Courtney Cunningham

Courtney Cunningham is a certified Emergency Manager with extensive experience in public relations and all-hazards emergency response and recovery operations. After completing work with the U.S. Peace Corps in Paraguay, Ms. Cunningham assisted in earthquake recovery operations in Peru in the summer of 2001. Upon her return to the United States, she successfully completed the Emergency Administration Management program at Arkansas Tech University. In June of 2007, Ms. Cunningham moved to Saint Lucia in the West Indies where she worked with the National Emergency Management Organization developing continuity of operations plans for the Government of Saint Lucia.

After assisting with the response and recovery efforts for Hurricane Dean in Saint Lucia, Ms. Cunningham moved to Savannah, GA to develop an external affairs program for the Chatham County Emergency Management Agency. Currently, she works as a Senior Associate for the Lafayette Group in Vienna, VA, where she is responsible for developing and enhancing the quality of emergency management services to government clients.