Deborah Hileman

SCMP, President, CEO

Institute for Crisis Management

Deborah Hileman, SCMP, is President and CEO of the Institute for Crisis Management. The firm provides expertise and support to public and private companies, non-profit organizations, education and religious institutions and other organizational clients in North America and across the globe. Deborah is a certified strategic communication management professional (SCMP), business leader, coach and consultant with more than 30 years’ experience in public and private companies and non-profit organizations. She’s also a FEMA-trained NIMS Incident Commander with experience as a national EMS public information officer during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (2005), Dean (2007), Ike and Gustav (2008). She is a member of PRSA and the IABC, where she serves on the executive board. She was the 2017-18 chair of the Global Communication Certification Council, a global certifying body for business communications professionals.