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2024

• May 23, 2024
  IAEM-USA Region 3: Stress First Aid Implications for Emergency Management

  Stress First Aid (SFA) is an evidenced-informed approach to facilitate the recognition of stress injuries related to trauma, loss, fatigue, and moral distress, assessment of individuals and teams that may have a stress injury, and facilitating healing through the connection of team and community resources. SFA is a peer-support strategy intended for emergency response teams that work and deploy to a broad range of disaster and community traumatic events.

2023

• IAEM-USA Region 3 will be accepting applications from students for stipends to attend the 2023 IAEM Annual Conference in November 2023 (5 Sept. 2023) IAEM-USA Region 3 will be awarding multiple grants to student members to attend the 71st Annual Conference & EMEX being held November 3-9, 2023 in Long Beach, California. Student winners will have their registration fee paid by the region. Students are responsible for other travel expenses, such as hotel and transportation. Please complete the 2023 online application by September 12th to be considered for this opportunity.

2022

• IAEM-USA Region 3 is accepting applications from students for grant stipends to attend the 2022 IAEM Annual Conference (19 Sept. 2022) IAEM-USA Region 3 is awarding grant stipends for student members to attend the 2022 IAEM Annual Conference. The 70th Annual Conference & EMEX is being held Nov. 11-17, 2022, in Savannah, Georgia. Student winners will have their registration fee paid by the region. Students are responsible for their other travel expenses such as hotel and transportation, however, depending on available funds and submissions, additional funding may be provided to offset some travel expenses as well. Complete this application to be considered for this stipend.

2021

• IAEM-USA Region 3 is accepting applications from students for grants to attend the 2021 IAEM Annual Conference (22 Sept. 2021) IAEM-USA Region 3 is awarding up to two grants for student members to attend the 2021 IAEM Annual Conference. The 69th Annual Conference & EMEX is being held Oct. 15-22, 2021, in Grand Rapids. Student winners will have their registration fee paid by the region. Students are responsible for their other travel expenses such as hotel and transportation. Complete this application to be considered for this grant.

• IAEM-USA Region 3 Shines a Spotlight on 40 Members Under 40 (28 May 2021)  IAEM-USA Region 3 is proud to announce the 40 members under 40 who were nominated by their peers and selected by the regional officers for this new honor. They were selected for their career achievements and emergency management community involvement. Congratulations to these accomplished individuals. See the award list.

• IAEM-USA Region 3 launches search for 40 under 40; Nominations for extraordinary Region 3 members under 40 accepted until Apr. 30 (07 Apr 2021) IAEM-USA Region 3 invites members to participate in a new award for Region 3 members under 40 years old, the IAEM-USA Region 3 40 Under 40 Award. Any IAEM member from Region 3 who is under 40 years old may be entered and recognized for their career achievements and emergency management community involvement. Self-nominations or nominations from colleagues or friends will be accepted. The Top 40 will be chosen by Region 3 leadership. Nominations should be submitted via this survey by Apr. 30, 2021. The IAEM-USA Region 3 values its members and wants to recognize the hard work that members in this region are doing.

2020

• Online registration is open until Dec. 3 for the IAEM-USA Region 3 Virtual Symposium, to be held Dec. 7-11 (24 Nov 2020) The IAEM-USA Region 3 Symposium, “Emergency Management in the New Normal,” presented by Region 3 and George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government and scheduled for Dec. 7-11, will provide a virtual forum to highlight FEMA updates, college/university focused panel, networking trivia night, BRIC/grant session, diversity and inclusivity, and Region 3 membership meeting. Online registration is open, and details are available in the program. The symposium is open at no charge to IAEM members and at a nominal charge of $5 to non-members, but you must register online by Dec. 3, 2020. On Dec. 4, registrants will receive an updated email confirmation to include access details to the virtual platform.
• Save the Date: IAEM-USA Region 3 Virtual Symposium & Membership Meeting (05 Nov 2020) IAEM-USA Region 3 and George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government will present the Region 3 Virtual Symposium on "Emergency Management in the New Normal," scheduled for Dec. 7-11, 2020. Details regarding registration and the symposium agenda will be available soon. For more information, please contact IAEM-USA Region 3 President Walter English at IAEM.r3@iaem.com or Dr. Tonya E. Thornton, Assistant Professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, at tneaves@gmu.edu. Download the event flyer.
• "IAEM-USA Announces Results of 2020 Elections"(IAEM press release, 03 Sept 2020)

2018

Dec. 7, 2018, 7:00-10:00 p.m. EST
IAEM-USA Region 3 Fifth Annual Holiday Celebration

The Mansion & O Street Museum
2020 O Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
Online registration is live. Obtain all the details here.
IAEM-USA Region 3 has scheduled its 5th Annual Holiday Celebration.
A maximum 60 people can attend, so register as soon as possible.

