April 11th Speaker Biographies

Jonathan N. Greene is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Center for Response within the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

He leads national programs designed to assist the country in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from public health emergencies and disasters. The Center for Response coordinates public health and healthcare response and recovery systems and activities with relevant federal, state, tribal, territorial, local, and international communities under the National Response Framework and National Disaster Recovery Framework. The Center for Response is home to the National Disaster Medical System program (NDMS), Tactical Medicine to support federal law enforcement (TACMED), Response Logistics, International Operations, the Office of Community Mitigation and Recovery, as well as the team of ASPR’s regional office team. Response serves an important liaison function to other agencies engaged in federal response activities in steady state as well as during disasters.

Prior to his work with HHS, Mr. Greene served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operational Medicine and Health Support within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD), as well as the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Director of the DHS Office of Health Affairs, a predecessor to CWMD, where his work was focused on bio-detection, biosurveillance, as well as chemical defense and food and agriculture security.

Before joining the federal service in 2008, Mr. Greene spent over 20 years serving in public safety response and preparedness roles at the local level. His career includes line and executive level positions with fire service, law enforcement, and emergency medical service agencies. He has provided leadership to some of the country’s most progressive and innovative EMS systems in major U.S. cities.

Mr. Greene received his appointment to the Federal Senior Executive Service in 2013. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Charter Oak State College and attended the University of Connecticut Graduate School, as well as Keene State College in New Hampshire. He attended Harvard University’s National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI) and received a certificate in Public Leadership from the Brookings Institution / Washington University at St. Louis. Mr. Greene is a graduate of the Connecticut Municipal Police Academy, and has maintained licensure as a paramedic in that state since 1990.

Prof. Anas Khan is the Director General of the Global Center for Mass Gatherings Medicine at the Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia, a WHO collaborating center. He is also a Professor of Emergency and Disaster Medicine at King Saud University, where he is the Founding Director of the EMS & Disaster Medicine Fellowship. Prof. Khan serves on the Board of Directors of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM), which he also founded the MENA Chapter for, and is a member of various national and international committees. He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine with a fellowship in Disaster Medicine from BIDMC, a Harvard-affiliated hospital. Additionally, Prof. Khan holds a Master in Healthcare Administration and an MBBS from King Saud University, as well as a Post-graduate Diploma in Strategy and Innovation from Saïd Business School at Oxford. He has further qualifications, including a certificate in Public Policy Analysis from the London School of Economics and NPLI from Harvard Kennedy School. Prof. Khan has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles and is ranked among the top 2% of scientists in citations in 2021, 2022, and 2023. He has been honored with the King Abdulaziz's 3rd Degree Medal by His Majesty the King of Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Ciottone is President Emeritus of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is an Instructor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), and the Founding Director of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, where he has trained over 120 postdoctoral fellows.

Dr. Ciottone also serves as the Director of Medical Preparedness for the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University and is Special Advisor for Medical Preparedness at the U.S. National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the International Board of Disaster Medicine, and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

Dr. Ciottone was Commander of DMAT Massachusetts-2 when it was one of the first federal disaster teams deployed into Ground Zero responding to the 9/11 attacks. He was a Founding Member of the US Department of Homeland Security and was a consultant to the White House Medical Unit for three administrations.

Dr. Ciottone has published over 160 peer-reviewed journal articles and serves as founding Editor-in-Chief of his textbook Ciottone’s Disaster Medicine, now in its 3rd edition. He has given over 200 national and international conference presentations, including 41 Keynote Addresses. In 2017, Dr Ciottone was recognized by the Physician to the President for “Outstanding Achievement in Support of the White House Medical Unit and the President of the United States”. He is the 2018 recipient of the American College of Emergency Physicians Disaster Medical Sciences Award, and the 2020 recipient of the American Academy of Disaster Medicine Distinguished Service Award. In 2024, Dr Ciottone was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa for his work in Disaster Medicine from Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier in France.

Mike Johnson is a Lieutenant with the United States Park Police (US Park Police) and 3rd generation law enforcement officer (grandfather and father having previously served with the Missouri Highway Patrol).  He's been employed with the the US Park Police since 1999, spending the last 20 years in a supervisory position.  He has worked in all Districts that the US Park Police patrols in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in a variety of roles: Patrol (Officer, Sergeant, and former Rock Creek Station Commander), Special Events Unit (Sergeant and now Commander), SWAT (Sergeant and Team Leader),  and Major Crimes Unit (Detective Sergeant). Within the Special Events Unit, he is tasked with coordinating law enforcement logistics to protect and safeguard not only our nation's Icons, but the participants and visitors to the various First Amendment Demonstrations and Special Events that occur on National Park Service property.  This often involves integral planning between our law enforcement partners in the Washington Metropolitan Area and the organizers of these demonstrations and events.

