The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) and the Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Association (LEPA) will co-host the 2026 Fall Louisiana Emergency Management Conference (LEMC) from October 26 to 27, 2026, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The conference will bring together emergency management professionals and partners from across Louisiana for training, timely discussions, networking, and knowledge sharing to support preparedness and response efforts.
Throughout the two-day event, attendees will explore a range of emergency management topics, including:
- Emergency and evacuation planning for long-term care facilities
- Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) and Louisiana Emergency Response Commission (LERC) coordination
- Oil spill response and reporting
- Best practices for debris monitoring
- Emergency sheltering requirements, price gouging regulations, and related laws
- Challenges and considerations surrounding unregulated care facilities
The conference will also provide opportunities to exchange best practices, discuss emerging challenges, and strengthen collaboration across Louisiana’s emergency management community.
Connect with Hagerty
Hagerty is proud to attend the 2026 Fall LEMC and connect with emergency management professionals from across the state. Our Director of Response, Lee Mayfield, and Deputy Director of Recovery, Tanya Shannon, will attend the conference and look forward to discussing strategies to strengthen preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience.
To learn more about this event, visit LEPA’s official website.
About Our Team
Lee Mayfield is a proven emergency management leader with nearly 20 years of experience in disaster planning, response, and recovery – specializing in state and local coordination, training, exercises, mass care, evacuation prioritization, and crisis response. Before joining Hagerty, Lee served as the Director of Public Safety and Emergency Management for Lee County, Florida. There, he supported the county’s response and recovery from Hurricane Irma in 2017. Lee has also held various roles at the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM), including State Regional Coordinator, focusing on county-level coordination.
Tanya Shannon is an emergency management professional with 15 years of experience across local, state, federal, private, and nonprofit sectors. As a Deputy Director at Hagerty, she oversees disaster recovery projects across the southeastern US, supporting jurisdictions recovering from natural disasters and other large-scale incidents. Previously, she worked for FEMA, where she helped establish Public Assistance (PA) operations for more than 100 federally declared disasters and managed a nationwide training team.