Emergency preparedness program manager appointed

Dean Manship was appointed Claremont University Consortium's emergency preparedness program manager on Tuesday.

"He brings to CUC and the The Claremont Colleges an exceptional depth of knowledge and experience in emergency management," said Robert Walton, Chief Executive Officer for Claremont University Consortium, in a news release. 

"While at California State University San Marcos Dean developed a state of the art emergency management program, working closely with regional and state emergency officials. He holds a Certified Emergency Manager certificate, which is the 'gold star' certification in the emergency management field. Mr. Manship will assume an important role working with CUC and The Claremont College and our community in emergency preparedness."

Manship, who most recently was an emergency manager for the department of emergency management at CSUSM, will start Oct. 2, according to the news release.

Before becoming emergency manager, Manship was director of business planning and information management at CSUSM. He has Certified Emergency Manager certification, is a certified emergency trainer and holds multiple FEMA emergency management institute certifications, according to the release.

Manship holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from CSUSM and a master's degree in business administration, also from CSUSM.