Ford Rowan

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Specializations:

Conflict management, emergency healthcare, organizational psychology, social justice.

Currently:

Chair of the National Center for Critical Incident Analysis founded at the National Defense University after 9/11 and the anthrax attack of 2001. In 2006 co-authored “Weathering the Storm: Leading Your Organization Through a Pandemic.” Assisted the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Governors’ Conference during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Currently focused on COVID and use of new technology (AI) in healthcare and criminal justice.

Member of the Advisory Board of the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University. Focused on ways to allocate scarce medical devices (for example, ventilators) during health crises and ethical issues during catastrophes. (Since 2010).

Fellow of the International Dialogue Initiative formed at the Erikson Institute at the Austen Riggs Center to identify the psychological barriers to peacemaking, suggest interventions, and encourage dialogue between nations, ethnic and religious factions. Moderated a workshop with the leaders of four political parties in Northern Ireland to end sectarian violence. Has participated in conflict resolution efforts in Jerusalem, Istanbul, Berlin, Vienna, Belfast, Oxford, and Baltimore. (Since 2007).

Volunteer in social justice and racial reconciliation initiatives including the Kairos Prison Ministry since 1999, the Street Reentry Program of Maryland, and interfaith chaplain in emergencies and natural disasters. Assisted in responses to two hurricanes in the Gulf Coast. Recently trained to help families suffering in school shootings.

Recent work experience:

2004 – 2021. Independent Director on the board of Legg Mason Mutual Funds. (Now Franklin Templeton).

2013 – 2020. Advisor to the President of the University of Maryland Global Campus. Advised on coping with COVID pandemic, academic innovation, improving the business model, changing the name from University of Maryland University College, creating the Ventures corporation to provide revenue for funding scholarships, reorganizing the academic program, improving organizational culture and shared governance.

Prior academic experience:

2000 – 2013. Professorial Lecturer in Organizational Sciences, George Washington University, Department of Organizational Sciences, Taught courses in conflict resolution, negotiation, ethics, risk communication, management systems and strategy.

2006 –2013. The Aspen Institute, Moderator of Executive Seminars, including “Ethics in Government.” at the Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville.

2006 – 2012. Member, Board of Visitors and Governors, St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2001 – 2009. Member of the Board of Trustees, Santa Fe Institute, and vice chair (2006-2009). Emphasis on complexity research, entropy, and impact of deception in leadership.

2000 – 2005, Member, Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, and chair (2004-2005).

1993 – 1998, University of Southern California, Washington Public Affairs Center, Adjunct teacher for courses in crisis management and risk communication.

1980 – 1993, Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism, Senior Lecturer in Washington Program, taught courses in national news gathering, politics and public policy.

Consulting and legal experience:

1985 – 2007, Consultant, Rowan & Blewitt Incorporated, and continuing as R & B Associates (2007 – 2020) a Washington firm specializing in crisis management, conflict resolution and risk communication. Rowan has advised eight pharmaceutical companies, five food corporations, three auto manufacturers, three high tech companies, and six financial institutions. He has helped after explosions at five refineries and chemical plants, cleanup of nuclear waste, the aftermath of the Valdez oil spill, mad cow disease, space shuttle disasters, the Concorde crash, cybersecurity risks, and silicone breast implant litigation. On September 11, 2001, Rowan advised airline executives in the immediate hours after the attacks on the NY World Trade Center and the Pentagon. He has consulted on issues in Mexico, China, Russia, Venezuela, Spain, France, the U.K, Canada, Turkey, South Africa, and Tanzania.

1980 – 1985, Counsel, Sanford, Adams, McCullough & Beard Law firm. Practiced First Amendment law and Federal Communications Commission casework. Published Broadcast Fairness in 1984, a book that helped persuade Congress to amend broadcast regulations.

News media experience:

1983 – 1985, Moderator, International Edition, a weekly PBS television program produced by the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting.

1980 – 1984, Senior Commentator, Independent Network News, Tribune Broadcasting.

1974 – 1980, Washington Correspondent, NBC News. Covered the Watergate trials, Three Mile Island nuclear accident, combat in Lebanon/Israel, served as Pentagon correspondent. Broadcast the first news story about the creation of the Arpanet which became the Internet.

1972 – 1974, White House Correspondent, United Press International and TVN. Covered the Nixon Administration for syndicate broadcast services.