• Results of the IAEM-USA Region 3 Election (06 Sept 2018) A total of 66 IAEM-USA Region 3 Individual, Affiliate, and Lifetime members voted in the IAEM-USA Region 3 Officers Election for Region 3 Vice President. The voting period ended on Aug. 31, 2018, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. There were three candidates for Region 3 Vice President, and the candidate who received the most votes was Joseph Gleason, CEM; he will take office during the IAEM Annual Conference.

  

• Save the Date! The 7th Annual Region 3 Symposium will take place on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m., at the Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center, in Fairfax, Virginia. Visit the event site for details.

From left: John Conklin, CEM, MEP, P/PEM, IAEM-USA Region 3 President;
Beth Armstrong, IAEM CEO; and and Ken Rudnicki, CEM, VPEM, IAEM-USA
Region 3 Vice President, at the 7th Annual IAEM-USA Region 3 Symposium, held in Fairfax, Virginia, June 27, 2017.

2017

• IAEM-USA Region 3 Election Results (22 Aug 2017) The IAEM-USA Region 3 officers election ended at 5:00 p.m. EDT on Aug. 21, 2017. John R. Conklin, CEM, MEP, P/PEM, was re-elected as Region 3 President, and LT David R. Vihonski, CEM, PMP, was elected as Secretary-Treasurer. Their terms will begin at the IAEM 2017 Annual Conference.
• IAEM-USA Region 3 Symposium Scheduled for June 29, 2017 (updated 01 June 2017) The IAEM-USA Region 3 Symposium will be held on Thursday, June 29, 2017, at the Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center, Fairfax, Virginia.

2016

• IAEM-USA Region 3 Election Results (26 Oct 2016) The special election for Region 3 Secretary/Treasurer ended on Oct. 24, 2016. Alisha Childress, MS, CEM, has been elected as Region 3 Secretary/Treasurer. A total of 71 Region 3 members voted in the online election. Ms. Childress replaces Carrie Speranza, CEM, who was elected as IAEM-USA Council Secretary in the recent USA officers election.
• IAEM-USA Region 3 2016 Annual Symposium (15 June 2016) The IAEM-USA Region 3 2016 Annual Symposium was held in partnership with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management on June 14, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency Fairfax, Fairfax, VA.

2015

• Region 3 Holiday Mixer Scheduled for Dec. 9 (20 Dec 2015) The 2015 Region 3 Holiday Mixer took place on Dec. 9, at the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
• Region 3 Officers Election Results (16 Sept 2015) The 2015 IAEM-USA Region 3 officers election ended on Sept. 15, 2015. John R. Conklin, CEM, MEP, P/PEM, was re-elected as Region 3 President, and Carrie L. Speranza, CEM, was re-elected as Region 3 Secretary/Treasurer.
• IAEM-USA Region 3 2015 Annual Symposium (June 2015) The IAEM-USA Region 3 2015 Annual Symposium, "National Preparedness System," was held June 3, 2015, at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, Alexandria, VA.

2014

• The IAEM-USA Region 3 Holiday Mixer was held Dec. 16, 2014, at the Evermay Estate, Washington, DC. Region 3 members joined their colleagues to share some holiday cheer.
• Results of Region 3 Vice President Election (08 Sept 2014) The IAEM-USA Region Vice President Election ended on Sept. 5, 2014. A total of 118 members voted in this election, and Ken Rudnicki, CEM, VaPEM, was re-elected as Region 3 Vice President.
• Documents Posted from June 5 IAEM-USA Region 3 Symposium (08 June 2014) The IAEM-USA Region 3 Symposium was held June 5, 2014, at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, Alexandria, Virginia.