Jon Mitchell

Jon is a comprehensive emergency management professional, with 20 years’ experience in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Jon’s emergency planning, capability-building, leadership, response and recovery covers a broad spectrum of hazards, including: flood, wildfire, severe snow emergencies, civil unrest, oil refinery blockade, and human and animal disease epidemics. The highlight of Jon’s career to date was as a Regional Response Coordinator during the Canterbury, New Zealand earthquake sequence from September 2010 to March 2012.