Register Now for the 2025 National Disaster Resilience Conference: Shaping the Future of Disaster Preparedness and Recovery

Nationally-recognized leaders, practitioners, and professionals unite to share best practices and develop innovative solutions

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Disaster Resilience Conference (NDRC2025) will bring together the nation's leading experts in disaster safety and resilience for its 2025 gathering, taking place November 19–20, 2025, in Clearwater Beach, Florida. Virtual registration is available for those unable to attend in person.

Featured speakers include:

• Blaine Brownell, FAIA, LEED AP, David R. Ravin School of Architecture Professor and Director at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Builder Magazine author
  
  
• Leslie Chapman-Henderson, FLASH President and CEO
  
  
• Dr. Anne Cope, P.E., Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety Chief Engineer
  
  
• Dan Dunmoyer, California Building Industry Association CEO
  
  
• Vinay Gupta, Renew Financial CEO
  
  
• Kevin Guthrie, Florida Division of Emergency Management Executive Director*
  
  
• Tom Hoban, Kitson & Partners President & Chief Investment Officer
  
  
• Max Mayfield, former Director of the National Hurricane Center and former WPLG-TV Hurricane Specialist
  
  
• Cheryl Nelson, Meteorologist and Prepare with Cher Founder
  
  
• Dr. Lawrence (Lars) Powell, Alabama Center for Risk and Insurance Research Director
  
  
• Steve Ruffner, KB Home President and Regional General Manager-Coastal

The conference brings together nationally-recognized leaders, engineers, meteorologists, practitioners, risk communicators, scientists, and trade professionals to share best practices, collaborate across disciplines, and develop innovative strategies to save lives and reduce property losses from earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires.

Now in its 27^th year, NDRC2025 is themed "Building the D.R.E.A.M.", highlighting solutions that are Durable, Resilient, Energy Efficient, Affordable, and Modern. "This year, we continue our tradition of serving as a think tank for resilience solutions," said FLASH President and CEO Leslie Chapman-Henderson. "Our attendees will contribute directly to a vision statement for the future that will serve as our guidepost in the coming years."

Hosted by the nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH), NDRC2025 provides a platform for exchanging knowledge, exploring emerging technologies, and fostering collaborations that enhance disaster resilience nationwide.

For more information and to register (in-person or virtually), visit www.NDRConference.org.

Our sponsors:

Titanium Sponsor, USAA; Gold Sponsor, Renew Financial; Silver Sponsors, Verisk Analytics, Inc., and International Code Council; and Bronze Sponsors, Disaster-Smart, IEM, Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, and Simpson Strong-Tie.

*Invited

About FLASH

The nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) is the country's leading consumer advocate for strengthening homes and safeguarding families from disasters. The FLASH partnership includes more than 100 innovative and diverse organizations that share a vision of making America a more disaster-resilient nation, including FEMA, Florida Division of Emergency Management, Huber Engineered Woods, International Code Council, ISO – Verisk Analytics, MyRadar, National Weather Service, Renew Financial, Simpson Strong-Tie, State Farm, and USAA. In 2008, FLASH and Disney opened the interactive weather experience StormStruck: A Tale of Two Homes in Lake Buena Vista, FL. FLASH's signature program, No Code. No Confidence. – Inspect2Protect.org provides consumers with a one-of-a-kind building code transparency tool. Learn more about FLASH and access free consumer resources by visiting www.flash.org and www.Inspect2Protect.org, calling toll-free (877) 221- SAFE (7233), following @federalalliance on X, and Facebook.com/federalalliance.

SOURCE Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)