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Today's guest, Samantha Berman, is a senior emergency management planner at ChristianaCare. Samantha brings a refreshingly interdisciplinary lens to emergency management, blending anthropology, higher education, and humanitarian response. Her career reminds us that resilience isn't always a straight line. Sometimes it's built by asking better questions, working across cultures, and showing up when systems are tested.

Samantha Berman

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The Honorable Jill Dunlop is Ontario’s Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response and the Member of Provincial Parliament for Simcoe North. Her leadership directly impacts the safety, preparedness, and resilience of communities across Ontario. She brings together public service, emergency preparedness, and a deep understanding of rural and northern realities.

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Destiny Ruffin (GA-CEM) is a certified Emergency Manager and a proud graduate of Savannah State University who has dedicated her career to keeping communities safe, prepared, and resilient. Destiny currently serves as Captain of the Emergency Management Team for the Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency & Homeland Security.

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Guest Kathy Branton has led an extensive career, including 12 years as a Toronto Police Dispatcher, to the only civilian (and only woman) on the first Emergency Management Team for Toronto Police, to her current position of Manager, Business Continuity & Emergency Management at Humber Polytechnic Department of Public Safety.

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2025 exposed the limits of traditional emergency management. The real question heading into the new year is what comes next?

In this Year-End Special, Resilient HERoes Podcast joined other leading voices across the field to unpack what broke in 2025…and what 2026 will demand.

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Guest Christy Rojas talks about her experiences as EM Director with Volunteer Florida and her organization's dedication to strengthening communities, disaster resiliency, and facilitating volunteerism in the field.

CHRISTY ROJAS, FPEM
Emergency Management Director, State of Florida Voluntary Agency Liaison

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The first-ever group chat for Resilient HERoes finds Laura talking with the Broome County Emergency Services dream team of Cortnianne Williams, Sierra Kunig, and Glory Lugo-Vazquez.

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Jessica is Emergency Manager for Human Services, Pinellas County Government, chair of the Florida Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, better known as Florida VOAD, and the driving force behind collaboration between emergency managers and volunteer agencies across the state.

Jessica sheds insight into her more than a decade of experience connecting government, non-profits, and communities, making sure no one slips through the cracks when disaster strikes.

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