Danny McCoy is a U.S. Air Force Veteran with 26 years of experience in local, state, and federal government operations— including emergency, intelligence, logistics, public works, and regulatory operations. Danny’s senior executive business acumen has been shaped by active duty, DoD contractor, and Government of the District of Columbia experience, having served as the Deputy Program Manager for U.S. Army Europe G2's Intelligence and Technical Support Services; Vice President of Operations for the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Warehouse and Property Accountability program; Operations Manager at the DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs; Chief Administrative Officer at the DC Department of Public Works; and presently as the Fusion Center Executive and Associate Director for the Division of Operations and Intelligence at DC’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA).

As DC Fusion Center Executive, Danny provides executive management and oversight of HSEMA’s Situational Awareness and Information Analysis Bureaus including oversight of (1) emergency management and homeland security operations; (2) situational awareness of threats and hazards within the National Capitol Region; and (3) the receipt, analysis, gathering, and sharing of hazard and threat-related information among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners. Additionally, Danny provides executive management and oversight of HSEMA's Facilities and Logistics Bureau, Information Technology Bureau, Safety and Security Bureau, and Response Coordination Bureau.

Danny holds a Bachelor of Science in Business degree from the University of Phoenix. He is a Certified Public Manager through George Washington University's College of Professional Studies and has completed GW's Executive Leadership Program. He is a graduate of the Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Bill is a well-respected Business Executive and Operations Strategist offering over 35 years of experience in operational/technical security, strategic planning, project management, intelligence program oversight, homeland security and defense, and organizational development.  Bill is one of 265 people globally who have earned the ASIS “Triple Crown” certification standard for security and safety professionals. 

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Bill was a Principal in Protective Design and Security for Thornton Tomasetti; a globally recognized structural engineering firm. As an organizational leader, he has been instrumental in expanding the organization’s global footprint by providing strategic direction in the startup of a new security consultancy division focused on providing comprehensive security-driven risk mitigation approaches and business continuity solutions.  

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Before this, Bill served as the Director of Intelligence for the Special Operations Command North where he oversaw the successful unification of interagency communications in support of homeland defense. He additionally earned recognition for transforming a struggling $400M DoD technical intelligence program as the Capability Director for the US Army’s Intelligence Center, and served as a Commander in the U.S. Army, overseeing strategic military and intelligence operations in theatres across the globe.

From 2009 to 2011, Bill served as a Commander and Director of Operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. In this highly complex leadership role, he oversaw a U.S. Army Battalion of 800, a $50MM operating and contract budget, and numerous governances, economic development, and security readiness programs. He additionally managed 2 major US. Base facilities, as well as numerous outposts, located throughout a geographic region comparable in size to the State of Kentucky. Lastly, he led the Brigade’s Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) network defeat operations. 

Daniel (Dan) Genua is a Protective Security Advisor for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the national coordinator for critical infrastructure security and resilience. PSA Genua works with federal, State, local and private sector partners to manage risks to critical infrastructure in the National Capital Region by delivering security and resilience expertise and CISA’s capacity building resources. He has supported special events security operations in Washington DC, including National Security Events and SEAR-level events. 

PSA Genua has supported the US Department of Homeland Security’s critical infrastructure protection mission since 2009 and has held positions as a Branch Chief and Acting Deputy Division Director. In these roles he was responsible for providing oversight for CISA Regional Offices and field-deployed PSAs on all security and resilience assessments-related operations.  He coordinated CISA’s efforts to respond to disaster declarations across three states in 2017 and 2018, and subsequently coordinated CISA’s support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the latest version of the National Response Framework which established a focus the role of cross sector infrastructure and business partners in responding to disasters.   

Prior to becoming a Protective Security Advisor in 2021, PSA Genua obtained a Master of Science from the National Defense University, College of Information and Cyberspace.  He has served as a volunteer in the US Peace Corps from 2006-2009.

