Senior Policy Analyst
(443) 552-6654 |ihamilton@law.umaryland.edu

Ian earned his MS in Administration, Planning, & Policy of Emergency Health Services in addition to a Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Ian also holds a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) designation from the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM). Ian’s interests’ center at the intersection of emergency/disaster management, pre- and post-disaster recovery planning, hazard mitigation, and climate change resiliency. Ian has responded to a range of small to large-scale disasters across NGO, local, State, and Federal emergency management capacities with the Greater Chesapeake Region of the American Red Cross, the Maryland Opioid Operation Command Center (OOCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as well as conducting emergency HAZMAT response/remediation around the Baltimore/DC metro area with ACV Enviro. Ian has deployed on a number of federally declared disasters with FEMA in various roles as a Voluntary Agency Liaison and Disaster Recovery Center Manager following Hurricane’s Joaquin (2015) and Irma (2017).

Ian is an advanced planning practitioner specializing in Incident Command System (ICS), National Incident Management System (NIMS), incident action planning (IAP) development, risk assessment, hazard mitigation planning, Threat and Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment / Stakeholder Preparedness Review (THIRA/SPR), Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) consistent exercises, and Continuity of Operations (COOP) planning. Through project management, Ian strives to enhance prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery capabilities through coordination and collaboration with whole community stakeholders toward shared goals.

Examples of projects include:

• Frederick County Division of Emergency Management
  • National Capital Region Planner – THIRA/SPR
  • Training and Exercise development
  • Mobile Command Post program development
• Anne Arundel County Office of Emergency Management
  • County COVID-19 Recovery Mission Framework
• Prince George’s County Office of Homeland Security / Office of Emergency Management
  • Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant funding
  • County COVID-19 After-Action Report (AAR) & Improvement
  • Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) update
  • County’s first Pre-Disaster Recovery Plan (PDRP)
  • Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activations, National Security Special Events (NSSE)
  • NIMS Officer & Emergency Management Specialist