She is the little girl who brings hope and pride to a loving family. She is the young woman of resolve who gracefully manages the daily activities to provide and tend to those in her charge. She is the wise elder whose legacy impacts those around her. She is Mahila.
We strive to live by her example.
Angela Devlen is the co-founder and current President of Mahila Partnership. Angela is also the Managing Partner at Wakefield Brunswick, Inc (www.wakefieldbrunswick.com), a Healthcare Management Consulting firm. She has 18 years experience in healthcare, operations, and disaster management with several years leading emergency management & business continuity in Boston-based healthcare systems. Throughout her career she has led program management, strategic planning, grant management and education development in emergency management for over 20 hospitals. She has served as an international healthcare disaster preparedness expert for the Provention Consortium and is currently developing the international BCP for Healthcare curriculum for DRII. She has worked with Boston University, UMASS Boston and Cambridge College, supporting curriculum development, research and instruction in emergency management and business continuity.
Angela has held several leadership positions, previously serving on the board of directors of several organizations. She currently serves on the International Benchmarking Advisory Board for BC Management, the Board of Directors for EMPOWER, and she is one of the founding board members of the Business Continuity Planning Workgroup for Healthcare Organizations (BCPWHO).
Angela is a passionate advocate for humanitarian, healthcare and woman’s issues, working on several projects including prevention of violence against women, gender issues in disasters, grassroots education & community development projects. In her spare time you’ll often find her capturing the world around her with her camera, climbing mountains and spending time with her family. She can be reached at adevlen@mahilapartnership.org.
Julie Barron Morrill is a co-founder of Mahila Partnership and an emergency management consultant. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Julie enjoys traveling the world to assist clients in emergency and disaster management. She recently conducted a series of courses in the United Arab Emirates on emergency planning. Julie regularly assists clients in developing all hazard emergency management plans and evaluating responses following major disasters. Currently, Julie is assisting several universities and private K-12 preparatory schools in the development of emergency procedures to respond to a variety of hazards.
Julie is a certified Emergency Medical Technician in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) with the Disaster Recovery Institute International. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia and attended the School for International Training in Geneva, Switzerland.
In addition to consulting, Julie is an active volunteer for the American Red Cross, where she regularly teaches CPR and first aid classes for professional rescuers. She trains in Krav Maga (an Israeli hand-to-hand combat system) and teaches self-defense to local community groups. She also enjoys running the wooded trails of Massachusetts with her husband, Jeff.
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