Shelomo Alfassa

Shelomo Alfassa is Director of Communications and a homeland security analyst for VIRSIG, LLC. He has worked in Public Safety for 25 years and has served with FEMA on several deployments as Deputy Commander of a national CBRN team (G8 Summit, the Atlanta Olympics, etc.). He is a member of the Government Affairs Committee of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM). He serves on an ASTM International committee on Homeland Security Applications and is a vetted member of the FBI InfraGard program. Alfassa has been a speaker at events such as the N.Y. State Emergency Managers Conference; ISC-EAST; and has appeared on Fox News and MSNBC. He is a Public Affairs Officer for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary in Jacksonville, Florida, where he is also a Sector Jacksonville Emergency Operations Center Agency Representative. Alfassa’s education includes a Harvard Business School post-graduate Certificate in Sustainable Business Strategy; a BA in Homeland Security and a Masters in Public Administration. He is the author of the book, “Essays in American Public Safety and Emergency Management.”