1969 – 1972, White House Correspondent, WTOP Television (channel 9) and Radio in Washington. Included investigation of government sponsored housing in DC and created the award-winning series “Uncle Sam is a Slumlord.”

1964 – 1968, Reporter and news anchor, WDSU Television (channel 6) in New Orleans. Covered civil rights demonstrations, incidents of racial violence in Louisiana and Mississippi, politics, and the District Attorney’s investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy.

Education: [2]

Harvard University, Master of Liberal Arts, 2019. Twenty-two online courses in the Extension School in history, psychology, and religion (2006-2019). Thesis: History Reimagined: Trauma as Provocation for the First Crusade.

St. John’s College, Annapolis, Graduate Institute, MA in Liberal Studies, 2006. Plus, monthly executive seminars in the Great Books program (1995 – 2017).

St. Mary’s Seminary, Ecumenical Institute, Baltimore, MA in Theology, 2005, Certificate of Advanced Study in Moral Theology (bioethics), 2013.

University of Southern California, Doctorate in Public Administration, 2004. Dissertation: Defending Against Bioterrorism: Lessons of the 2001 Anthrax Attack.

Syracuse University, Maxwell School, Master of Social Science, 1997. Concentration: ethnic and racial conflict involving Native Americans, African Americans, and white settlers.

Johns Hopkins University, MS in Applied Behavioral Science, 1993. Change Management Fellows Program (1990-91). Focus: organizational psychology and conflict management.

Georgetown University Law Center, Juris Doctor, 1976. Concentrations: regulation, health care, international law, and criminal law.

University of Chicago, Center for Policy Study, Fellowship in urban affairs, 1972.

American University, MA in government, Focus: science, technology, and public policy, 1972.

Tulane University, BA in political science, 1968.

Continuing education:

Training for use of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare and criminal justice. Certification program “Ethics in AI” at London School of Economics and Political Science, 2022.

Training on “psychological first aid” for trauma victims of mass shootings and natural disasters, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, 2019.

Training in Trauma Healing Program of the American Bible Society at the Institute for Prison Ministry at Wheaton College, 2019.

Training for “Disaster Chaplaincy” at the National Disaster Interfaith Network at the University of the South, Sewanee Tennessee, 2019. Authorized for service in emergencies.

Training for “Practical Chaplaincy” at the National Center for Chaplain Development, 2018.

Courses in chaplaincy ethics, Ashland Theological Seminary (2018).

Intensive courses at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School. Public Health Law and Regulation (2002), Medical and Public Health Aspects of Bioterrorism (2003), Ethical Issues in Public Health (2003), Health in Prison (2015) and Catastrophe Ethics (2020).

Haden Institute, Jungian psychology, spiritual direction. 2018-2019.

Diploma in Anglican Studies, Trinity Episcopal School of Ministry, 2007.

Bioethics Symposium, Georgetown University, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, 2002.

Dealing with an Angry Public, Harvard/MIT Program on Negotiation: 1999.

Recent webinars and podcasts:[3]

“What Americans Can Learn About Racial Reconciliation from Archbishop Tutu,” International Dialogue Initiative, 10 January 2022.

“Independence Day 2021: How the Challenges of the First Century Continue to Inflict Us,” St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Annapolis, 4 July 2021.

“COVID-19 and the Role of Communication,” Potomac Institute and International Law Institute webinar, 29 April 2021.

“Unfinished Business from January 6,” 1 March 2021.

“Two Lessons from January 6th riot at the Capitol.” 7 January 2021.

“Uncertainty, Disunity and Injustice,” International Dialogue Initiative podcast, 17 July 2020.

“Racial Trauma: A Dialogue on How We Can Heal,” Episcopal Diocese of Maryland podcast, 31 May 2020.

“Beyond Isolation, Returning to an Undistanced Workplace During COVID-19,” University of Maryland Global Campus webinar, 12 May 2020.

“Surfing the Next Wave of the Coronavirus Pandemic,” Forum on Combating Global Coronavirus: From Isolation to International Cooperation, International Law Institute webinar, 26 March 2020.

Books:

Prior, S., Armstrong, R. and Rowan, F. with Hill-Harmon. M.B. (2006) Weathering the Storm: Leading Your Organization Through a Pandemic. Center for Technology and National Security Policy, the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.

Prior, S., Rowan F. and Saathoff, G. (eds.) (2002). What is to be done? Emerging Perspectives on Public Responses to Bioterrorism. Critical Incident Analysis Group of the University of Virginia Medical School, Charlottesville, VA.

