What We Do
Empowering local and regional resiliency through cross-sector partnerships and information sharing
Connecting people and organizations to facilitate regional resiliency coordination and planning.
Sharing curated information, tools, and resources via a dynamic distribution list so members can spend their time using information instead of trying to find it.
Serving as a nexus between the sectors to champion cross-sector understanding and collaboration.
The California Resiliency Alliance (CRA) is a 501C(3) non-profit sitting at the nexus between the public and private sectors facilitating cross-sector information sharing and partnerships to empower local and regional resilience.
Membership is open to to professionals with operational or organizational resiliency responsibilities. Our members come from diverse professional fields, span the private, public, and NGO sectors, and have various geographical areas of responsibility.
The CRA’s information sharing spans:
All Hazards: The CRA’s communications span active shooter threats, black sky long term power outages, bomb threats & IEDs, climate change, cyber, dam failure, drought and water shortages, earthquakes, EMP and space weather threats, extreme heat, extremism & terrorism, floods, hurricanes / topical storms, hybrid threats, insider threats, pandemics & infectious diseases, social / civil unrest & riots, tsunamis, vehicle attacks, volcanoes, wildfires, and more.
Other Resilience Topics: In addition to hazard specific information the CRA also shares information on other resilience related topics such as critical infrastructures, economic & long term recovery, emergency communications, foresight, mass evacuations, physical security, and supply chain resilience.
To help align communications with member interests the CRA uses a dynamic distribution list based on member profiles. Once a membership application is accepted you will receive an email to complete a CRA member profile that allows you select your own areas of interest including hazards/threats, infrastructures, and counties. Learn more about how this list works on the CRA’s Dynamic Distribution List Overview Page.
To learn more about joining and fill out an application visit our Join page.
Our Leadership Team
Monika Stoeffl, Executive Director
Monika Stoeffl has over 15 years experience in emergency management and risk analysis, including writing plans, designing table-top and full-scale exercises, conducting trainings, facilitating cross-agency collaboration, and conducting risk analyses. She received her MBA in International Business from Thunderbird School of Global Management with a focus in operational risk management and competitive intelligence.
With a passion for finding connections in complex systems, Monika brings together her diverse backgrounds and experiences in emergency management, business continuity, competitive intelligence, science, anthropology, psychology, project management, and international travel to offer a multi-perspective cross-disciplinary approach to resiliency.
Our Board of Directors
Andrea E. Davis, President and CEO, The Resiliency Initiative (CRA’s Board Chair)
Andrea Davis is a recognized expert in the field of emergency management who has dedicated her career to bridging the silos between public and private sectors to create a united approach when it comes to disaster risk reduction. Ms. Davis has held leadership roles with NGOs (The American Red Cross, Save the Children US), the US Federal Government (FEMA, The Federal Reserve) and for Fortune 500 Companies (Walmart, Disney). With each role, Ms. Davis used her influence to lead global initiatives focused on the importance of making risk informed determinations and engaging all members of the community in the decision-making process. Currently, Ms. Davis is the President and CEO of a Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), The Resiliency Initiative, which she founded out of a passion to serve the whole community before, during, and after an emergency.
Lucas Eckroad, Director of Employee Resilience, The Walt Disney Company (CRA’s Chief Financial Officer)
Lucas Eckroad currently serves as the Director of Employee Resilience for a Fortune 100 Company, responsible for the growth and implementation of both insider risk and employee care & support programs. Prior to this role, he spent 15 years in crisis/emergency management working across all segments; private, public and nonprofit. During that time he led initiatives across all phases of the emergency management life cycle to include; the development and implementation of community driven earthquake preparedness initiatives, serving as the emergency management liaison the school district of a major metropolitan area, responding to federal and state declared disasters and developing plans and exercises for senior level executives.
Marissa Walsh Keaney, Regional Safety & Security Manager, Global Security & Resilience Services, Google (CRA’s Chief Administrative Officer)
Marissa currently works at Google in the San Francisco Bay Area as a Regional Safety & Security Manager responsible for security operations and training/exercises locally as well as emergency planning and risk mitigation programs spanning North America. Previously she led global emergency response programs for Google’s legal compliance team, which provides 24/7 support to law enforcement agencies worldwide for user data requests concerning imminent threat to life investigations (e.g. bomb threats, school shootings, missing persons, suicide prevention, etc). Marissa supported the Google.org Crisis Response team in the 2017 Sonoma County wildfires, managing online content related to mass care shelters on Google/Cal Fire technical maps. Marissa earned her Bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley, her Masters degree from the University of San Francisco, and holds certifications in Crisis Leadership, Homeland Security and Emergency Management from Harvard and UCLA Extension. She volunteers as a mentor for young women pursuing careers in homeland security through the non-profit Girl Security.
Doug Fee, Senior Disaster Program Manager, American Red Cross – California Gold Country Region
Doug has been serving as the Senior Disaster Program Manager for the American Red Cross California Gold Country, serving the 26 most northern counties in California, for the past two and a half years and previously served as the Disaster Program Manager for the American Red Cross of Northwest Ohio for six years prior to moving to California. Before coming to the American Red Cross in 2015, Doug served as a full time firefighter and EMT for multiple jurisdictions in Missouri and along the Gulf Coast. Doug holds Bacehlors Degree in Fire Science and a double Masters Degree from Columbia Southern University – a MS in Emergency Services Management and a Masters in Public Health. Additionally, Doug has served as an instructor for FEMA, predominantly teaching the Incident Command System and Exercise Program and Design.
Erica Agiewich, Director of Global Business Continuity Planning and Emergency Response, Applied Materials
Erica Agiewich joined Applied Materials in 2017 as the director of Global Business Continuity Planning and Emergency Response. She manages a team of business continuity and emergency response professionals as well as a global network of volunteers in over 20 countries. Erica previously held positions in risk and resiliency at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, IntraPoint AS and Cisco Systems. She is a Certified Business Continuity Planner (CBCP) through the Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) and is a member of the Bay Area Recovery Managers Association (BRMA). She holds a BA and MA in International Studies from UC Berkeley and the University of Washington, Seattle, respectively, and an MBA from Santa Clara University.
Fiona Raymond Cox, Principal, Raymond-Cox Consulting
After leading both Marsh and PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Business Continuity practices in San Francisco and Hong Kong, respectively, Fiona founded Raymond-Cox Consulting in 2010, a San Francisco-based, boutique business continuity and emergency planning consulting firm. Fiona is a Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute (FBCI), serves as an Expert on ISO/TC 292, is an accredited ISO 22301 Lead Auditor, and recipient of the BRMA 2020 Award of Excellence. She was President of BRMA from 2017-2019. As a California Disaster Corps member, Fiona was part of the initial intake and trained for the first program of its kind to incorporate disaster-trained volunteers such as Neighborhood Emergency Response Team members into California’s mutual aid system. From 2008 – 2016, she led the Emergency Preparedness Committee for a K-8 grade public school.
Jeffrey Dell, Crisis Management Practice Lead, International SOS
Jeff Dell’s background spans over 30 years of work in corporate security, crisis management, business continuity, disaster recovery, risk mitigation, executive protection, and enterprise resilience with organizations including NortonLifeLock, Bank of America, Interstate Hotels & Resorts. His technical background working at NASA and Bank of America includes supporting technology infrastructure, data centers, system and tool integration, and regulatory compliance.