The Northern California Chapter of the Association of Continuity Professionals welcomes you!
A message from our chapter president:
Dear Members and Potential Members,
Welcome to Summer! Are you enjoying the longer days of summer? Hopefully, you are taking time for yourself and enjoying a little break this season.
The chapter has undergone a little change, the name transitioned from the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter to the Northern California Chapter, which was changed voted in by our current board in the April 2025 chapter board meeting and approved by the National ACP Chair, Mike Gifford. The chapter board believes this new chapter name is more fitting and representative of the current active chapter members. We hope you embrace the change as we did.
As mentioned in the spring welcome message, we launched an Exercise theme, and had some great lessons and discussions among our members. The chapter planned two - three virtual chapter gatherings and one in-person meeting over this summer. Please review below for our up coming chapter meetings.
Thank you for your continued membership to our local chapter.
The chapter board looks forward to seeing you online or in-person this year!
Connect with us via Slack or LinkedIn!
Best wishes,
Lissette Carrillo
Chapter President
Upcoming chapter meetings Aug 2025 Wednesday, 08/27/2025 - Partnership with California Earthquake Alliance Oct 2025 Wednesday, 10/8/2025 Health Walk & Networking in San Francisco |
Provided by Cal OES a PDF resource for Southern California Wildfires Resources for Californians impacted by Los Angeles Fires
Earning Continuing Education Units
There are a number of ways to earn continuing education units (CEUs) through ACP, which help you maintain your certifications. Some of the common ones include:
Please refer to your certifying organizations for specific details about what counts as CEUs and how they should be counted.
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ACP National Resources
In addition to benefits from being part of the Northern California ACP Chapter, members also have access to resources at the national level.
Traveling outside the Bay Area? See if there is a chapter where you are headed: ACP Chapters
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Online Articles & Reports
Articles Submitted by Our Membership
Emerging Risks (published by AIRMIC & Marsh): This guide has a focus on emerging risks with an objective of providing support to the risk professional. The guide addresses the changing external and internal business context and the impact this has on business transformation and the speed of decision making and agility.
Rise of the Machines: Transforming Cybersecurity Strategy for the Age of IoT (published by Forescout): In this report, smart building is used as a case study of a network where legacy OT assets (such as programmable logic controllers), IT systems (such as workstations) and IoT devices (such as IP cameras and smart lights) share the same network
Industry Resources
Northern California |
The Northern California ACP Chapter serves the continuity professionals of the greater Bay Area. Our members come from both the private and public sectors and are involved with disciplines such as business continuity, emergency management, cybersecurity, physical security, and supply chain resiliency.
Our Chapter's Vision Statement: Northern California ACP Chapter - Leading Northern California organization providing opportunities for professionals to connect and grow through an innovative knowledge network to meet the resiliency demands of today and tomorrow.
Lissette Carrillo | Vice President Ray Bonilla |
Chantel Carter |
Karen Lowham |
Programs Director Kate Shimshock |
Nicole Lofgren | Education and Prof. Dev. Director Elizabeth Carter | Membership Coordinator Michelle Killion |
past events
2025
July 2025 Learning & Libations: Everything Tabletops and Functional Exercises
June 2025 Speaker topic: How Not to Conduct a Tabletop Exercise
May 2025 Member and guest Spring happy hour, networking, and health walk at San Francisco, Salesforce Park
April 2025 Speaker topic: Critical Infrastructure Vulnerabilities and their Implications for BCM
February 2025 Annual Chapter Updates, virtual networking
2024 December Annual membership luncheon and Warm Coat Donation Drive
2024 October Cyber Crime Trends from the Eyes of FBI and Impacts on Resiliency
2024 August Collaboration with SF Earthquake Alliance
2024 June Learning & Libations: Legal Pitfalls in Crisis Management
2024 May Learning & Libations: Saving time with AI (artificial intelligence)!
2024 April Learning & Libations: Disruptive Event Management membership discussion