Brandon Robbins
Fenton
Summary
Experienced emergency management and business continuity professional with over 20 years in developing resilience programs and enhancing organizational preparedness. Proven expertise in building stakeholder relationships and delivering practical solutions to complex challenges. Committed to fostering collaboration and empowering teams to achieve their best work while strengthening organizational resilience.
Overview
1
1
Certification
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Adjunct Faculty Member
St. Louis University
08.2019 - Current
- Developed multiple undergraduate and graduate courses integrating emergency management, organizational resilience, business continuity, and enterprise risk management.
- Designed curriculum utilizing real-world disasters, cyber incidents, case studies, and experiential learning to bridge academic theory and professional practice.
- Guided students in emergency management, business continuity, homeland security, and organizational resilience, enhancing their career readiness.
- Earned a median student evaluation score of 4.0/4.0 while consistently receiving positive feedback for engaging instruction and practical application.
- Took on additional course responsibilities during faculty transitions, maintaining instructional continuity and supporting student achievement.
Senior Program Manager, WashU Continuity
Washington University in St. Louis
08.2017 - Current
- Increased continuity planning participation across key university units from approximately 35% to more than 85% by redesigning the planning process into a phased, capability-based framework.
- Developed the University's proposed Business Continuity Policy following an Internal Audit review, establishing governance, accountability, and enterprise planning expectations.
- Designed and implemented quantitative Hazard Vulnerability Analysis methodology to enhance institutional risk prioritization based on probability, operational impact, readiness, and vulnerabilities.
- Led development of enterprise continuity planning methodologies now utilized across schools, administrative units, and research organizations.
- Partnered with Information Security and University IT to align Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Cybersecurity preparedness initiatives.
- Served on enterprise steering committees supporting Critical Application Identification, Disaster Recovery modernization, ransomware preparedness, and continuity governance.
- Introduced AI-assisted continuity planning methodologies that significantly reduced planning effort while increasing stakeholder participation and plan quality.
- Cultivated partnerships with executive leadership, deans, department directors, clinical leaders, and administrative units, strengthening collaboration and ensuring alignment on continuity planning objectives.
- Frequently selected to represent Emergency Management in enterprise strategic initiatives because of expertise in organizational resilience and cross-functional collaboration.
Education
Master of Science - Safety Management
Indiana University, Bloomington
Bloomington, IN12-2010
Bachelor of Science - Economics
University of Southern Indiana
Evansville, IN05-2007
Skills
- Executive communication
- Public speaking and presentations
- Strategic thinking
- Complex topic translation
- Stakeholder consensus
- Customer-focused leadership
- Coaching and mentoring
- Relationship building
- Adaptability
- Organizational resilience
- Program design and implementation
- Systems thinking
- Innovation and continuous improvement
Certification
- Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP)
- Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)
- Adaptive Business Continuity Foundations (cABCF)
Timeline
Adjunct Faculty Member
St. Louis University
08.2019 - Current
Senior Program Manager, WashU Continuity
Washington University in St. Louis
08.2017 - Current
Master of Science - Safety Management
Indiana University, Bloomington
Bachelor of Science - Economics
University of Southern Indiana