SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Kaleen Lawsure is a senior project scientist at the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC) of Old Dominion University. Throughout her career, she has provided modeling, analysis and visualization solutions for complex and emerging challenges faced by government, industry, and academia. She has worked with federal stakeholders at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Housing and Urban Development, and National Institute of Standards and Technology.

At the state level, Lawsure has conducted research for the Commonwealth Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, and the Virginia Department of Transportation. She has worked regionally and locally across the Commonwealth, as well as with the Regional Tertiary Care Center of Southeastern Virginia, the Regional Catastrophic Planning Team, and the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission.

These collaborations have addressed topics related to decision support analytics, risk and vulnerability assessments, critical infrastructure protection, community preparedness and resilience, hurricane evacuation and sheltering, hazard mitigation, and all-hazards planning.

EDUCATION

B.S. in Geography, 2008
Old Dominion University (ODU), Norfolk, VA

A.A. in Liberal Arts, 2006
Tidewater Community College (TCC), Virginia Beach, VA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VMASC, Senior Project Scientist
Suffolk, VA
2017 - Present

VMASC, Project Scientist
Suffolk, VA
2012 - 2017

VMASC, Research Associate
Suffolk, VA
2009 - 2012

VMASC, Student Intern
Suffolk, VA
2007 - 2009

Virginia Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) maintenance & mitigation activity tracking

2023 - Present

Virginia Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) mitigated properties GIS and data repository development and maintenance

2022 - Present

Post-mitigation event Loss Avoidance Study (LAS) for the Virginia Department of Emergency management

2021 - Present

Decision support for the Hampton Roads Urban Area Working Group (UAWG) Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant allocation

2019 - Present

Decision analytic support for Virginia Department of Emergency Management grant programs:

Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA),
2016-Present

Emergency Management Performance Grant, Port Security Grant Program, Non-Profit Security Grant Program (varies by year),
2013-Present

State Homeland Security Program,
2012-Present

SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS

Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Jennifer L. Whytlaw, Nicole Hutton, Taiwo Olanrewaju Lasisi, Bridget Giles, Kaleen Lawsure, Joshua Behr, Rafael Diaz, George McLeodEvacuation Behavior of Households Facing Compound Hurricane-Pandemic Threats. Public Administration Review. April 3, 2023

Ezell, B., & Lawsure, K. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Grant Allocation. Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, 2019.

Lawsure, K., Ezell, B. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Grant Allocation Multi-Objective Benefit-Cost Methodology. MODSIM World Conference, March, 2019.

Ezell, B., Lawsure, K. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Grant Allocation. Society for Benefit Cost Analysis Conference, March 2019

Lawsure, K., Ezell, B., Collins A., Horst, J., Hester, P. Web Enabled Selection Method for Key Performance Indicators for Manufacturing. MODSIM World Conference, April 2015..

Lawsure, K., Ezell, B. 2013 Virginia Homeland Security Portfolio Value Model. MODSIM World Conference, April 2014.

Lawsure, K., Ezell, B. 2012 Virginia Homeland Security Portfolio Value Model. MODSIM World Conference, May 2013.

Suchitra, M., Shen, Y., Garcia, H., Lawsure, K. Virtual VMASC: A 3D Game Environment. MODSIM World Conference October 2009; NASA Technical Reports Server, March 2010.

Tran, P., Weireter, L., Sokolowski, W., Lawsure, K., Sokolowski, J. (2009). HAZUS Modeling for Hurricane Effect on a Healthcare Campus: Implications for Health Care Planning. The American Surgeon, Vol. 75, No. 11, pp. 1059-1064.

Lawsure, K., Sokolowski, W. Regional Tertiary Care Center Disaster Response Model. United States Military Academy Capstone Conference, April 2009; MODSIM World Conference, September 2008.

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