Speakers

Azell Carter is not your average emergency manager. He’s an award winning and forward-thinking strategist with over 17 years of experience navigating the high-stakes world of municipal emergency response and forensic science. Currently serving as the Vice-President for IAEM-USA Region 6 and the Emergency Management Coordinator for the City of Pasadena, Texas, he has built a career on turning complex challenges into opportunities for innovation. Azell is not just focused on today’s emergencies, he is looking ahead. Passionate about modernizing emergency management, he is exploring how emerging technologies, data-driven decision-making, and cross-sector collaboration can reshape the field for a more resilient future. Whether it’s building coalitions with industry partners or designing smarter systems for local government, Azell is on a mission to make emergency management not just reactive but revolutionary.