Douglasville HR Employee Earns Crisis Coordinator Certification

Press release from the City of Douglasville:

Post Date:12/08/2020 9:09 AM

In today’s world, municipalities, counties, government entities, schools, and businesses experience critical incidents that can escalate quickly into crises before leadership is aware and can intervene.

As a result, Georgia Municipal Association (GMA), Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), and Local Government Risk Management Services (LGRMS) worked with CrisisRisk to develop the Crisis Coordinator Certification Program™. The Crisis Coordinator e-learning training and certification have been designed to familiarize a crisis coordinator in each local government entity with the information needed to recognize, identify, alert and support leadership before, during, and after a crisis.

Douglasville's Human Resources Generalist, Dr. Bryan Westfield was selected for the CrisisCoordinator Program and has completed Certification as a Crisis Coordinator. The CrisisCoordinator Certification Program was designed to empower Crisis Coordinators to recognize emerging crisis warning signs and circumstances, to identify the likelihood a circumstance could escalate to a crisis and alert leadership.

"I am honored to have been chosen to serve the City of Douglasville in this capacity", said Bryan Westfield. "I want to be able to provide support to our city leaders should a crisis arise".

Douglasville's Human Resources Director Teaa Allston-Bing said, "Bryan was the obvious choice for this certification on my staff since he is retired from the US Army, handles risk management for the city, and has over 25 years of experience in the leadership and human resources fields".

Dr. Westfield is a Bronze Star recipient from Iraq and Afghanistan, and held a top secret security clearance while serving in the US Army.

This press release was produced by the City of Douglasville. The views expressed here are the author’s own.