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Dr. Amy K. Donahue is a Professor of Public Policy at the University of Connecticut. She also serves as the Vice Provost for Academic Operations for the University of Connecticut. Dr. Donahue’s research focuses on the productivity of emergency services organizations and on the nature of citizen demand for public safety. She is the author of published work about the design, management, and finance of fire departments and other public agencies. She is the principal investigator on federally-funded research projects focused on improving emergency preparedness. For the past several years, Dr. Donahue has served as a technical advisor to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, helping to develop research and development programs to meet the technological needs of emergency responders. In 2007, she served as the founding director of the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute, a research institute at Louisiana State University focused on the challenges of managing large disaster responses. From 2002-2004, Dr. Donahue was Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Homeland Security at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She was the agency’s liaison to the Department of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council, and was responsible for identifying opportunities for NASA to contribute to homeland security efforts across government.