DARYL LEE SPIEWAK, CEM, TEM, TCFM
Emergency, Safety, and Compliance Programs Manager and Security Officer
Brazos River Authority
Waco, Texas
Mr. Daryl Lee Spiewak is the Emergency, Safety, and Compliance Programs Manager and Security Officer for the Brazos River Authority in Waco, Texas. The Brazos River Authority covers 65 counties and 44,000 square miles—about the size of the State of Tennessee. The Authority owns and operates 3 water supply reservoirs and dams, 13 wastewater treatment plants, and 3 water treatment plants. The Authority owns the conservation storage pool in nine U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lakes and a 30-mile pipeline that transfers water from one reservoir to a nearby city.
Mr. Spiewak served 8 years as a Complex Electronics Receiving Systems technician and Advanced Electronics instructor in the U.S. Army Security Agency. His role dealt with electronic intelligence gathering, space collection, radio direction finding, and electronic warfare equipment.
For the next 13 years, Mr. Spiewak served as a Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) (bomb squad) Officer. Holding successive positions as EOD Team Leader, EOD Detachment Commander, and EOD Operations Officer, he led EOD teams providing security for the U.S.President (Reagan and Bush), Vice President (Bush), Secretary of State (Schultz), numerous Foreign Heads of State, selected dignitaries, and all their family members. He responded to numerous terrorist and bombing incidents in the United States and overseas, trained emergency response teams, and conducted field exercises involving weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, chemical, and explosive) and modern warfare.
Since retiring from the Army, Mr. Spiewak became active in professional associations. In addition to his role as International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) president (2003–2004), he served as IAEM secretary, co-chair of the International Certification Commission, and chair of the Communications/Editorial Committee. He served as president and journal editor in the American Society of Professional Emergency Planners, 2nd vice president of the Emergency Management Association of Texas, and Board member of the Texas Gulf Coast Emergency Management Association. Since 2002, Mr. Spiewak has been evaluating weapons of mass destruction field exercises for the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center under the auspices of the Texas Engineering Extension Service at Texas A&M University. He has also been teaching management courses for the University of Phoenix Online program since 2000.
Mr. Spiewak holds an M.A. in management from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, and a B.S. in liberal studies from the University of the State of New York (now Excelsior College) with concentrations in engineering technology and sociology. He was also an honor graduate of the U.S.Army Command and General Staff College.
Mr. Spiewak is a founder of the Foundation on Higher Education and is developing an emergency management accreditation program for universities and colleges.
March 7, 2008