Article Out Loud – Reducing the Community’s Risk – One Grant at a Time

Anthony S. Mangeri, MPA, CPM, CEM, is a professor of disaster sciences and emergency management as well as the chief operating officer and principal at the Mangeri Group, LLC.  He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses focused on public safety leadership, emergency management, and business continuity.  Anthony has over 40 years of emergency management and homeland security experience. He served as a town manager, where he navigated the community through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and was responsible for its administration and operations. He also oversaw local emergency preparedness and disaster recovery operations, and he played a key role in the establishment of a municipal police department. Anthony served as the New Jersey state hazard mitigation officer for over a decade. During the response and recovery to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he was the operations chief at the New Jersey Emergency Operations Center, where he coordinated the state’s response efforts. Beyond his professional achievements, Anthony has spent over 35 years as a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician. He holds a master of public administration from Rutgers University and has completed a fellowship in public health leadership in emergency response and is a certified professional coach. He is a member of the board of governors of the InfraGard Philadelphia Members Alliance and is the immediate past president of the International Association of Emergency Managers’ (IAEM) Region 2.