Association of Contingency Planners (ACP) announces Orange County Chapter Twenty Year Anniversary

Orange, CA (December 8, 2003) The Association of Contingency Planners (ACP) announces the twenty-year anniversary of the chartering of the Orange County, California Chapter, which provides business continuity professionals in the Orange County and Southern California area the opportunity to network and continue their business continuity education. The anniversary celebration was held on November 12, 2003 and featured seven of the founding members of the chapter who provided an historical perspective of our humble beginnings to its present active and growing membership. The founding members included Mike Noyes of Automobile Club of Southern California, Sunny Coates of ReddShell Corporation, Pat Eskenazi of ServPro, Rich Chew of Emerald Management Group, Lonnie Adams of WFS Financial. Unable to attend were Linda Burkett of Bergen Brunswig Corp & ACPs founder, Diane Smith of Sungard, who is on an out-of-state project and could not attend.

"ACP is excited to honor the Orange County, California chapter, and their members include presidents, directors, managers, analysts, and independent consultants from large, medium, small, and local government organizations. Twelve of the members also fill the officers and directors positions within ACP, making it a peer-lead organization," said Paul Striedl, ACP Chapter Services Director. "Our members get involved and stay involved within their businesses and communities providing a truly valuable service."

"Californians are very familiar with disasters and have survived events ranging from earthquakes, floods, riots, to wildfires," said Monique Weiland, Orange County Chapter President. "I am proud to be part of one of the originating ACP chapters to serve business continuity professionals through a forum from which all benefit, whether it be the family, the community, or businesses. Sharing our knowledge and experiences only makes us stronger."

The ACP is a non-profit trade association dedicated to fostering continued professional growth and development in effective contingency and business resumption planning. ACP is the recognized premier international networking and information exchange organization in the business continuity industry. ACP membership is open to anyone with an interest in or responsibility for the varied aspects of contingency planning.

With 23 chapters and over 1200 members, ACP is the largest networking group for business continuity and disaster recovery professionals. For more information about ACP, please visit the Association's web site at www.acp-international.com and the Orange County, California Chapter's web site at www.acpoc.com