Background

Education:

Completed Ph.D. coursework(ABD) in Crisis, Disaster and Risk Mgmt,Sungkyunkwan University(South Korea)

Master of Public Administration(Concentration: Health Administration), Grand Valley State University(MI, USA)

Bachelors of Business Administration / English Language and Literature, Yeungnam University(South Korea)

Professional Affiliations:

Member, Healthcare Financial Management Association, United States of America

Member, Government Finance Officers Association, United States of America

Commissioner, International Association of Emergency Managers, United States of America

Former Board Member, Korean Connection(NPO), United States of America

Award:

     Outstanding Academic Abstract/Paper award of 2022, The Korean Society of Disaster Information

     IAEM Scholarship Awardee 2022-2023, International Association of Emergency Managers

     Excellence in Practice Teaching Award, Yeungnam University

     Outstanding Leadership Award, Hoedang Educational Foundation

     Exceptional Contribution Award, Daegu Metropolitan City Council

Publication(ORCID):

Kasdan, D.O., Son, Y. & Lee, H. The number of natural disasters is zero: commentary to “is the number of global natural disasters increasing?”. Natural Hazards (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07245-9 

1) Risk Management Field:

1-1. Certificates / Licenses / Trainings

Completed NDLSF Courses: SALT Mass Casualty Triage Training(Nov.21,2019), eCDLS(Nov.27, 2019), BDLS(Nov.21,2019; March 28, 2023), ADLS(Feb.07,2020; June 29,2023), ADLS-I(Feb.16,2020;  Dec.10, 2021; Sept.29,2024)

     One of three Certified Emergency Managers(CEM) in the Republic of Korea

     Professional Continuity Practitioner(L1), FEMA

     Professional Development Series(PDS), FEMA

     Incident Command Systems Series(IS-100,200,300,400,700,800), FEMA

     Infrastructure Disaster Management, TEEX

FLO-2D Model(flooding simulation software) Advanced Training course, Arizona Floodplain Mgmt. Association

     Six Sigma (GB), ISO26262(Internal Auditor), Theory of Inventive Problem Solving(TRIZ-Basic)

     Certified a Drone Operator, Republic of Korea

1-2. Experience

Scholarship Commissioner, Research Abstract Presentation Evaluator, Renewal Exam item writer, International Association of Emergency Managers(IAEM) since 2024

     Exercise Evaluator, Disaster Fullscale Exercise(SKE), Seoul Metropolitan Government(2025)

     Instructor-Basic Disaster Life Support, Seoul National University Hospital (2025)

     Board Member, Korean Connection (501(c)(3) NPO in Michigan (2020)

     Emergency Preparedness Public Health Intern, Kent County Health Department, Michigan (2019)

     HR Intern, Mercy Health, Michigan (2019)

     Staff Sergeant, Republic of Korea Air Forces (2014) 

2) Educator / Research Fields : 

2-1. Certificates / Licenses / Trainings

Teaching Certificates issued by the Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea

• Satisfied the immunization requirement, 

• Passed the drug test, 

• Cleared the criminal background 

• Completed First-aid & CPR training

National Disaster Life Support Foundation - Instructor at SNUH 

Completed a Responsible Conduct of Research - Social and Behavioral Sciences 

2-2. Experience

Current Affiliation: USFK, IAEM Scholarship Commission

Kyounggi Machine Technical High School (Aug., 2023 – Feb.,2024)

Researcher, Sungkyunkwan University (Mar.,2021 – Jan., 2023)

Hyupsung private high school (Senior students, Oct., 2020 – Dec., 2020)

Graduate Research Assistant, Grand Valley State University (Aug.2018 – Apr.2020)

Waryong public high school (283 Junior students, Mar., 2018 – May, 2018)