Pete Lofy, MS
Adjunct Professor for Emergency Preparedness/Management – DPH Academic Coordinator
PLofy2@uccs.edu
Pete Lofy has over 23 years of experience in strategic planning, operations, training and exercises in the field of
Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear (CBRN) and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) preparedness. He
also has extensive experience as a researcher and assistant professor in the field of Physical/Analytical Chemistry. He is
well published both as a military leader and an academic. Pete has recently been a part of a staff that monitors the
Department of Defense’s CBRN Response Enterprise and worked extensively with military and civilian partners to
establish mechanisms for getting CBRN response forces to disasters both inside and outside of the United States. He
has worked extensively with the Department of Homeland Defense (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) to develop strategies to mitigate the effects of a CBRN attack on the civilian populace.
Lisa Powell, MPS, TLO, MEP
Adjunct Professor for Emergency Preparedness/Management
LPowell3@uccs.edu
Lisa Powell has been working in the public health field for the past twenty-five years. Her background includes extensive
fieldwork with Hepatitis C and HIV patients and she began her emergency preparedness career as the field epidemiologist
for the south central region of Colorado.
Working closely with many community partners, she has been intensely involved in public health emergency planning and
exercises, specifically with mass prophylaxis planning and pandemic flu readiness. She provides leadership in the
planning, design, and evaluation of emergency preparedness seminars, workshops, exercises, and drills to increase and
support the capacity of a region-wide emergency response. She has been recognized by the Emergency Management
Institute as a Master Exercise Practitioner.
Lisa was a member of the incident command team for the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Outbreak. She was the ESF 8
lead in the Emergency Operation Center for the Waldo Canyon Fire 2012, the Black Forest Fire 2013, and the Colorado
Floods 2013. She has participated in numerous emergency operations events for both exercises and real world events.
She is certified as a Terrorism Liaison Officer for the Colorado Office of Preparedness and Security and is a CAP
instructor for the Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL).
She serves at the National level on the Incident Management Workgroup for NACCHO (National Association of City and
County Health Officials) and is currently a national plan reviewer for Project Public Health Ready. Lisa’s professional
affiliations include:
 International Association of Emergency Managers
 Colorado Public Health Association
 National Association of City and County Health Officials
James W. Terbush, MD, MPH
Adjunct Professor for Emergency Preparedness/Management
jterbush@uccs.edu
Major Areas of Expertise:
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Health critical infrastructure, domestic disaster preparedness and response, international humanitarian assistance
Federal healthcare systems, disaster public health education strategies, innovative medical developments and
Interagency cooperation
Public health, primary care, preventive and military operational medicine
Summary of Career Accomplishments:
James Terbush MD MPH is a Senior Partner with Martin, Blanck & Associates and joined the firm in April 2014.
From 2006 to 2009, Captain Terbush USN, served as Command Surgeon to North American Aerospace Defense
Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM). In this role, he served as the Medical Advisor to the
Commander and was responsible for the integration of Department of Defense medical assets internally and with other
agencies in support of military response to civilian disasters combating terrorism and protecting Americans.
From 2009-2011, Dr. Terbush served as the Fleet Surgeon for Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command. He
was deployed forward to Port au Prince in response to the devastating earthquake disaster in Haiti, integrating DOD
medical capabilities into the overall International response.
Dr. Terbush’s final assignment before retiring from military service was with the Science and Technology Directorate at
NORAD and USNORTHCOM where he served as the lead for medical innovations.
Additional Qualifications:
In more than 30 years of Government service Dr. Terbush was the physician to U.S. personnel in more than 80 countries.
He is published in scientific journals on; Influenza and Air Travel, Mass Fatalities Management and Public Health
Consequences of a Cyber Attack. Dr. Terbush currently serves on multiple boards of directors; Public Health for El Paso
County Colorado, Peak Military Care Network (veterans affairs), graduate medical education (Univ. of Colorado), and
disaster medicine. He is also an advisor to the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine Forum on Disaster and
Public health and is the Past President of the American Academy of Disaster Medicine.
Dr. Terbush received his MD degree from the University of Colorado and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of
California, Los Angeles.
Christopher R. Brown, LLM, JD, MSS, BA
Adjunct Professor for Emergency Preparedness/Management
cbrown22@uccs.edu
Chris Brown is an Operations Law Attorney in the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, North American Aerospace Defense
Command and United States Northern Command (NORAD and USNORTHCOM), headquartered at Peterson Air Force
Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He serves on active duty as the senior Army National Guard legal advisor to the
commands. He has served as a member of the Alabama Army National Guard/US Army Judge Advocate General’s
(JAG) Corps since 1997. Prior to becoming a Judge Advocate (JA), Chris served as an enlisted photojournalist and
broadcaster from 1987-1997.
During his military service, Chris has served at both the state and federal levels when responding to national disasters.
He served on the faculty at the US Army JAG School from 2006-2010 where he instructed fellow JAs and senior US
Government attorneys and commanders on domestic disaster response authorities and processes, as well as
international and operational law topics. He remains a requested instructor for various Department of Defense (DOD)
disaster response courses.
Since his assignment to USNORTHCOM, he has advised the Staff Judge Advocate and senior staff personnel on
authorities regarding domestic response to such events as Hurricane Irene, Superstorm Sandy, wildland fires,
unaccompanied alien children, and ebola. He also serves as a military legal advisor for pre-planned national level events.
He identifies legal authorities and policy implications in the DOD’s domestic response planning efforts with the various
states, the National Guard Bureau (NGB), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA).