Board of Directors
President – Lisa Orloff
Founder & Chair President, Resiliency Advisors LLC
Lisa C. Orloff is a thought leader in disaster management specializing in spontaneous volunteer management, community engagement and emotional resiliency. Orloff has nearly two decades of experience in the field and in the classroom. She is the founder of World Cares Center, the not for profit, voluntary organization she spearheaded post September 11, 2001 and the President of Resiliency Advisors, a consulting firm. She has authored Managing Spontaneous Community Volunteers in Disasters used in the field and in the classroom. Orloff has developed curriculum for the Pratt University Graduate program Facilities and Construction Management and contributes to the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Fire Safety and Disaster Management Program.
Orloff has been called up by the Department of Defense, the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health, multiple Offices of Emergency Management as well as grassroots groups as an advisor. Orloff is an executive trainer providing services to organizations including Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, the American Biological Safety Association, the Sri Lankan Department of Emergency Measures and Salud, Puerto Rico’s Department of Health. Orloff is the deployment lead responding to numerous disasters globally from the 9-11-2001 relief effort to the Haitian Earthquake, Hurricane Irene and Super Storm Sandy and Hurricanes Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. She is the recipient of the Mayor’s Voluntary Action Award for her relief work in and around Ground Zero and letters of commendation from the Department of Defense and the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, Hope Worldwide, The Martin Luther King Human Rights Lifetime Achievement Award from Power Chaplain State of New York and a citation from the Brooklyn Borough President for her commitment to the local residents and community. In her spare time Orloff is a Firefighter at the Eastport Fire Department.
Treasurer – John Trottman
Captain, Fort Meade Fire Department
John Trottman grew up on Northern Virginia just outside of Washington, D.C. When he was 16 he joined the local volunteer fire department and rose through the ranks of Assistant Chief. In 1995, John was hired as a federal fire fighter in Warrenton Virginia. In 2000, he became a fire fighter at Fort Meade, Md.
In March, 2001, the Army implemented a program in the National Capital Region to create Critical Incident Stress Management Teams that would respond to incidents on military installations. John received training in Community Crisis Response, Critical Incident Stress Management, Suicide Intervention, Peer Support, Line of Duty Deaths, and Mental Health Response to WMD Incidents. John joined the National Organization for Victims Assistance (NOVA) and participated in several crisis responses in the D.C. metropolitan area following 9-11. Additionally, he responded to Florida after Hurricane Francis and remained there during Hurricane Jean. He also responded to the Mississippi Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina, where he served as regional coordinator for NOVA’s crisis response teams.
In March, 2002, John met Lisa Orloff and offered his assistance to September Space, the World Cares Center (WCC) community center for first responders, victims, and survivors of 9-11. He participated in numerous activities and events with the organization as a crisis counselor. As the need for September Space decreased, John took on a more advisory role with WCC and helped develop and evaluate WCC’s Leading and Managing Volunteers in Disasters program. John has co-facilitated this program across the United States and internationally to CERT teams, emergency responders, and OEM managers. He also sits on the Atlantic Center for Occupational Safety and Health Training Advisory Board as a representative of WCC and provides guidance on the dangers of hazardous waste to the disaster volunteer. John responded with WCC to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria and provided training to its citizens. John is currently a member of World Cares Center’s Executive Board.
John currently serves as the Prevention Chief for the Fort Meade Fire and Emergency Services Department. He is nationally certified as a Fire Protection Specialist, Fire Officer IV, and Fire Instructor III. He has an Associates of Sciences degree in Fire Science Administration.
Secretary – David Fischer
Partner, Loeb and Loeb, LLP
David Fischer represents public and private companies in a diverse range of corporate and capital markets transactions. His broad experience includes public and private securities offerings, derivative securities transactions, corporate governance and public company compliance, mergers and acquisitions, technology transfer transactions, and licensing agreements. David also assists clients with research and development, cryptocurrency offerings, business and fund formations, executive employment agreements, and employee equity plans.
David’s clients have included companies on all major U.S. securities exchanges. He has also worked with private firms in a variety of business sectors, including SaaS, investment and investment advisory services, semiconductors, television broadcasting, retail, sports, commodities, management consulting, and insurance brokerage. In addition, he has represented a foreign government in its high-tech R&D and off-the-shelf defense procurements.
David also regularly gives pro bono advice to World Cares Center, which provides training and management of civilian volunteers in disaster remediation.
Robert Fucito
Fannie Mae, VP, Center of Excellence – Enterprise Resiliency, Physical Security and Crisis Manager
For almost 40 years, Robert Fucito has led business and technology resiliency, crisis management, and physical security programs for some of the world’s most influential financial institutions including BNP Paribas, J.P. Morgan, and Fannie Mae.
Fucito successfully led crisis response and recovery efforts for several major disasters, including 9/11, the 2003 northeast blackout, the 2011 earthquake in Japan, Super Storm Sandy in 2012, and violent protests in Bangalore, India in 2016.
Throughout his career, Fucito has demonstrated his passion to make a difference for those in need. In partnership with Ready New York, a program with the New York City Office of Emergency Management, he created a corporate volunteer emergency response team and funded the training of a separate community emergency response team. Fucito co-led an intense four-month rebuilding effort in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, during which his teams rebuilt fire houses, a school, and single-family homes. In collaboration with the owner of Continuity Insights, he established an annual post-conference community service workshop called Continuity Cares. Over more than 15 years, Fucito has volunteered time and efforts to support World Cares Center.
He has served as the NYC Chapter Chair and Vice Chair on the Executive Board of the Contingency Planning Exchange, is a member of the Business Resiliency and General Threats Committees for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and has been recently named as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Continuity Insights. Fucito speaks at conferences across the country to help further the knowledge of continuity professionals.
Dean B. Angelakos
Executive Director, Greater NY, LECET (Laborers- Employers Cooperation and Education Trust Fund
Dean has over 30 years of experience in the public, private, industry advocacy and union sectors, with a focus on business development thru strengthening and maintaining stakeholder relations, in policy and legislative analysis, and in developing community outreach.
Throughout his career, he has assumed varied roles while working for New York State and New York City. His work with city and state offices has included positions with both the City and State Comptrollers, the New York City Deputy Mayor for Finance and Economic Development, the New York City Council, and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. His private career includes time with several global engineering firms. Through his career, Mr. Angelakos has built long-lasting, professional relationships with the building trades and within the construction and design industries.
He also has been active for decades in industry, civic, philanthropic and educational boards and task forces.
Dean is a graduate of Stuyvesant H.S. and Cornell University. He is married to Helen Angelakos, a Global Human Resource professional, and their son Stephen recently graduated from Vanderbilt University and is attending Veterinary school.
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