Andy Marshall is a Registered Nurse with 15 years of experience in Emergency and Trauma nursing in academic medical centers. He currently serves as the Emergency Preparedness Manager for The University of Kansas Health System, where he oversees numerous healthcare facilities, including an academic Level 1 Trauma Center. The system’s emergency management program supports approximately 25,000 employees and medical staff.

Andy’s first significant experience in healthcare emergency management came during the 2013 Moore, Oklahoma F5 tornado. At the time, he was working in a local pediatric emergency and trauma center, where he played a critical role in the patient care response. This experience, combined with his ongoing work in emergency departments, sparked a deep passion for emergency preparedness. He became actively involved in planning and response efforts for Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI) and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) events.

That passion ultimately led Andy to transition into a formal emergency management role, where he continues to support the health system's preparedness and response capabilities while growing his expertise in healthcare resilience and crisis response.

In addition to his work at the health system, Andy serves as Chair of the Kansas Metro Healthcare Coalition and as Co-Chair of the MARC RHSCC Hospital Committee for the state of Kansas.

Luke Anderson is the Manager of Emergency Preparedness at Northeast Georgia Health System, which consists of 5 hospitals, spread throughout Northeast Georgia. Additionally, since NGMC-Gainesville is the Regional Coordinating Hospital, he’s also the Georgia Region B Healthcare Coalition Coordinator that covers 10 counties and 8-hospitals.

Prior to his current role, he was an emergency management evaluator for the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) in Atlanta where he trained, mentored, evaluated emergency managers throughout the world at commercial nuclear power stations. Additionally, Luke was responsible for leading and managing the INPO Industry Response Center in order to coordinate resources and expertise during a commercial nuclear emergency in north America and abroad.

Prior to INPO, Luke was the Manager of Emergency Preparedness for Xcel Energy in MN and DTE Energy in MI at the Monticello, Prairie Island and Enrico Fermi Nuclear Power Plants.Prior to nuclear power emergency management, Luke worked for Homeland Security & Emergency Management where he was the radiological emergency planner in Minnesota.

Prior to state emergency management, Luke began his career with local emergency management as public health emergency preparedness coordinator in west central MN while splitting his timeas the Asst. Emergency Manager for Pope County (MN). Concurrently, Luke was an EMT for Glacial Ridge Health System in Glenwood, MN for nearly 7-yrs.

Luke has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and received his Emergency Management certification via the state of MN, Dept. of Public Safety in 2008.

Luke resides in north Hall County (Gainesville, GA) and enjoys the peacefulness between Lake Lanier and the foothills to the Smokey Mountains. In his spare time, he enjoys working out, yardwork, his garage and fast cars.

As the system emergency manager for Novant Health in the mid-Atlantic and south, Matthew Merritt supports preparedness to a mix of hazards facing healthcare including weather events such as hurricanes and tornadoes to snow and ice. Matthew’s career has spanned 30+ years in several disciplines: EMS, fire, nursing, trauma program management, and various disaster response teams at the state and federal level. Matthew has a particular passion for the art and science of hazard communication.