MU Emergency Plan Team

Functions and Responsibility

Policy and Direction

  • Mun Choi, President UM System
  • Matthew Martens, Provost & Executive Vice chancellor
  • John Middleton, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief of Staff

Communications Systems and Warning

  • Brian Weimer, Chief of MUPD
  • Ben Canlas, UM Vice President for Information Technology & MU Chief Information Officer

Emergency Management

  • Jerry Jenkins, MU Emergency Management Coordinator

Public Information

  • Christopher Ave, Director of Media Relations and Public Affairs
  • Nicholas Tietsort, Deputy Spokesperson for Public Safety
  • Travis Zimpfer, Deputy Spokesperson of Public Affairs

Damage Assessment and Analysis

  • John Middleton, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief of Staff

Law Enforcement, Safety and Security

  • Brian Weimer, Chief of MUPD

Fire and Rescue

  • Columbia Fire Department

Academic and Business Continuity

  • Mun Choi, President
  • Matthew Martens, Provost & Executive Vice chancellor
  • John Middleton, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief of Staff
  • Angela King Taylor, Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

Hazardous Materials Response

  • Dennis Elmore, Director Environmental Health & Safety

Facilities and Infrastructure

  • John Middleton, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief of Staff

Evacuation and Transportation

  • Brian Weimer, Chief of MUPD

Campus Sheltering

  • Angela King Taylor, Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

Health and Medical

  • Administrator on Duty at University Hospital (AOD)