Contact: Chris Logan

EXPERTISE

Duties/Current Projects: Chris coordinates the NGA Center's activities in the area of homeland security, including public health preparedness, critical infrastructure protection, information sharing, communications interoperability and emerging standards. He leads NGA's National Pandemic Influenza Preparedness program, a project fostering interstate coordination and cooperation during public health incidents and improving the integration of public health into homeland security plans and operations. Chris represents NGA in several national standard-setting and model-legislation initiatives and oversees staff activities related to the Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council.

BACKGROUND

Previous Positions: Deputy Editor, Homeland Security, Congressional Quarterly; Editor-In-Chief, Exchange-Monitor Publications (Weapons Complex Monitor; Nuclear Weapons and Materials Monitor; The International Radioactive Exchange; and The Counterterrorism, Chem-Bio Weapons and Defense Monitor).

Education: B.A., The College of William and Mary

Current Affiliations: Emergency Management Accreditation Program Commissioner; Alexandria, Va., Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Logan, Chris, A Governor's Guide to Homeland Security (NGA Center for Best Practices: March, 2007).

Logan, Chris, A Governor's Guide to Energy Assurance (NGA Center for Best Practices: December, 2006).

Logan, Chris, "Beyond EMAC: Legal Issues in Mutual Aid for Public Health Practice" (NGA Center for Best Practices: December, 2005).

Logan, Chris, "Establishing State Intelligence Fusion Centers" (NGA Center for Best Practices: July, 2005).

Logan, Chris, "Politics and Promises: Rhetoric Meets Reality in State Homeland Security Funding" Governing: Issues and Applications from the Front Lines of Government (CQ Press: October, 2004).*

*The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the National Governors Association or individual governor's offices.