Nate Weed provides statewide leadership for the ongoing development of public health and medical emergency response capabilities and community resilience and he leads the department’s emergency response teams. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wyoming and a Master of Public Health from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Additionally, Mr. Weed is a certified Incident Command and Crisis Leadership trainer and a graduate of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, and the Northwest Public Health Leadership Institute at the University of Washington School of Public Health. He has led emergency response teams in many emergencies including the COVID-19 pandemic, wildland fires, West Nile Virus outbreak, and multiple Gulf Coastal hurricanes including Hurricanes Katrina.