Regina Phelps

Founder

San Francisco, California, United States50 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 3,000 crisis management exercises designed.
  • Internationally recognized speaker in crisis management.
  • Founder of a 100% woman-owned consulting firm.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a crisis management and consulting expert with extensive experience in pandemic planning.

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Skills

Core Skills

Crisis ManagementExercise DesignBusiness Continuity PlanningPandemic PlanningLeadershipTraining

Other Skills

Public SpeakingEmergency ManagementBusiness ContinuityExercisesRisk AssessmentStrategyProgram ManagementContingency PlanningDisaster ResponsePolicyTeam BuildingConsultingGovernanceIncident ManagementIncident Command

About

Regina Phelps is an internationally recognized thought leader in the field of crisis management, exercise design & pandemic planning. Since 1982, she has provided consultation & speaking services to multinational companies in five continents. She is founder of Emergency Management & Safety Solutions (EMSS), a crisis management and resiliency consulting firm. EMSS is 100% woman owned firm. Author of four books - the latest on Crisis Management - all are available on Amazon. A partial client list includes AAA, Whole Foods Market, Levi Strauss & Company, the World Bank, Starbucks, Salesforce, Zurich Insurance, Bank of Canada, Erie Insurance, EllieMae, LabCorp, Bank of Peru, Bank of Colombia, the Graduate Institute of Geneva, IMF, The Hanover, Nike, ETS, Amerant Bank, and Jackson Financial. We are experts in: - Design and develop comprehensive Crisis Management programs - Train crisis management team members to effectively respond in a crisis - Design and facilitate single or multi-site exercises - Develop, train and exercise Infectious Disease/Pandemic plans - Conduct an audit of your Business Continuity Management program

Experience

Emergency management & safety solutions inc.

Founder - President - CEO

Oct 1982Present · 43 yrs 6 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

  • Regina Phelps is a recognized global leader in crisis management, exercise design & pandemic planning. She designs crisis management teams, plans & processes for large organizations on five continents. Since 1982, she has designed over 3,000 exercises from tabletop, functional to full-scale exercises. Regina excels in complex, multisite and multinational exercises for large global companies. Topics include all forms of natural disasters, active shooter and all forms of cybersecurity threats. She has honed the perfect virtual exercise by necessity since the covid pandemic began in March 2020. Lastly, she has written and exercised pandemic plans for her clients worldwide since 1997.
  • Regina is frequent speaker at international continuity conferences and is consistently rated one of the top-rated speakers in her field. She is known for her approachable and entertaining speaking style and her ability to take complex topics and break them into easily digestible and understandable nuggets. She is the author of four books, all four are available on Amazon
  • Crisis Management: How to Develop a Powerful Program
  • Cyberbreach: What if your defenses fail? Designing an exercise to map a ready strategy
  • Emergency Management Exercises: From Response to Recovery
  • Emergency Management Exercises: From Response to Recovery Instructors Guide
Crisis ManagementExercise DesignPandemic PlanningPublic SpeakingBusiness Continuity Planning

Marshal hale memorial hospital

Director of Education

Jun 1979Oct 1982 · 3 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

  • In charge of continuing education, hospital orientation and other administrative duties
LeadershipTraining

Durango community hospital

Director of Nursing

Sep 1977Dec 1978 · 1 yr 3 mos · Durango, Colorado, United States

  • Director of Nursing for at 50 bed rural hospital that included a trauma level emergency room

Good samaritan hospital

Head Nurse

Jun 1975Sep 1977 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Phoenix, Arizona, United States

  • Head Nurse on a GYN/Oncology Unit

Education

Harvard Kennedy School

Executive Education: Leadership in Crisis

Apr 2012Apr 2012

San Francisco State University

MPA — Public Administration

Aug 1979Jun 1982

Arizona State University - Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation

Bachelor's of Science (BSN) — Nursing

Jan 1972Jan 1975

College of the Sequoias

Sep 1970Jun 1972

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