Rowan, F., Donovan, E., and Peasley, S. (1991). Crisis Prevention, Management and Communication. National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, D.C.

Rowan, F. (1984). Broadcast Fairness: Doctrine, Practice, Prospects: A Reappraisal of the Fairness Doctrine and Equal Time Rule. Longman, New York.

Rowan, F. (1978). TechnoSpies. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York.

Articles, chapters, and papers:

Rowan, F. (2023), "Religious Identity and Shared Trauma: The First Crusade," in Vamik Volkan, Regine Scholz, and M. Gerard Fromm (eds.) We Don't Speak of Fear: Large Group Identity, Societal Conflict and Collective Trauma, Phoenix Publishing House Ltd., Oxfordshire UK.

Rowan, F. (2018). “Forgiveness and Healing in Prison,” Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology. Vol. 72, No.3, pp. 293-303.

Rowan, F. (2016). Kairos in Maryland, in William Barnwell, Called to Heal the Brokenhearted: Stories from the Kairos Prison Ministry, University Press of Mississippi.

Rowan, F. (2015). “Reentry after Prison,” in Jim Mitcham (ed.) Because God Loves Them Too, Kairos Prison Ministry of Maryland.

Rowan, F. (2009). “Deception and Trust in Health Crises,” in Brooke Harrington (ed.) Deception: From Ancient Empires to Internet Dating, Stanford University Press.

Prior, S., Rowan F. and Saathoff, G. (2003). "Foundations of Shielding: Responding to Bioterrorism," International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, Vol. 4, pp. 235-238.

Rowan, F. (2003). "Public Participation and Risk Communication in a Bioterror Attack," International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, Vol. 4, pp. 253-258.

Rowan, F. (2003). Foreword to Jonathan Moreno’s In the Wake of Terror: Medicine and Morality in a Time of Crisis, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Tardiff, R.G. and Rowan, F. (2002). "Dealing with Chemical and Bioterrorism at the Corporate Level: A Central Role for Risk Analysis," Inside EPA's Risk Policy Report, Vol. 9, No. 4.

Critical Incident Analysis Group (2001). Public Responsibility and Mass Destruction: Facing the Threat of Bioterrorism, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. (Contributed on media coverage of terrorism).

The Annapolis Center for Science-Based Public Policy (1999). Epidemiology in Decision Making, Annapolis, MD. (Contributed on use of scientific data in litigation).

Rowan, F. (1999). "Communicating Effectively in Environmental Litigation," Environmental Counselor, Business Laws Inc., Chesterland, Ohio.

Rowan, F. (1998). "Managing the Corporate Crisis when a Company is Prosecuted," American Law Institute - American Bar Association, Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Laws, Washington, D.C.

Rowan, F. (1997). "Communications Challenges in Sexual Harassment Litigation," in American Bar Association - National Institute on Sexual Harassment, A Multi-Disciplinary View of the New Generation of Sexual Harassment Policies and Procedures, Chicago.

Rowan, F. (1997). "Communicating Effectively in Environmental Litigation," American Law Institute - American Bar Association, Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Laws, Washington, D.C.

Rowan, F. (1997). "Multicultural Crisis Management: Strengthening Corporate Community Relations in High-Risk Areas," Paper for the U.S. Mideast Policymakers Conference, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, Lexington, Virginia.

Rowan, F. (1996). "The High Stakes of Risk Communication," Preventive Medicine. Vol. 25.

Rowan, F. (1988). "The Reality of Risk; the Voice of Fear," in Honeycutt, R.C., ed., Regulation of Pesticides: Science, Law and the Media, Government Institutes Inc., Rockville, MD.

Rowan, F. (1988). “Crisis Communications,” in Title III Community Awareness Workbook, Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C.

Waite, B.L., and Rowan, F. (1986). "International Communications Law, Part II: Satellite Regulation and the Space WARC," The International Lawyer Vol. 20, No. 1, p. 341.

Rowan, F., and Waite, B.L. (1985). "International Communications Law, Part I: Maitland Commission, Economic Development and the United States," The International Lawyer Vol. 19, No. 4, p. 1339.

Rowan, F. (1985). "The Press and Technology," in K. S. Collins, ed., Responsibility and Freedom in the Press: Are They in Conflict? Citizens Choice National Commission on a Free and Responsible Media, Washington, D.C.

Rowan, F. (1984), “Media Coverage of Terrorist Incidents,” in Sarah Midgley and Virginia Rice (eds.) Terrorism and the Media in the 1980’s, The Media Institute, Washington, DC.