Dr. Joshua Sinai is Professor of Practice, Intelligence and Global Security Studies, at Capitol Technology University, Laurel, MD, which he joined in 2020. Based in the Washington, DC area, Dr. Sinai has some 40 years of experience in conducting international security/homeland security studies with the U.S. government, academia, and the corporate sector. His specializations include assessing terrorism, counterterrorism, active shooter prevention, and non-violent and violent insider threats. He began his career as a senior intelligence analyst at the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. He later worked at private sector firms such as SAIC, ANSER, The Analysis Corporation, and Kiernan Group Holdings in support of government agencies such as the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force (FTTTF). He served as an Associate Professor/Research at Virginia Tech’s Center for Technology, Security, and Policy (CTSP), located in Arlington, VA. Dr. Sinai is well-published in academic journals, trade magazines, edited volumes, and training curricula. His pocket handbook “Active Shooter: A Handbook on Prevention”, published by ASIS International in 2013 and as an expanded second edition in 2016, is a best-selling book on public safety. He serves as Associate Editor, Book Reviews, at the online, peer reviewed quarterly journal “Perspectives on Terrorism.” Currently, he is working on an annotated bibliography volume on terrorism and counterterrorism books for Routledge.

Brian Michael Jenkins is the director of the Mineta Transportation Institute’s National Transportation Center and since 1997 has directed the Institute’s continuing research on protecting surface transportation against terrorism and other serious forms of crime.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in fine arts and a Masters degree in history, both from UCLA. He also studied at the University of Guanajuato, Mexico, and in the Department of Humanities at the University of San Carlos, Guatemala, where he was a Fulbright Fellow and received a second fellowship from the Organization of American States.

Commissioned in the infantry at the age of 19, Mr. Jenkins became a paratrooper and ultimately a captain in the Green Berets. He is a decorated combat veteran, having served in the 7th Special Forces Group during the American intervention in the Dominican Republic and later as a member of the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam (1966–1967). He returned to Vietnam on a special assignment in 1968 to serve as a member of the Long-Range Planning Task Group; he remained with the Group until the end of 1969, receiving the Department of the Army’s highest award for his service. Mr. Jenkins returned to Vietnam on an additional special assignment in 1971.

In 1983, Mr. Jenkins served as an advisor to the Long Commission, convened to examine the circumstances and response to the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon. In 1984, he assisted the Inman Panel in examining the security of American diplomatic facilities abroad. In 1985–1986, he served as a member of the Committee of the Embassy of the Future, which established new guidelines for the construction of U.S. diplomatic posts. In 1989, Mr. Jenkins served as an advisor to the national commission established to review terrorist threats following the bombing of Pan Am 103. In 1993, he served as a member of the team contracted by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey to review threats and develop new security measures for the World Trade Center following the bombing in February of that year. In 1996, President Clinton appointed Mr. Jenkins to the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. From 1999 to 2000, he served as an advisor to the National Commission on Terrorism, and since 2001, he has been a member of the U.S. Comptroller General’s Advisory Board. As part of its international project to create a global strategy to combat terrorism, the Club of Madrid in 2004 appointed Mr. Jenkins to lead an international working group on the role of intelligence.

Mr. Jenkins serves as a Senior Advisor to the President of the RAND Corporation. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Commercial Crime Services, the investigative arm of the International Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Jenkins is the author of numerous books, published research reports, and articles on terrorism and security. His latest book is Plagues and Their Aftermath (2022).   

Mr. Butterworth is a Senior Analyst in the Mineta Transportation Institute’s National Transportation Security Center. 

His government and post-government career has focused largely but not exclusively on transportation and transportation security. It includes: Five years as a professional staff member in the House Government Operations Committee investigating aviation safety issues; eight years in the Office of the Secretary of Transportation working international transportation trade and safety issues; ten years as Policy/Operations Director for Civil Aviation Security, where he worked closely with Congress, NSC staff and intelligence/law enforcement; two and half years managing security and building operations at the U.S. Memorial Holocaust Museum; and four and a half years as Deputy Director of Engineering for Planning and Development for the 1,300 engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. 

After seventeen years as an U.S. Government Senior Executive, Mr. Butterworth joined the Mineta Transportation Institute and co-authored thirty publications on surface transportation security with Brian Jenkins, including three on vehicle rammings 

Mr. Butterworth holds a Magna Cum Laude Degree from the University of the Pacific and an honors MSC Degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Luke Baumgartner is a Research Fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, whose research interests include domestic violent extremism, white supremacist movements, and the role of military veterans in political violence. Luke received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Upon graduation, Luke received his commission into the United States Army, where he served as an active-duty Field Artillery Officer for four years. Following his honorable discharge from active duty service in 2021, Luke enrolled in Georgetown University's Security Studies Program, where he received his Master of Arts in Security Studies. 

