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CEO / Chairman
Shirley Runnels
Telephone: 214 932 8307

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Shirley Runnels, MBCP, has been very active in her local North Texas Chapter of ACP since 1997. She has served as President, Director of Member Communications, two terms as Treasurer, Vice President and /Secretary.
Shirley has served on the Corporate Board of ACP since 2004 in the posiitons of Director of Member Services and Treasurer. She has chaired and served on several committees for the Corporate Board.
She has been recognized as "key note" speaker for an IT organization and for "dedicated service" to the Corporate Board as receiving the MVP Award for 2007. |
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BAO / Recording Secretary
David Graves
Telephone: 805 520 5071

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David Graves, MS, CBCP has been actively involved with Business Continuity Management and Disaster Recovery Planning in Southern California for the past 13 years. Currently, David is a member of the Resilience Planning Team at Bank of America.
David has been involved with ACP since 2004 when he joined the Los Angeles Chapter. David has served as the Director of Membership for two years and received the MVP Award in 2005. David was elected Chapter President in 2006. David served 2 years as the Chair for the ACP Presidents Council. David has been active locally in promoting the Open for Business program at seminars and workshops to small and medium size businesses in the greater Los Angeles area. |
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CFO / Treasurer
Linda Vos
Telephone: 973 906 3517

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Linda Vos, CBCP, is an IT professional with 20 of her
27 year career with a Fortune 500 firm, engaged in various aspects of corporate and organizational
continuity & recovery. She served as liaison to the company-wide Business Continuity Office and Infrastructure
Technology groups: accountable for best practices, operational efficiencies, controls and compliance.
Linda's a charter member, 2nd-term Membership Director of the 2005 Eagle Award winning
Garden State Chapter, named 2006 Chapter MVP and an active volunteer with the Parsippany, NJ OEM/RACES &
CERT. In 2006-2007, she's earned CERT instructor certification, FCC-technician license and has completed 40
ARC, EMI/FEMA courses; including Professional Development Series Certificate.
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Director of Member Services
Brian Strong
Telephone: 904 905 0230

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Brian Strong, CBCP, CPP is the Business Continuity Planning Consultant for BlueCross BlueShield of Florida with responsibility for managing the company’s business continuity program. He also serves as a member of the BlueCross BlueShield Association’s Business Continuity Advisory Board. Brian has over 20 years combined experience in corporate security, crises and emergency planning, and business continuity.
Brian is currently the president of the ACP Northeast Florida Chapter where he has served for three years. In this role he is actively involved in promoting a strong public - private emergency planning partnership. He previously served for two years as the Chapter program director and was recognized as the Chapter MVP. |
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Director of Chapter Services
Jim Nowak
Telephone: 713 831 8038
Email: chapters@acp-international.com
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Jim Nowak, CBCP, is a Business Continuity Professional with AIG VALIC, and has worked in business continuity planning since 1992. He has business continuity experience with AIG American General, Dynegy, and Affiliated Computer Services.
Jim is currently the Director of Programs for the ACP South Texas Chapter. Jim has also served as the chapter President, Secretary and Membership Director. |
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Director of Information
Ginnie Stouffer
Telephone: 610 246 9592
Email: info@acp-international.com
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Ginnie Stouffer , MBCP, MBCI, is currently the VP
of Consulting for IDC-Partners a business continuity consulting company in King of Prussia, PA where
she is responsible for the Practices of Business Continuity, Information Technology Management and
Direction (ITM.D.) and Project Management.
Ginnie has been a member of ACP since 2003 and has served as the Liberty Valley Chapter (Philadelphia)
Director of Information for 3 terms. She was awarded the MVP in the Liberty Valley Chapter in 2005 and MVP for the Corporate Board of Directors in 2008. Ginnie is also active as a SEPA VOAD volunteer (Southeastern Pennsylvania Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters); and is a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA); and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). |
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Director of Strategic Alliances
Michelle Cross
Telephone: 617 204 2529
Email: alliances@acp-international.com

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Michelle Cross, ARM, CPE, CBCP, is a member and past president of the ACP Greater Boston Chapter.; She is a Senior Vice President and Senior Risk Consultant with Wells Fargo;Insurance Services, providing consulting services for both employee and asset-based protection.
Michelle has extensive experience working with higher education, K-12, real estate,;manufacturing, chemical operations, healthcare, as well as financial and service entities. Her business continuity expertise includes developing, writing and testing crisis management plans, emergency preparedness procedures and;operational business recovery;plans.
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Director of Public Relations
Laura Mallet
Telephone: 954 383 4031
Email: press@acp-international.com

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Laura Mallet, CBCP has been actively involved in the areas of Information Technology, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity for over twenty five years. Laura recently passed the MBCP exam and is currently Business Continuity Program Manager at ADT Security Services. Previously, Laura was responsible Citrix’s Global Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Program as Citrix’s Business Continuity Program Manager. Prior to Citrix, as a member of All Hands Consulting, Laura was responsible for COOP planning for the two largest cities in Miami Dade County and the largest Broward County jurisdiction.Laura was also responsible for the Disaster Recovery Planning & Service Level Management at Vivendi Universal (Universal Music & Universal Studios) a role which evolved from a Disaster Recovery Management position at Joseph E. Seagram & Sons.
Laura is currently 2009 Vice President and Director Public Relations for ACP SE Florida in addition to her board of directors role as Director of Public Relations for ACP International. Laura is also on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning.
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Ex-Officio
Jim Crosson
Telephone: 610 867 9839

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Jim Crosson, FBCI, MBCP is currently a Lead Member of the Technical Staff with AT&T Labs, responsible for analyzing the mission critical components of AT&T's major customer networks to identify, reduce and manage the risks or impacts associated with network events and external disasters. Jim has 37 years of network experience with AT&T.
Jim served as the CEO/Chairman of ACP for one term and is a Member of the ACP Garden State Chapter. Jim has held many leadership positions in the ACP since joining in 2003 and has helped grow the organization by founding 23 new chapters during his membership. Jim has served as a Member of the DRJ Editorial Advisory Board from 2005 - 2007 and served as a Certification Commissioner on the DRII Certification Commission from 2003 - 2006.
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