(Scottsdale, Arizona) E. Lorenzo Jones, Emergency Management Officer with the City of Scottsdale Emergency Management Division, completed a Master of Arts Degree in Homeland Security Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security on Dec.19, 2008, in Monterey, Calif.
Mr. Jones joined the City of Scottsdale in April 2006 and manages all of the city's emergency preparedness activities. Jones also has a Juris Doctor degree from the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
During the 18-month online and in-residence program, Jones collaborated with homeland security officials from across the nation on current policy, strategy, and organizational design challenges. He also completed research papers and wrote a thesis on the need for emergency management standards in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area.
January 2008 marked the five-year anniversary of the Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS). Since its inception, CHDS has grown to become the nation’s premier provider of homeland security graduate and executive level education. The Center has developed and delivered a cadre of graduate education programs and resources which have been shared with other academic institutions around the country to facilitate the emerging discipline of homeland security and a national network of related academic programs. CHDS is nationally recognized for offering the first master’s degree program for homeland security in the country and graduates 90 senior officials every year. The Mobile Education Team (MET) has conducted more than 120 seminars for governors and mayors and their homeland security teams. More than 3,000 senior officials have participated in the MET program.
