DOROTHY L. MILLER, CEM, MEP
Emergency Planning Officer
Round Rock, Texas
Ms. Dorothy Miller recently moved from Ewa Beach, Hawaii, to accept an appointment as the Emergency Planning Officer for the City of Round Rock, Texas. The population of the city exceeds 100,000, and there are several colleges in and around the area including the University of Texas at Austin and Texas State University. Ms. Miller will be working closely with the universities and agencies in the region and will assist with hurricane evacuation and sheltering needs.
Prior to Round Rock, Ms. Miller was the assistant director of Emergency Management at Florida International University and the University of Texas at Dallas, where she was a director of an emergency preparedness certificate program as well as an emergency management coordinator and Community Emergency Response Team coordinator.
Ms. Miller is a founding member of the Foundation for Higher Education and Accreditation and the Chair of the Epsilon Pi Phi National Honor Society (EPP) for emergency management, homeland security, and business continuity students. EPP currently has more than 300 members and is growing to include both U.S. and international students and chapters.
Ms. Miller has most recently published articles in the Sage Encyclopedia of Disasters. She completed her master’s degree at Arkansas Tech University with “Behavioral Assessment Teams: Perspectives of campus faculty, staff and students” as her thesis.
Ms. Miller’s goal for the conference is to provide updates for the honor society, speak about the importance of exercise design training for students, and seek possible teaching opportunities in an online environment. It is also a great place to network with old friends and colleagues and gain new opportunities and friends, so please feel free to introduce yourself to her. She is also available to assist with internship ideas and Certified Emergency Manager mentoring.
June 21, 2011