Bainbridge Prepares: Virtual Day of Preparedness

On Saturday, September 26, 2020, please drop in from 10-2 pm for virtual presentations from our keynote experts and Bainbridge Prepares Team Leads regarding COVID-19, earthquakes, wildfires, power outages, and more. To register for the event, click here.

We’ll have keynotes on emotional resilience in the face of natural disasters, and a history of earthquakes on Bainbridge Island, followed by a live Q&A session with our leadership team and team leads.

We’ll also release a set of brief videos from our Team Leads the week prior to the Day of Preparedness for your review. Please bring questions from those presentations to the live Q&A on September 26 as well.

September 26 Agenda
10:00 AM Welcome!
10:05 AM History of Earthquakes on Bainbridge: Steve Angster, PhD, Jessie Pearl, PhD
11:30 AM Emotional Resilience in Times of Disaster: Avanti Bergqist, PhD
1:00 PM Open Q&A with Partnership Leadership and Team Leads
To register for the event, click here.

Keynote Speakers
Dr. Stephen Angster
Dr. Jessie Pearl
Dr. Stephen Angster and Dr. Jessie Pearl will present the history of earthquakes on Bainbridge Island.

Dr. Angster is a Research Assistant at University of Nevada, Reno, and a former geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. Dr. Pearl is a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the U.S. Geological Survey in Seattle.

Dr. Avanti Bergquist will speak on emotional resilience.
Dr. Avanti Bergquist, MD, MS, FAPA, DFAACAP is a physician with board certifications in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as well as Adult Psychiatry. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), and serves in the Washington State Psychiatric Association (WSPA). Dr. Bergquist is also an elected member of the School Board for the Renton School District.