Paul Hewett

Deputy Director, Center for Integrated Emergency Preparedness
Decision and Information Sciences Division
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Avenue, Bldg. 900
Argonne, IL 60439

Paul Hewett is responsible for developing programs, conducting research, and developing and implementing innovative approaches to resolve a wide spectrum of emergency preparedness issues. He provides primary analytical and technical support to the U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command's Office for Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness in the areas of operational planning, readiness evaluation, and organization development. Mr. Hewett is an experienced trainer, evaluator, and planner who is responsible for many programmatic initiatives within the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP). He has more than 20 years of experience in operations planning and designing and evaluating performance-based readiness assessments, with 8 years of specialized focus on emergency preparedness.

Mr. Hewett has served as lead developer of an integrated planning approach that uses the Emergency Response Synchronization Matrix (ERSM) as a plan development tool, concept leader for software development to support ERSM production, lead developer of a performance-oriented evaluation process for CSEPP exercises, and co-developer of improved exercise design and control methods for CSEPP exercises.

Mr. Hewett received an M.Ed. in Training and Organizational Development from Boston University, a B.A. in Political Science from Western Maryland College, a Graduate Diploma in Leadership and Management from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and a Certificate of Graduate Studies in Emergency Management from Jacksonville State University in Alabama.