About Ian Mitroff
Dr. Ian Mitroff is widely regarded as the founder of the discipline of crisis management. He specializes in crisis prevention, strategic planning, and the design of ethical work environments. Known for his thinking and writing on a wide range of business and societal issues, Dr. Mitroff has published over 350 papers and articles and 29 books, including Swans, Swine, and Swindlers: Coping with the Growing Threat of Mega-Crises and Mega-Messes and Why Some Companies Emerge Stronger And Better From A Crisis.
He is a frequent guest on national radio and television shows, including “Marketplace” (National Public Radio), ”Window On Wall Street” (CNN Financial News), the “Dick Cavett Show” (CNBC, New York), and “Late Night America” (PBS TV).
Dr. Mitroff is Professor Emeritus at the Marshall School of Business and the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, an Adjunct Professor in the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley, and an Adjunct Professor of Health Policy in the School of Public Health at St. Louis University. He is also a Senior Research Associate for Catastrophic Risk Management at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. He is the president and founder of Mitroff Crisis Management.
About Mitroff Crisis Management
Mitroff Crisis Management, based in Oakland, CA, was founded in 1995. MCM draws upon a nationwide network of associates and specialists who are available for crisis management projects. Dr. Mitroff and his associates have over 30 years of experience in the field of crisis management. They have studied and consulted on a broad and diverse array of human-caused crises. These include threats to the reputation of an organization, executive kidnappings, product tampering, fraud, sabotage, work-place violence, terrorism, loss of confidential information, and industrial disasters.
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