His analysis and insights have been featured in media outlets and academic publications, including: The Georgetown Security Studies Review, CNN, USA Today, Military.com, Lawfare, and Inkstick.

Kirk Yeager received his B.S. in Chemistry from Lafayette College and PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from Cornell University. He worked as a research scientist and Associate Director of R&D at the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC). While in the Land of Enchantment he also held the position of Adjunct Professor in the New Mexico Tech chemistry department. For 10 years he served as a Physical Scientist/Forensic Examiner for the FBI Laboratory’s Explosives Unit where he deployed as a bombing crime scene investigator to dozens of countries. Currently, he is the FBI’s Chief Explosives Scientist.

Dr. Yeager has approximately 30 years of experience with explosives and IEDs, has presented over 250 talks at international meetings and conferences, has produced over 80 specialty publications in the area of explosives and IEDs (to include 4 book chapters).

Over the course of his colorful career he has held the position of adjunct professor at multiple universities, consulted as a technical advisor for the Mythbusters, been the subject of a feature article in "Popular Mechanics," ended up with his own personal IMDb page, and became a published non-fiction author

He is an avid geocacher and holds the rank of Black Belt in Dan Zan Ryu Ju-Jutsu. His academic prowess is surpassed only by his charm and humility.

Dr. Thomas Mueller is the Research Director for Chemical Defense Programs at the National Strategic Research Institute at the University of Nebraska, the DOD-designated University Affiliated Research Center sponsored by U.S. Strategic Command.

Dr. Mueller started his career at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) where he supported countering weapons of mass destruction and homemade explosive efforts for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Other Government Agencies (OGA). His efforts focused on identification and pilot plant production of emerging threat simulants, RDT&E of novel chemical warfare agent (CWA) defeat technologies, and evaluation of homemade explosive production pathways.

After his tenure at JHU/APL, Dr. Mueller managed the Battelle Memorial Institute Hazardous Materials Research Center where he focused on test and evaluation of personal protective equipment from CWA threats and led research and development efforts for wide area decontamination of CWA for the Joint Program Executive Office. While at Battelle, Dr. Mueller also supported efforts for Bluegrass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants.

As the Director of Chemical Defense at NSRI, Dr. Mueller focuses on the development and execution of CWMD efforts for the DoD and OGA.

Dr. Mueller received a doctorate in chemistry from the University of California, Irvine, focused on synthetic chemistry of lanthanide, actinide and transition metal organometallic compounds. He received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Kaitlin Lovett currently serves as the Director of Science at the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health where she leads internal and external research and implementation activities in support of civilian and military readiness to disasters and health emergencies. Previously at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Dr. Lovett guided the translation of data to enable situational awareness for the Nation and coordinated biosurveillance and biodefense research and development. Throughout her career, she has executed multidisciplinary solutions to improve public health and national security by drawing on experience at the bench, in the field, and across diverse teams. 

Dr. Mike Lang is Department Head of Military Medical Operations at the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute. In this role, he educates the Active Component workforce in the field of radiation emergency response, largely via the Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation course. Additionally, he advises during radiation and nuclear exercises with DOD and other federal agency partners.

Dr. Lang’s military career includes a range of assignments such as Assistant Flight Commander and Squadron Medical Element Flight Surgeon at Robins Air Force Base, and Medical Director at Beale Air Force Base. He has also served in various operational temporary duties, including roles at Al Udeid AB, Al Dhafra AB, and RAF Akrotiri, as well as medical member in Safety Investigation Boards for Air Combat Command. His commitment to service is further demonstrated by his academic appointments at the Uniformed Services University department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, where he has holds the position of Assistant Professor. 

Pior to his role at AFRRI, he was a Preventive Medicine Consultant within the Epidemiology Consult Service at the US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. He holds a Master of Public Health degree from the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD, where he also completed his Preventive Medicine Residency and Doctor of Medicine. 

Beau Woods is a leader with the I Am The Cavalry grassroots initiative, Founder/CEO of Stratigos Security, and Cyber Safety Innovation Fellow with the Atlantic Council. His work bridges the gap between the security research and public policy communities, to ensure connected technology that can impact life and safety is worthy of our trust. Over the past several years in this capacity, he has consulted with the healthcare, automotive, aviation, rail, and IoT industries, as well as cyber security researchers, US and international policy makers, and the White House.

