Category Archives: Disasters

Craig Fugate, Chief Emergency Management Officer, One Concern

How To Build Resilience In Tough Times: Individuals, Countries and Planet-wide

 Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme interviews Craig Fugate, former Administrator at FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency), USA, (2009-2017), reporting to President Barack Obama. Craig, now Chief Emergency Officer of One Concern, provides his perspective on the recent crisis in Texas – the power grid outage, the current Mexican border refugee challenge (9,500 unaccompanied […]

Dr. Frank D. Marks, MS, ScD, Director of Hurricane Research Division, at NOAA. Photo credit: NOAA.

Hurricanes: Evolution, Risk Reduction, Tracking and Simulation

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Dr. Frank D. Marks, MS, ScD, Director of Hurricane Research Division, at NOAA. Hurricanes and climate disasters Ira Pastor comments: Weather and climate disasters affect the world’s population. The total approximate cost of damages from weather and climate disasters in the U.S. alone from […]

Craig Fugate, Chief Emergency Management Officer, One Concern

Think Big, Act Fast: Disaster Management From Hurricanes to Pandemics

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Craig Fugate Chief Emergency Management Officer of One Concern and former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The international context of this interview: In choosing our leaders it is becoming increasingly important to select people who can both anticipate and address […]