Full Name
Scott Moreland
Job Title
Functional Lead for Emergency Management and Resilience
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Institute for Security Governance
Speaker Bio
Mr. Scott Moreland joined the Institute for Security Governance (ISG) in May 2018 as the Functional Lead for the Emergency Management and Resilience team and lecturer within Practice & Capability (P&C). Mr. Moreland leads engagements related to whole-of-government disaster preparedness, national resilience, and civil preparedness; conducts research and writing; and serves as lecturer and facilitator for a range of mobile education programs throughout the world. Prior to his current assignment at ISG, Mr. Moreland led the Security Cooperation Exercises program for the Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR). In this function, he and his team facilitated bilateral and regional peacekeeping and disaster management exercises throughout the Asia-Pacific and led U.S. support to the Swedish-led VIKING multinational peacekeeping exercise. Mr. Moreland also served as an Army officer in both the Active and Reserve components. He retired from the Army Reserves in 2011. His last military deployment was as a civil-military operations team leader in the Multinational Division Center-South in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In his current role, Mr. Moreland's work aligns closely with NATO-oriented Resilience capacitybuilding. He and his team work closely with US European Command; NATO Headquarters, Commands, and Centres of Excellence; and national leaders to facilitate national-level implementation of the NATO Resilience Baseline Requirements. His program also provides exercise design and planning support for global disaster response exercises, with special emphasis on U.S. Army Pacific's 'Pacific Resilience' Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange (DREE) series. He also leads resident and mobile short courses aimed at career professional leaders and planners responsible for whole-of-government crisis management. Mr. Moreland has authored several articles and book chapters on topics including defense transformation, security in the global commons, and hybrid conflict. He regularly serves as guest faculty for the Naval Postgraduate School's Defense Transformation and Hybrid Warfare courses. Mr. Moreland is a conversant Spanish speaker. He earned a Master of Arts in International Peace and Conflict Resolution at American Military University and a Bachelor of Arts in Educational Studies at University of Missouri.
Scott Moreland