norwood, MA.  He was responsible for managing the delivery customer training presentations and seminars on a range of Property Loss Control and Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery topics to current and prospective FM Global customers.

Mike joined FM Global in 1976 where he served in a number of different positions, among them: Resident Engineer, District Training Coordinator, Operations Supervisor, and Operations Manager. He retired from FM Global July 1, 2005.

He is a Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP), Certified Business Continuity Lead Auditor (CBCLA), current member of the Board of Directors for the DRI International (DRII), past chairman of the Board of Directors for DRII, past chairman of the DRII Certification Commission, and a past instructor for DRII.  Mike is a current member of the National Fire Protection Association 1600 Committee. He is the Director of Education for the Greater Tampa Bay Association of Contingency Planners. Mike is a retired member of the National Speakers Association;

At-Large Director 3

Open Position.

At-Large Director 4

Chair Standards and Preparedness Committee

George Huff
Telephone:
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George is the Chairman of the Standards and Preparedness Committee which is responsible for PS-Prep input and coodination, standards coordination and support programs and assistance.