Prince George's County (MD) Emergency Management
Ashley Morris is the Preparedness and Outreach Manager for Prince George’s Office of Homeland Security Emergency Management Division in Maryland. Her primary role involves overseeing all emergency planning and outreach efforts in the County. She also is involved in training and exercise coordination, EOC readiness, and emergency operations support. She is involved in emergency operation center (EOC) roles involving situational awareness, weather briefings, and other planning section duties. Previously, she held several other local-level emergency management positions in Maryland, Virginia, and Texas for a total of more than seven years of emergency management experience. Ashley received her IAEM Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) credential in 2022, Maryland Professional Emergency Management (MDPEMP) credential in 2023, and recently graduated from the National Emergency Management Advanced Academy (NEMAA) this past August. Ashley was listed on the 2021 IAEM Region III “40 Professionals Under 40” list. Ashley is a member of the Type III Maryland State Incident Management Team and the National Capital Region Incident Management Team. With a mission to bridge the two communities of meteorology and emergency management, Ashley has been a member and/or participant of several meteorological and emergency management associations and conferences during her career (AMS, NWA, IAEM, MDEMA). Ashley has coordinated many weather-oriented programs and initiatives, such as Weather Ready Nation Ambassadors, StormReady, SKYWARN, and Virtual Operations Support Teams (VOST). Ashley is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Emergency Management Administration from Oklahoma State University. Ashley received her master’s in geography with an emphasis in natural hazards from Texas Tech University in December of 2016. Her research work was titled “An Investigation of Social Vulnerability and Storm Resource Availability for Tornado Hazards in Lubbock, Texas.” Her undergraduate work dabbled in geophysics and atmospheric science at Texas Tech University.