Gender	Male
Industry	Government
Occupation	Media Consultant — Media Impact Training
Location	Sacramento, CA, United States
Links	Wishlist
Introduction	After five years on active duty as Army MI officer with duty stations in West Berlin, Germany and South Vietnam, reported/edited for newspapers and broadcast stations in Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Honolulu. Covered Honolulu city government at Honolulu Advertiser and KGMB-TV. Press secretary, Congressman Cec Heftel, Honolulu and Washington offices, then managed communications, spokesman, Hawaiian Electric Company during Hurricane Iwa and numerous island-wide power blackouts. Launched, produced, hosted Hawaii Public Radio's weekly "Energy Futures" public affairs program 2009-10. Authored books on The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ("Punchbowl" 1982) and on the decline of standard grammar in business and society ("Me and Him Are Killing English!" 2007). Business consultant for 19 years before moving to California in 2012, then public information officer at CA Department of Water Resources during state's five-year drought and the Oroville Spillways emergency in February 2017. After DWR retirement, focused on the recurring issue of wildfire warning failures, an inexcusable consequence of officials' over-reliance on digital channels.
Interests	Improving emergency planning and execution to ensure effective delivery of wildfire warnings is a special project: http://YourChore.blogspot.com

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