PNWER Profile
Each State
House
HouseRepublican
Republican
Caucus
Caucus
House Democrat
Caucus
Senate
Senate Republican
Republican
Caucus
Caucus
PNWER Organization
1 Executive Committee
Member
Senate
Senate Democrat
Democrat
Caucus
Caucus
Each Province
Executive Committee
• 8 Legislators
• 8 Private Sector Members
• Governors/Premiers (or
designee)
• PNWER Executive Director
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Private Sector
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4 MLAs
4 Board
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1 Executive Committee
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1 Executive Committee
Member from each
state/province
Private Sector Partners
Other PNWER Partners
Border Policy Research Institute
University of Lethbridge
Hudson Institute
Business Council of BC
Canadian American Business Council
Woodrow Wilson Center
Carleton University
AK, WA, OR, ID, MT, BC, AB, SK Emergency
Management
BC Innovation Council
Idaho National Lab
Cascadia – Discovery Institute
Canadian American Border Trade Alliance
Association of WA Businesses
US Dept. of Energy
Asia Pacific Foundation
Border Policy Research Institute
Argonne National Lab
Pacific Northwest National Lab
Energy Council
US Dept. of Homeland Security
Applied Science Technologists & Technicians
of BC
APEGG BC & Alberta
Western Economic Diversification Canada
Human Resources Social Development
Canada
Center for Canadian Studies
Institute of Health Economics
US/Canadian Consulate General
National Conf. of State Legislatures
Idaho Farm Bureau
United Way
University of WA
Agriculture
Border Issues
Energy
Environment
Health Care
Forestry
Invasive Species
High-Tech
Disaster
Resilience
Sustainable
Development
Tourism
Trade
Transportation
Workforce
Development
• Industry Co-Chair, and Government Co-Chair
• Issues driven by Work Groups – some initiated
by private sector, some by public
• Detailed vetting process to develop work plan
for Working Group
• Action Plan decentralized by Working Group
leadership
Bi-National Energy Planning
Initially funded by US Dept of Energy
Led by PNWER Legislative Energy Chair Task Force
Working regionally to develop solutions to future
energy demand and transmission congestion
Integrated Resource Planning for the Bi-National
PNWER Region
Legislative Energy Institute – Training for Legislators
Competitiveness and Border Security
Global markets demand that US/Canada border be
much smarter and more efficient
PNWER has programs to develop stakeholder designed
pilots for common sense solutions to business and
trade impediments
Enhanced Drivers License
o PROJECT EXAMPLE: Washington State and DHS
developed an enhanced driver’s license for use as
personal identification for border crossings.
HOW DISASTERS SEE US
SAMPLE PROJECTS
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Activities/projects are grant funded
www.firsttosee.org social media system
Regional Maritime Recovery Exercises
City of Seattle and Snohomish County
Recovery planning
• Cybersecurity planning and exercises
• Assisting with the marketing of FirstNet in
Washington State
• Regional maritime cybersecurity resilience
planning
OUR 21ST CENTURY SITUATION
• Each organization focused on their
individual mission and territory.
• A very efficient system of systems that
functions well on a day-to-day basis, but
is increasingly vulnerable to disruptions
due to a host of natural and
technological hazards that create
vulnerabilities.
• We are becoming less resilient!!
YOUR WORLD VIEW
• Me, my, I
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• We
THE FORMULA TO FIX THE SITUATION
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Establish relationships
Share information
Collaborate
Plan together
Build trust
ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS
• Between people
• Between organizations
• Public, private, nonprofit, media
o Find the areas of common interest
• Cyber, health, etc.
• Transportation and other infrastructures
• Joint conferences,
• Build corridors, not walls
SHARE INFORMATION
• It all starts here
• What do you know that you can share?
• Who else might need to have this
information?
• First a network of peers
• Then a network outside of the norm
• Outside of your state or province
• What you give is what you get
COLLABORATE
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Inform
Coordinate
Partner
Collaborate
Collaborate with the enemy!
PLAN
• Planning is critical to developing
relationships
• Response, recovery, special hazard: e.g.
cyber
• Cyclical
• Eliminate the “Silos of Excellence”
TRUST
• This is the ultimate goal
• With trust comes a whole host of
possibilities
CHALLENGES TODAY
• Federal funds are drying up
• A significant turnover in people
• Emergency manager’s curse
• Operating in a low trust environment
• Lack of appreciation for the “soft skills”
and time it takes to do this work
• Bosses don’t always understand
• Someone must stand up and lead!
CONTACT
Eric Holdeman
Director, Center for Regional Disaster
Resilience (CRDR)
www.pnwer.org
www.regionalresilience.org
Eric.Holdeman@pnwer.org
253-376-6683