Beau was Deputy Director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative and is now a Cyber Safety Innovation Fellow with the Atlantic Council, a non-partisan, non-profit public policy think tank focused on issues of international security and strategy. Beau founded the security consultancy, Stratigos Security, in 2012 to advise large enterprises, small business, and NGOs on information security strategy and development. Prior to that, Beau spent five years with Dell SecureWorks, where he advised commercial clients on information security and built up the security consulting services practice. Beau also served as a Senior Advisor with the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and an Entrepreneur in Residence with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), advising on cyber policy issues.

Beau supports several non-profit initiatives from and by the security research community. He is a leader with the global, grassroots I Am The Cavalry initiative, to ensure technology that can impact human life and public safety is worthy of our trust. Beau is a Founding Member of the ICS Village, which equips industry and policy makers to better defend industrial equipment through experimental awareness, education, and training. He is on staff and leads the I Am The Cavalry and Public Ground tracks at BSides Las Vegas, and in 2019 helped launch the Aviation and Hack the Sea Villages at DEF CON. Beau founded the Biohacking Village: Device Lab, a high-trust, high-collaboration environment for medical device security research. He also sits on the board of the Cybermed Summit non-profit and helped organize the first ever clinical hacking simulations.

Beau is a frequent presenter, media contributor, and author, and graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.

Ashley Jones is currently the Cybersecurity Advisor for Washington D.C in Region 3 with DHS CISA, responsible for proactively engaging with members of the private and public sector to ensure the nation's critical infrastructure is resilient and protected from cyber-attack. Previously, Ms. Jones has worked at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Department of the Army-Central United States Registry (CUSR), and Federal Student Aid (FSA). In her career, she has served as an Information System Security Manager (ISSM) as well as a subject matter expert (SME) on various cybersecurity topics related to risk management, vulnerability management, assessments and authorizations and cyber policy. Ms. Jones currently holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in Management Information Systems with a concentration in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance and possesses the following professional industry certifications: Security+ and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

Katerina Sedova most recently served as a Senior Analytical Coordinator in the U.S. Department of State, where she led the Global Engagement Center’s efforts to analyze and expose Russia’s foreign-facing information manipulation, disinformation, and propaganda. She authored and co-authored multiple counter-disinformation reports about Russia’s tactics and narratives, which undermine the U.S. interests overseas. As part of her service, she was detailed to U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, to support the Mission’s analytical efforts to monitor and counter Russia’s disinformation undermining U.S. interests in Ukraine. 

Prior to joining the U.S. Department of State, she served as a research fellow on the CyberAI Project at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) at Georgetown University, where she focused on policy issues at the nexus of emerging technology, cyber and influence operations, and national security. At CSET, she led the line of research and advised U.S. policy makers on how threat actors may leverage artificial intelligence to build disinformation campaigns, publishing a series of reports on the subject. She also co-authored reports on AI-enabled capabilities to generate textual disinformation, on risks and misuses of large language models (LLMs) for disinformation campaigns, and on Chinese-Russian collaboration on AI. Prior to that she served as an advisor on cybersecurity and technology policy issues and drafted key legislation as a TechCongress fellow with the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in the United States Senate. 

Previously, she published research and advised projects on countering malign foreign influence and propaganda for the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence. She started her career at Microsoft, where she led engineering teams in the security, networking and performance components of the internet browsing platform. She was named as an inventor on multiple patents awarded to Microsoft. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from California State University and an M.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. She speaks Ukrainian and Russian.

Dr. Christian Dameff is an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine, Biomedical Informatics, and Computer Science (affiliate) at the University of California San Diego. He serves as the nation’s first Medical Director of Cybersecurity at UC San Diego Health and is the co-director of the UC San Diego Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity (CHC). He is also the co-principal investigator of the Healthcare Ransomware Resiliency and Response Program (H-R3P) for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).

As a hacker and security researcher, Dr. Dameff focuses on the intersection of healthcare, patient safety, and cybersecurity. His published research includes topics such as hacking 911 systems, HL7 messaging vulnerabilities, and malware in healthcare systems.

Dr. Unruh serves as the Director of Education and Training at the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health. She has previously worked as an epidemiologist and infection preventionist at PeaceHealth hospital and volunteered as a firefighter with Lane Fire Authority in Eugene, Oregon. She completed her medical degree at Oregon Health and Science University, followed by residency in emergency medicine from Cook County Health in Chicago, Illinois. During her residency, she was competitively elected to serve as chief resident. Dr. Unruh also completed a fellowship in Disaster and Operational Medicine at George Washington University. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in honors biology from the University of Oregon and a Master in Public Health in epidemiology from Columbia University.