Dr. Lisa Koonin is the Founder of Health Preparedness Partners, LLC, a company that helps businesses, health departments, healthcare facilities, and other organizations prepare for a health emergency to protect their organization, workforce, customers, and communities.  She previously served in a number of leadership positions during a 30+ year career with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  During that time, she led the development of national preparedness plans and policies, led and conducted large-format exercises, and consulted with businesses, state and local governments, healthcare facilities, non-governmental organizations, academia, and ministries of health around the world, to improve emergency preparedness. Dr. Koonin served as a leader in multiple national and international health emergency responses while at CDC, including the 2016 Zika response, 2014-2015 Ebola response, 2013 H7N9 avian influenza outbreak in China, 2009 - 2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic, 2005 Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, and the 2005 Marburg virus outbreak in Africa.