The Disaster Resistant Business (DRB) Toolkit Workgroup is an IRS certified 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that specializes in developing and implementing tools, education, and training to assist small-to-medium sized businesses and non-profits to become more resilient.
We consist of subject-matter experts from Fortune 100 & 500 businesses, government and non-profits who have improved resiliency in our own organizations and are sharing best practices. During disasters in our communities, we saw a dire need of smaller organizations who lacked resources or perspective that made them more vulnerable to disruption, losses, and closure.
Affected businesses also cause major impacts to the community as well, as we all rely on the smaller companies and non-profits to be operational after a disaster providing their services, products, and support. More prepared businesses help make the whole community more resilient!
In addition, we seek to incorporate feedback provided by users as they create, and utilize materials produced by our organization. We see our Contributors, Collaborators and Clients are all part of our overall partnership efforts to make organizations and communities more resilient. We value all ideas and thoughts. Please send yours to feedback@DRBToolkit.org
The Disaster Resistant Business Toolkit Workgroup (DRBTW) develops educational products to promote disaster-resilient small to mid-sized business and non-profits; advances knowledge & capacity of groups to prepare for, survive & recover from disasters; and provides training.
- Design an easy-to-use process for businesses and organizations with limited resources
- Create user-friendly tools
- Improve economic resiliency of the community, reducing recovery time
- Strengthen partnerships between public and private sectors
We tapped into many years of Business Continuity and Emergency Management expertise from our disaster planning professionals in developing the DRBTW and corresponding tools.
| DRB Toolkit Workgroup | ||
| * Core DRB Partners ++ Board of Directors & Advisory Board | ||
| Ines Pearce*++ (President) | ||
| Jeff Kulawiak++ | Ryan Walker++ | Laurie Willis++ |
| Charles Davis Jr., CBCP* | John Ufford*++ | Linda Walker++ |
| Jim Hubly, CBCP* | Robert Pence | Roseanne Rostron |
| Phil Millard | John Hays | |
As disruptions and experiences grow, we incorporate enhancements based on studies of disasters, Here are some of our key and valued, Contributors, Editors, Reviewers, Testers:
| Robert Allen | Andrea Cohen | Steve Charvat |
| Roger Ditto | Jerry Gardner | Jim Mullen |
| Karla Oman | Joan Scofield | Diane Schurr |
| Tony Sinclair | Leahjo Tietz | |
| Contingency Planners and Recovery Managers (CPARM) | And many others who provide support, feedback, and encouragement. | |
In addition, we seek to incorporate feedback provided by users as they create, and utilize materials produced by our organization. We see our Contributors, Collaborators and Clients are all part of our overall partnership efforts to make organizations and communities more resilient. We value all ideas and thoughts. Please send yours to feedback [at] DRBToolkit.org