Grace Hosts Business Continuity Planning Seminar
Posted by Terry White on November 9, 2009
Grace College and Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, today hosted a Business Continuity Planning Seminar which was funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security.
Gary Colby (upper photo) was one of the main presenters of the seminar, which was designed to help small business owners develop a business continuity plan. Colby, who teaches part-time at Grace, oversaw emergency preparedness measures for a local utility and is a senior expert with the US Department of Energy and the Department of Homeland Security in the areas of emergency preparedness, vulnerability, and counter terrorism activities.
Other presenters included John Burtoft of Warsaw, Indiana, a Grace alumnus whose business was recently destroyed by fire; Rich Ladeen, CEO of Da-Lite Screens discussing disaster recovery operations Da-Lite experienced after a tornado severely damaged Da-Lite’s facility in October, 2001; Dr. Portia Plummer, former Indiana State U. professor of health, safety, and environmental sciences; Ed Rock, Kosiusko County Emergency management director; and Deputy Craig Bales of the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department along with his bomb-locating dog, Justice. Justice (lower photo) participated in several demonstrations.
Subjects included creating a business continuity plan, workplace violence, and disaster recovery plans. A number of students from Craig Allebach’s criminal justice course also sat in on part of the day’s presentations. Bill Darr was the on-site coordinator for Grace College.
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