Caitlin Flynn is an experienced Emergency Management and Safety professional with over twelve years of experience in healthcare. She is a Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP) and Certified Healthcare Provider Continuity Professional (CHPCP). Caitlin convenes the Manhattan emergency management coalition (EPCOM) and is the Chair of the Academic Healthcare Emergency Management Consortium (AHEM). She also serves on the Metropolitan Healthcare Security Directors Association board as the Emergency Management liaison.   

Caitlin is currently the Senior Director of Emergency Management and Enterprise Resilience at NYU Langone Health. Prior to holding this position, Caitlin worked at NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn (formerly Lutheran Medical Center) since 2010. Caitlin graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. 

Jennifer Shearer is the Director of Emergency Preparedness at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She manages and implements the institution’s emergency preparedness and response program to establish and maintain resilience to a variety of emergency situations while ensuring the continuation of safety for the hospital’s patients, staff, visitors, and facilities. Jennifer earned a bachelor of science degree in Human Biology from Michigan State University and a master of public health in Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology from the University of Michigan.​