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Alumnus Named Emergency Management Director


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    Matthew Shpiner

    Matthew Shpiner, a UM alumnus who has served as emergency manager for both the Miller School of Medicine and Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science campuses, has been named director of the Office of Emergency Management for the University of Miami. He replaces Scott Burnotes, who moved to Texas.

    Shpiner, who joined the University staff in October 2011 but began improving campus safety and disaster preparedness as a student, will be responsible for coordinating the University’s emergency response and continuity planning with a goal of creating a disaster-resilient University.

    “I look forward to using my  student experience on the Coral Gables campus and my professional experience at the marine and medical campuses to support the continued integration and expansion of our emergency management program across the University,” Shpiner said.

    At the medical campus, Shpiner was responsible for developing the emergency management policies, plans, and procedures for the Miller School and UHealth—the University of Miami Health System, which includes three hospitals, 30 satellite clinics, medical education, research, and more than 8,000 employees.

    During his time at the Rosenstiel School, he established professional standards for safety and security operations and led the development of the University’s Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, which provides the overarching framework for how UM mitigates against, prepares for, responds to, and recovers from natural, human-caused, and technological disasters.

    Prior to joining the University, Shpiner served as a regional emergency management planner in Miami-Dade County’s Office of Emergency Management, where he co-authored the county’s Deepwater Horizon Contingency Response Plan. He also worked in the Emergency Operations Centers during the 2010 Pro-Bowl and Super Bowl, Operation Haiti Relief, and was deployed to New York in response to Hurricane Irene.

    As a student at UM, where he earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in 2008, Shpiner co-founded and served as vice president of operations for the ’Canes Emergency Response Team (CERT), the nation’s first student-organized and -operated community emergency response team.

    Before heading to Northeastern University, where he earned a Master of Science in Criminal Justice in 2010, Shpiner worked as a crime prevention specialist for the UM Police Department, where he created the Student Patrol Program, which, like CERT, still operates today.

     

     

     

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