Jonathan Best
Jonathan Best is the Leader and President of Disaster By Design LLC.
An expert in incident command Mr. Best has consulted such premier organizations as Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response, The City of Philadelphia, International Association of Fire Chiefs, National Conference of Mayors, James Lee Witt Associates, US Department of Justice and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Mr. Best's background and services provide the organizations with the tools to understand the issues, seek solutions and develop programs that address the issues they face. Mr. Best assists organizations to manage crisis with calm and competence.
He has been involved in Public Safety since 1970. Having served as a field paramedic for 31 years, an Emergency Medical Services Director, Fire Chief, and Director of Emergency Management his significant experience is an asset to the organization. Jonathan Best has been an Editor and author of several textbooks on Health Care Management for Aspen Publishing. As a licensed paramedic, educator, conference speaker and consultant nationwide with an international reputation Jonathan Best makes every project reflect high quality, cost effectiveness and integrity.
In 1988 Mr. Best was recognized for his work being named the National Paramedic of the Year by Emergency Medical Services magazine. He is a graduate of the Senior Executive Program, John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Mr. Best maintains a wide array of instructor credentials and is a member of the Instructor Development Section of the Research and Development branch in the Academy of Counter Terrorist Education at Louisiana State University National Center for Bio-readiness and Training.
Jonathan Best provides the most professional litigation consulting; he is dedicated to every client and makes sure all cases are handled with the highest level of confidentiality, experience, knowledge and ethics. Jonathan Best serves as consultant and expert for plaintiff and defense, providing review, depositions, reports and trial testimony.