Ana-Marie Jones
Executive Director, CARD - Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters

Before joining CARD in April 2000, for three years Ms. Jones worked for the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services Coastal Region on projects supporting community organizations and people with special needs. She was also the acting Executive Director of the Northern California Disaster Preparedness Network, a 5-year funding initiative dedicated to creating emergency preparedness and response resources for vulnerable and underserved communities.

Ms. Jones works with numerous preparedness stakeholders to address preparedness, response, recovery, evacuation, funding, and the full sustainable inclusion of people with special needs. She is Chair of the Nonprofit Roundtable for the Oakland Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Working Group on Citizen Engagement in Health Emergency Planning, an initiative of the UPMC Center for Biosecurity. She has been a panel member, guest lecturer and keynote presenter for many diverse entities including: Harvard School of Public Health, RAND Corporation, Yale University School of Public Health, Department of Homeland Security, Public Health – Seattle & King County Advanced Practice Center, Office of Minority Health and the CDC.

In November 2003 and in January 2005, at the request of the Japanese Central Government and Japanese research institutes, Ms. Jones toured Tokyo and Kobe sharing an alternative approach to disaster preparedness (use no fear – Prepare to Prosper!) with government, emergency management, university and nonprofit leaders. In March 2005, she joined the faculty of UC Berkeley Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness as a guest lecturer.

Ana-Marie Jones is committed to ending the use of fear, as a way to “motivate” preparedness actions. She a passionate advocate for ending America’s disaster victim cycle and for building disaster resilient communities, where even the most vulnerable members will survive, thrive and prosper!