The HDIAC Podcast - The Intersection of Energy Security and Resilience

Dr. Tonya T. Neaves is the Director of Extramural Projects and the Director of the Centers on the Public Service with George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Master of Public Administration program and Coordinator for its Emergency Management and Homeland Security graduate certificate. As a scholar, Dr. Neaves’ research portfolio has included securing contracts from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, National Highway Safety Transportation Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Transportation Security Administration, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. To date, her total research funding approximates $6 million. Dr. Neaves has also published her efforts in the Review of Policy Research, Journal of Emergency Management, Review of Public Personnel Management, and the American Journal of Public Health. She has also co-authored book chapters in The Future of Disaster Management in the U.S.: Rethinking Legislation, Policy, and Finance, New Voices in the Old South: How Women and Minorities Influence Southern Politics. She was also an editor for the National Academy of Public Administration and American Society for Public Administration’s Memos to National Leaders. Dr. Neaves holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy and Administration from Mississippi State University, where she also earned a Master of Public Policy and Administration. She has also participated in the University of Zagreb’s (Croatia) Center for Advanced Academic Studies, University of Michigan's Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, Duke University’s Dynamic Management and Leadership Programs, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Management and Innovation Program. As an active member of the American Society for Public Administration, Dr. Neaves previously served as a District Representative to National Council, a Program Co-Chair for the 2018 annual conference, and the Conference Coordinator for the 2015 Northeast Conference on Public Administration. She is also the Treasurer for its Section on Emergency and Crisis Management. Dr. Neaves is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Urban Management and is a board member for Public Personnel Management.

Dr. Houser is an expert in local to global land surface-atmospheric remote sensing, in-situ observation and numerical simulation, development and application of data assimilation methods, and global water and energy cycling. Dr. Houser’s research focuses on integrating energy and water research across traditional disciplines (e.g. nexuses) that transition theoretical research to academic/public education and real-world application.

• Dr., Geography and Geoinformation Sciences, Professor
• Education: PhD (1996), Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona
• Contributions: Renewable energy, water science, and weather/climate research.

Dr. Jean-Pierre Auffret is director of the Research Partnerships and Grants Initiatives in the School of Business and associate director of the Center for Assurance Research and Engineering in the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University. He was previously director of the business school’s executive degree programs, including the MS in Technology Management; the MS in Management of Secure Information Systems, which is jointly offered by Mason's School of Business, Volgenau School of Engineering and School of Public Policy; and the Executive MBA. He has 30 years of technology industry and academic experience including management and executive positions with MCI and its joint venture with British Telecom, Concert. Auffret earned a BS in chemistry from Duke University where he was an AB Duke Scholar, an MBA from the University of Virginia and a PhD in physics from American University.