Laura Ehrmantraut

About

I graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelor's in Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and Criminal Justice. I would love to work in emergency management, but I am open to anything that may come my way. I am determined and hardworking and I love connecting and getting to know and understand people. I enjoy working with my hands and am a visual and tactile learner. I am not afraid to ask questions and receive and learn from feedback.

Experience

Softtek

May 2022 – Dec 2022

Crisis Readiness Specialist, Emergency Management Specialist

Assisted the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) in editing and updating Natural Disaster Recovery Plan for new leadership takeover, contact information, and communication Within the Crisis Readiness Project, researched and developed sector-specific interview questions based on emergency plans and the Business Impact Analysis/Business Process Analysis Analyzed and identified trends in interview transcriptions and created knowledge snapshots of emergency management shortfalls and organizational issues with recommended options and solutions Assisted in the development of a FDIC workshop/tabletop involving crisis scenarios, a mock bank crisis, and inquiries on current steady state and future state, exercises, and gathering and storing information Assisted the COVID-19 Situational Awareness Project researching and identifying various masking policies/protocols, facility safety, and business operations for the COVID-19 Return to Office Plan (RTO): Phase 3 Developed a Word document on researched and compiled updated OSHA masking policies for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) 18 offices

City of Fairfax Emergency Management

Feb 2021 – Apr 2022

Emergency Management Analyst (Intern)

Researched and developed the city’s first Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) chart for government/public services in an epidemic Reviewed and edited the city’s Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) final draft resulting in an updated 2021 EOP, instructing citizens on how to protect themselves and their property Published an article in the Domestic Preparedness Journal – Ehrmantraut, L. A. (2021). Understand the Terrorist, Preempt the Threat. Domestic Preparedness Journal, p. 19. Retrieved from www.domesticpreparedness.com/journals/april-2021/

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps

Feb 2018 – Nov 2018

Vehicle, Safety, Tools Representative

Assisted in the development of pre-and post-project briefing presentations and After-Action Reports Allocated, organized, and inventoried emergency supplies and equipment for FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) and Community Recovery Centers (CRC) Embedded in the Health and Social Services Sector, conducted administrative work, data entry, trend identification, and meeting coordination for FEMA Continuous Improvement Program (CIP) in the Guaynabo, Puerto Rico’s (GPR) Joint Recovery Office as a part of DR-4339 (major disaster declaration) Utilizing Survey123, assisted Lean Six Sigma Subject Matter Expert in developing field surveys for property destruction Partnered with the American Red Cross, FEMA, and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, conducted building surveys and gathered qualitative and quantitative data to update the Red Cross database for the Disaster Shelter 2020 Project, enabling Montana’s local emergency managers to provide to the general public designated disaster/emergency shelters Communicated with stakeholders, directors, and entities as a liaison for my team, and coordinated with representatives of the state Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in FEMA Region VIII Denver to provide team activity progress/updates

Education

Virginia Commonwealth University

Aug 2016 – May 2021

Bachelor's, Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Criminal Justice

Skills