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2007 National Campus Security Summit
Speaker Profiles
Jonathan L. Bernstein
President, Bernstein Crisis
Management LLC
Jonathan L. Bernstein, president of
Bernstein Crisis Management LLC, has
more than 25 years of experience
meeting clients' needs in all
aspects of crisis management -
crisis response, vulnerability
assessment, planning, training and
simulations.
Prior to launching what was then
known as Bernstein Communications in
1994, Bernstein created and served
as the first director of the Crisis
Communications Group for Ruder Finn,
Inc., one of the world's largest
public relations agencies. .
Bernstein's crisis and issues
management experience has
encompassed a wide range of
industries and subjects, to include
accounting, architecture,
associations, assisted living,
banking, charities, church-owned
businesses, celebrities, criminal
law, education, entertainment,
environment, financial services,
food (retail and B2B), health care,
human resources, housing, insurance,
legal services, litigation,
manufacturing, municipalities,
network marketing, personal and
organizational reputation,
professional services, real estate
development, recreation, religious
institutions, securities, security,
senior housing, and white collar
crime. He is a pioneer and leader in
the field of Internet-centered
crisis management.
His past experience includes
corporate, agency and non-profit
public relations positions, preceded
by five years of investigative and
feature journalism -- to include a
stint with investigative
reporter/columnist Jack Anderson. He
is a veteran of five years in U.S.
Army Military Intelligence covert
operations.
Bernstein is publisher and editor of
Crisis Manager, a first-of-its-kind
email newsletter written for "those
who are crisis managers whether they
want to be or not," currently read
in 75 countries. His commercially
published Keeping the Wolves at Bay:
A Media Training Manual has been
described as "one of the most
concise, insightful, useful and
savvy guides to strategic thinking
about reputation issues available."
Bernstein is a regular guest
commentator on CNBC and has been
quoted as an expert source by a wide
range of media outlets, to include
AP, ABC News, BBC, Bloomberg News,
Business 2.0, BusinessWeek, CBS,
ESPN, Forbes, Fox News, Inc.
magazine, NPR, Reuters, The
Christian Science Monitor,
TheStreet.com, The Wall Street
Journal, USA Today and many local
and regional publications. In
September 2004, he was one of 22
individuals nationwide identified as
"people who should be on the speed
dial in a crisis" in a PR Week
feature entitled "The Crunch-Time
Counselors."
A popular speaker at a wide variety
of industry functions, Bernstein has
been featured and praised for
presentations and workshops at
events such as the World Conference
on Disaster Management, National
Symposium for Healthcare Executives,
Builder 100 Conference, American Bar
Association, International Facility
Management Association, the National
Grocers' Association, the National
School Boards Association, Intel
Corporation's Worldwide Issue
Prevention & Management Group, and
the Educational Travel Conference.
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