2025 Annual Meeting

Thank you for joining us at OAEM's 2025 Annual Meeting, held virtually on June 19, 2025. 
A recording of the meeting, including remarks from Jill Dunlop, Ontario Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response is available HERE 
A PDF version of the 2024 Annual Report is available HERE
 

On behalf of the 2025 OAEM Nominations Committee, we are delighted to announce the members of the 2025-2026 Board of Directors:    
 

Amanda Fusco, CMO, AOMC, Dipl. M.A. Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk at the City of Kitchener
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-fusco-cmo-aomc-dipl-m-a-929b2481/ 
James McArthur, Project Manager Readiness - Emergency Management Canadian Red Cross and United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) Member 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-richard-mcarthur/ 
Jelena Ivanova, MDEM, CBCP Senior Manager, Business Continuity and Crisis Management, Ontario Treachers' Pension Plan 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jelenaivanovabcp/ 
Michelle Papas, MDEM, ABCP, CRM Senior Manager Organizational Resilience CN Railway 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellepapasmdem/ 
Richard Karsseboom, MDEM, ABCP Manager, Business Continuity and Emergency Management William Osler Health System 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardkarsseboom/ 
Scott Hill, MSI, CPP, PSP, RCM Director of Security Operations and Training, 3D Security and Emergency Response and Editor, Security Responder 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/3dsecser/ 
Paula-Marie Jannetta, Emergency Management Specialist, ABCP, PCIP, CEMC/MEMC (Alt./former)  
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pmjannetta/

Rob VanderHeyden, Training Officer and CEMC, Municipality of Chatham-Kent

Returning Board members serving a second-year directorship: 
Oliver Moloney, Chief Training Officer/CEMC Alt. Fire and Emergency Services Town of Parry Sound and President and CEO RailFire Consulting Inc. 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-moloney-27ba0a88/ 
Laura James, Emergency Manager, Director of Strategic Engagement and Sales Buffalo Computer Graphics (BCG) and Resilient HERoes Podcaster  
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-james-666987302/
Kevin J. Bull, Emergency Management Specialist, EmergSafe Planning 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-bull-emergsafe/?originalSubdomain=ca