Our next Athens Area SHRM meeting will be on Tuesday, September 9th, at the Athens Country Club. The Athens Country Club is located at

The program will be "Plan, Prepare, React: Active Shooter Response Options" and be delivered by Pete Golden, Emergency Operations Coordinator @ University of Georgia.

Networking will begin at 5:30pm followed promptly by dinner at 6:00 pm and then our program.

Please register by Friday September 5^th so that we can have an accurate count of attendees.

Additional program information:

"Plan, Prepare, React: Active Shooter Response Options"

An active shooter is defined as an armed person who has used deadly force on people and continues to do so while having unrestricted access to additional victims. Although active shooter incidents are rare events, the shootings which occurred on the Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University campuses demonstrate that schools and employers in general should be ready for any type of emergency. This training program, which includes a 15-minute video and a training scenario, was developed on the UGA campus to be a resource for all 35 University System of Georgia institutions. The goal of this program is to provide emergency response options in an active shooter situation.

Speaker Bio -

Pete Golden joined the UGA Office of Emergency Preparedness on December 3, 2007, as the Emergency Operations Coordinator. Pete is the UGA Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordinator, National Incident Management System (NIMS) Coordinator and assists in the overall emergency planning and training for the campus.

Pete graduated from Augusta State University with a degree in Sociology and Criminal Justice. Pete also holds a Certified Emergency Manager certification through the State of Georgia and is an instructor with the Georgia Peace Officers’ Standards and Training (POST) Council.

Pete comes to the University from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency where he served as an Area School Safety Coordinator for Northeast Georgia. Previous experience included serving as a patrol sergeant at Georgia College and State University and as a deputy in Richmond Co. where he worked on the road patrol, traffic division and prior to leaving was the DARE Officer.

This event has been submitted for HRCI credits and is pending approval.