John B. Copenhaver
Chief Executive Officer, DRI International

John is the President & Chief Executive Officer of Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII), and the President of the Board of the Global Partnership for Preparedness. John has 20 years of leadership experience in general management, emergency management and strategic planning for both government and business. Until 2004, John was Senior Vice President, Risk Consulting for Marsh Inc. He was appointed by the President of the United States as Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IV where he served for four years and directed the United States’ largest natural disaster recovery. He was Chief Executive Officer of Contingency Management Group, a consultancy, where his clients often included foreign nations. John was involved with IBM’s Global Crisis Response Team and managed Bell South’s Business Continuity Services. Earlier in his career he held management positions at BellSouth Corporation and AT&T. He is a frequent speaker on Emergency Management, Disaster Preparedness and Recovery. In addition to being on the Board of DRI International he is on the Board of Visitors for the University of Georgia School of Law and is a Principal of The Council for Excellence in Government. John maintains his license to practice law and received his BS in Geological Sciences from Brown University and his JD from the University of Georgia School of Law.