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S. Shane Stovall, CEM Director of Homeland Security, EMC S. Shane Stovall began his career in Florida with the Charlotte County Office of Emergency Management, serving as their Emergency Planner, Plans and Operations Supervisor, and then Emergency Coordinator.  Following his tenure with the Charlotte County Office of Emergency Management, Mr. Stovall worked for two years as a Project Manager with the General Physics Corporation’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Unit in Tampa, Florida.  In October 2006, Mr. Stovall accepted the position as Director of the City of Plano’s Department of Homeland Security.  In December of 1995, Mr. Stovall graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelors Degree in Emergency Administration and Planning.  In addition to his education, Mr. Stovall also received his certification as a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) from the International Association of Emergency Managers in 2004.  Mr. Stovall’s experience includes developing plans, strategy, and direction of emergency and disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery projects in multiple jurisdictions.  Mr. Stovall’s disaster experience includes response and recovery duties to the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995, Florida Wildfires of 1998, Tropical Storm Josephine, Tropical Storm Gabrielle, and Hurricane Charley, just to name a few.  Mr. Stovall also has vast experience in developing and coordinating jurisdictional emergency and disaster response exercises and training for jurisdictional teams in the public, private, and volunteer sectors. Mariah Armitage, CEM, TEM Emergency Management Specialist In 2002 Mariah Armitage graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Emergency Administration and Planning. In addition to her education, she recently received the Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) designation from the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) and the Certified Texas Emergency Manager (TEM) from the Emergency Management Association of Texas (EMAT).  Upon graduation, Mariah began her professional career with Titan Corporation in Washington D.C. as an Emergency Management Analyst. Since then, Mariah has gained invaluable experience working in and with the non-profit, government, and private sectors and possesses exceptional knowledge on how they function together during disasters. Her professional experience includes emergency operations planning, exercise design, shelter operations, special populations, mass casualty operations, pandemic flu preparedness, SNS, continuity of operations planning (COOP), and grant management. Mariah’s operational experience includes responding to numerous severe weather events, civil disturbances and protests, as well as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Mariah is extremely pleased to be a part of the City of Plano. Some of her job duties include administering the Plano Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program, public education, and special populations planning. Harlene Gresham Senior Administrative Assistant Harlene Gresham worked for the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office in Reno Nevada.  Her responsibilities at this facility were to register sex offenders and ex-felons; as well as scheduling all training courses for Reno and Sparks Police Officers and Deputies.  She was also a member of the Citizens Emergency Response Team and Community Homeland Security Council for the County. Harlene operated with the Richardson Texas Police Dept. for 4 ½ years as Secretary to the Deputy Chief and worked in Adult Crimes Unit and Criminal Investigations Section.  She began working for the City of Plano on August 29, 2005; hours before Hurricane Katrina made land-fall. She currently acts as Senior Administrative Assistant.