James W. Satterfield

Mr. Satterfield was the president/COO and cofounder of Firestorm.® He has extensive expertise in the identification and quantification of risk, and has led in the development of national standards for risk management, environmental risk, and environmental due diligence. His experience has led to the creation of the Firestorm PREDICT.PLAN.PERFORM® methodology, which assesses, audits, develops, trains, and tests strategies and programs encompassing emergency response, business continuity, crisis management, and crisis communications. Firestorm demonstrates thought leadership in workplace violence prevention, cyber-breach response, communicable illness/pandemic planning, predictive intelligence, and every preparedness initiative. Mr. Satterfield led the Firestorm team that provided the crisis and media management support at Virginia Tech in response to the shootings, as well as hundreds of other client crisis engagements. He has spoken to hundreds of groups on risk management, crisis management, governance, disaster planning, and preparedness. He coauthored Disaster Ready People for a Disaster Ready America, which guides individuals in developing their own preparedness plans at home.