Andy Altizer – Emergency Preparedness Director

Email Address Office Phone (404) 894-8392

Andy Altizer is the Director of Emergency Preparedness at Georgia Institute of Technology with responsibilities for campus-wide emergency preparedness and homeland security. Before coming to GA Tech, he was the Critical Infrastructure Protection Program Manager for the Georgia Office of Homeland Security/Emergency Management responsible for identifying and developing a plan to protect the state’s critical infrastructure/key resources. He was also the lead consequence management planner for the G8 Summit that took place in Georgia in 2004. Altizer has a wide-range of experiences, including, educational administration, emergency preparedness, homeland security and military. In 2001, he was called back to active duty, which included a deployment to Afghanistan and Kuwait as an Inspector General. Altizer has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Truman State University and a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Missouri.

William Smith – Emergency Preparedness Project Manager

Email Address Office Phone (404) 385-2289

Prior to joining the Office of Emergency Preparedness in the summer of 2009, William worked as the Operations Officer for the Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency.  In that capacity, he was responsible for the City and County’s Emergency Operations Center and worked through multiple special events and natural disasters, including the Downtown Atlanta Tornado of 2008. A Marine Corps Veteran, William deployed to Iraq in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, working as an Amorer and Mortuary Affairs Specialist.

William holds a Bachelors of Science from Georgia Tech (INTA ’01) and a Masters of Public Administration from Georgia State (’05) with a Certificate in Disaster Management.  He and his wife, Amanda, also a Georgia Tech alumnus (INTA ’01), live in Woodstock, GA with their two dogs, Hank and Gus.

Jennifer Mattingly – Emergency Preparedness Coordinator

Email Address Office Phone (404) 385-7675

Jennifer Mattingly joined the Georgia Tech Office of Emergency Preparedness in August of 2008. Prior to coming to Georgia Tech she worked as an Emergency Management Specialist for Paulding County for 7 years, where she was responsible for developing the county’s emergency plans and procedures, responding to disasters, notifying and educating the public and training community members in mitigation and response techniques. Jennifer holds a B.S. in Emergency Management from Jacksonville State University.

Frank Stanley – Emergency Preparedness Program Coordinator

Email Address Office Phone (404) 385-6188

Frank Stanley first joined Georgia Tech in October 1997. He was on the staff of the Office of Minority Education (OMED), until June 2004, when he joined the staff of the Georgia Tech Police Department.  He is a program coordinator in the Office of Emergency Preparedness, working with the GTENS and GT-CERT program. Prior to Georgia Tech, Frank served 22 years in the US Navy, was a County Administrator in SC, and president of a major bank subsidiary company. Frank was also a college instructor, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses for Trident Technical College and Webster University.