ANDREW V. BATES, MPA, FACCP
Department of International Studies (Adjunct)
Hawaii Pacific University
Mr. Andrew V. Bates is President of All Hazards Consulting, incorporated in November 2006. The company provides emergency management consulting services to public and private sector entities. He joined the staff of Hawaii Pacific University in April 2003. He teaches International and Domestic Emergency Management and has developed a 1-year graduate certificate program in Emergency Management that started in the fall of 2007. The program is part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Higher Education Project.
From March 2003 to March 2005, Mr. Bates was the program manager for the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. This organization provides civil-military and humanitarian consultative services, manages the U.S. Pacific Command’s HIV/AIDS program, and provides information products related to disaster events and humanitarian relief.
Immediately after retiring from the United States Navy Medical Department in 1998, Mr. Bates served as the lead medical planner for the first medical Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD). The Joint Medical Operations-Telemedicine ACTD successfully deployed information technology applications and communication networks to Joint Task Force medical units in the Pacific Theater. This innovative program successfully addressed the use of information technology practices in rural humanitarian assistance settings. He wrote Concept of Operations orders and fielded technology throughout the Pacific region. He participated in more than 50 Medical Civic Action Projects in Southeast Asia from 2001–2004.
Mr. Bates served with the United States Marine Corps for 3 years in Okinawa, Japan, with the 3d Force Service Support Group. He was the Company Commander for deployable field hospitals in support of Joint Task Force Commands in Korea and Thailand. He has extensive field medical experience and interface with Host Nation Humanitarian groups. Other military assignments included: The Naval Hospital, Oakland, California; Naval Dental Center Treasure Island, San Francisco; and The Naval School of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland.
Mr. Bates received a B.A. in political science from The George Washington University. He graduated from Golden Gate University with a master’s degree in public administration (health services) and completed the University of California at Berkeley program in emergency preparedness planning and management with distinction. He is a graduate of the Naval War College, a Fellow in the American College of Contingency Planners, and is credentialed by the American Academy of Medical Administrators. He speaks, writes, and teaches regularly on the topic of emergency management. Most recently, he wrote the concluding chapter for an Australian publisher, Natural Disasters and How We Can Cope.
Mr. Bates hopes to gain further insight into course development and to meet new people in the academic field.
May 25, 2011