About Us - Structure

EMPA is a registered not-for-profit company that is home to two committees, the EMPA Conference committee and the EMPA Research and Development Centre.

Members of these committees are from state and federal government departments and agencies, business including public relations consultancies, and universities (currently The University of Southern QLD (USQ), the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) and La Trobe University).

The EMPA conference is a limited guarantee company that supports the EMPA conference organising committee. 

EMPA management committee

• Peter Rekers, Crisis Ready , (Director)
• Barbara Ryan, University of Southern Queensland, (Secretary/Treasurer)
• Peter Hughes, LaTrobe University, (Director)

2010 Conference Committee

• Philip Campbell, State Emergency Service, NSW (Chair)
• Karen Willett, Emergency Management Australia, (Secretary)
• Jenny Barrett, Centrelink
• Amber Brodecky, Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner, Victoria
• Barbara Ryan, University of Southern Queensland
• Rebel Talbert, NSW Rural Fire Service
• Alastair Wilson, Emergency Management Australia

2009 Research and Development Centre Comittee

• Peter Hughes, LaTrobe University, (Co-chair)
• Barbara Ryan, University of Southern Queensland, (Co-chair) 
• Steve Delaney, State Emergency Service, NSW 
• Hamish McLean, Bond University, Gold Coast
• Neil Stanbury, Western Australia Police
• Amalia Matheson, University of the Sunshine Coast
• Alastair Wilson, Emergency Management Australia