Speakers

Margaret Vinci, member of the Caltech seismological laboratory staff since 1993, is the Manager of the Office of Earthquake Programs, communications, education and outreach and is the SoCal Regional Coordinator for the ShakeAlert® Earthquake Early Warning System. She serves as the liaison between academia and critical users of earthquake information. Her principal responsibility is the management of the Caltech Earthquake Research Affiliates Program, a partnership between seismologists and leaders in business, government and emergency response to assess potential risks to life and property due to earthquakes, development of earthquake tools to reduce losses and media interaction. As the SoCal Regional Coordinator of ShakeAlert® Earthquake Early Warning duties include the communication, education and engagement of technical partners and end-users of ShakeAlert for public alerts and automated actions to reduce injuries and damage to infrastructures due to earthquakes.

Founding member of Earthquake Country Alliance and the committee that created the Great California ShakeOut in 2008. Provides earthquake science and emergency preparedness workshops, trainings and presentations to empower residents, employees and businesses to be self-sufficient when disaster strikes and serves as one of the Earthquake Country Alliance SoCal Regional Chair to promote earthquake resiliency.