ABOUT
Vegas T. Curry & Associates is an emergency management and executive leadership consulting firm located in Washington, D.C. We deliver exceptional training and exercise services, focusing on comprehensive emergency action plans, business continuity plans, and project management services.
VEGAS T. CURRY
Principal Associate & Lead Facilitator
First inspired to serve The Republic by the events of 9/11, Vegas enlisted in the United States Navy. Serving in The Navy taught him adaptability, perseverance, honor, and courage. Each deployment being a crash course in emergency management, both foreign and domestic, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was particularly impactful. This deployment strengthened a resolve to pursue a career in public service. Moreover, being a Louisiana native, Vegas was proud to serve his community during it’s time of need and this experience ultimately became rationale for focusing on emergency management.
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Upon conclusion of service, Vegas received his B.I.S. from The University of Virginia and M.P.S. from Tulane University. Coupled with a law enforcement background and having studied terrorism, he was led to the intelligence community. Bringing his technical background in humanities and social sciences, Vegas critically assesses emergency situations with an added awareness for holistic and multi-dimensional approaches. His expertise bridges policy with political, economic, and cultural elements; making planning, training, and strategies incremental and sustainable to meet protective services best practices.
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Educational, Training, & Associations background: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vegas-t-curry/
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Scholarly, Op-eds, & Professional Service Articles and Spotlights:
TWC Alum Uses His Public Health Training to Help with COVID-19 Testing
D.C. Medical Reserve Corps volunteers prepare to help respond to coronavirus pandemic
Celebrating our Alumni on Veterans Day
Wilder School Selects inaugural cohort of Public Service Weekend
DARPA-SIGMA+ interns get a great start at START
ISABEL VARNADO, J.D.
Partnering Associate & Facilitator
Isabel serves as CFO and COO for VTCA and brings over 15 years of organizational, transformational change, capacity building, performance/systems improvement expertise and legal experience. Her work has focused on driving large-scale change management; while fostering culture, values, and diversity forward approaches. Through research work on leadership, she has helped top executives and organizations create data-driven measurable goals.
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Quite purposefully, she approached education and experience following an adage heard while growing up … know a little bit about everything, for it leads to prepared expansive performance. Thus, her varied background brings the lens’ of project management, law, international development, and finance which helps firm’s in their ability to support holistic successes.
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To broaden her consulting and employment impact, Isabel maintains current practices to aid the gamut of leaders to understand and implement the levers needed to drive and sustain change. Having worked with a broad range of clients in all sectors, she has led initiatives and instilled capabilities for stronger leadership pipeline and higher performing teams. Her portfolio of work has included initiatives for USAID, USAC, and Graham Holdings Company (formerly the Washington Post Company).
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Isabel holds a B.A. in Global Affairs and a M.A. in International Management. While not currently engaged, she has served on boards of directors for corporate and nonprofit entities.
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Educational, Training, & Associations background: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mvarnado/
GEORGE COLÓN
Expert Associate & Facilitator
George brings a breadth of knowledge to the VTCA team, where he currently serves as an Expert Associate. His subject matter expertise in psychosocial counseling ensures the incorporation of human development and cognition, counseling, and the effects of disasters on children into all curriculum and training materials. As a military veteran, George also shares the unique approach of addressing PTSD and other traumas within the scope of disaster, emergency, and security management.
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Holding a B.A. in psychology from The University of Washington at Tacoma, George has turned his efforts to gaining license in mental health counseling and continued graduate work. He not only embodies but institutes the modes for promoting community involvement and social engagement.
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PANYA MONFORD, ESQ.
General Counsel & Policy Expert
Panya is an experienced in-house and financial services attorney with over 14 years of experience as a consumer financial services attorney specializing in enforcement, litigation, regulatory, and compliance matters involving various financial institutions including banks, credit unions, and other credit lending institutions. Panya's experience extends into the international regulatory arena where she has engaged in advocacy efforts before the various international standard setting bodies such as the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the Financial Action Task Force, Members of the English Parliament and others. She is well versed in speaking before large domestic and global audiences, and has presented alongside regulators, stakeholders, and other professionals from around the world.
She rounds out her legal experience with 20 years of Board level experience at not-for-profit organizations, including the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children, where she provides legal advice, drafts and reviews contracts, oversees all corporate governance issues and manages the legal team. Panya holds her Juris Doctor degree from The Catholic University, Columbus School of Law in Washington, DC, and her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.
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