Rowan, F. (1982). "The New Technology and the News," in Marvin Barrett. ed., Broadcast Journalism: The Eighth Alfred I. DuPont Columbia University Survey, Everest House, New York.

Rowan, F. (1980). "News Media Responsibility - A Program for Improvement," Willamette Law Review, Vol. 17, No. 1.

Presentations, speeches, sermons, and conference reports:

“Don’t Wait for Change; BE the Change You Want to See.” Sermon at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Annapolis, 13 August 2023.

“The Single Most Important First Step to Deal with the Pandemic, Trauma, Drug Addiction, and Mass Incarceration,” Forum at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, 23 February 2020.

“How Veterans Can Address Political Polarization: Emphasize Suicide Prevention,” Presentation at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University, 13 November 2019.

“Betrayal and Insult; How President Trump Dealt with the Kurds and Turks,” International Dialogue Initiative conference, Vienna, 2 November 2019.

“Who Is My Neighbor?” Sermon at St. Anne’s Church in Annapolis on the crisis of refugees and migrants at the Southern border. 14 July 2019.

“What Greek Tragedies Teach Us About Dying,” Comments on the panel at the Theatre of War on End of Life at SNF Agora Institute of Johns Hopkins University, 13 April 2019.

“Fake News and Real Trauma,” International Dialogue Initiative conference, Vienna, 19 October 2018.

“An Introduction to Disinformation and Weaponizing of Social Media,” International Dialogue Initiative conference, Vienna, 10 December 2017.

“Mourning a New World Order?” International Dialogue Initiative, Berlin, 3 December 2016.

“Globalization and Political Polarization: The Impact on Boundaries,” International Dialogue Initiative Conference, Oxford University, 1 October 2015.

“Interests and Emotions: The Dialogue between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland,” International Psychoanalytical Association Annual Congress, Boston, MA, 24 July 2015.

“Criminal Justice Reform,” Conference on Restorative Justice, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. 21 November 2014.

“Jihad, Just War and Other Barriers to Peacemaking in the Middle East,” International Dialogue Initiative conference, Ankara, Turkey. 3 October 2013.

“Challenges for Reconciliation,” Conference on “Unfinished Business: An International Initiative to Promote Community Peace in Northern Ireland,” Corrymeela Community, Northern Ireland. 11 June 2013.

“Lessons in Communicating with the Public in Four Public Health Crises,” Panel on health issues at the Ecumenical Institute, Baltimore, 29 April 2013.

“Prison Reform Priorities,” Interfaith conference on “Re-entry: Beyond the Bars and Barriers,” Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C. April 19-20, 2013.

“Making Room for the ‘Least of These’,” Presentation at Washington National Cathedral Forum, 20 May 2012.

“American Attitudes about Muslims, Terrorism and Disputes in the Middle East,” Presentation at the International Symposium on Terrorism, Antalya, Turkey 2010.

“Addressing Intractable Religious Conflict in the Middle East,” Lecture at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 2008.

“Accuracy, Ethics and Action: A Critique of Responses to Public Health Emergencies,” National Governors Association. Presentations at a series of workshops in Atlanta, St. Louis, Washington, and New Orleans, 2007.

“The Perception of Islam in the United States,” Presentation to the Psychopolitical Association of Turkey, Ankara, 2007.

“Lessons from Media Coverage of Hurricane Katrina, SARS and the Anthrax Attacks.” Comments at Nieman Conference on Health Crises, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass, 2006.

“The Middle East Conflict and the Media.” International Center for Terrorism Studies and the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Arlington, VA, 2006.

“From the Flood to the Flu: Learning from Disasters to Prepare for the Future.” Presentation at ORC Executive Business Forum, Fort Lauderdale, 2006.

“Building Trust: The Experience after Hurricane Katrina.” Presentation to American Board of Industrial Health, Denver, Colorado, 2005.

“Homeland Security: Coping with Natural and Man-Made Disasters.” International Center for Terrorism Studies and the International Law Institute, Washington, DC, 2005.

“Applying the Lessons of Katrina to Prepare for a Pandemic Influenza” Presentation to American Society of Safety Engineers, College Park, Maryland, 2005

“News Reporting in a Crisis: Lessons from Katrina.” Foundation for American Communication, Atlanta, Georgia, 2005.

“Political Violence and the Lessons from the Madrid Bombings,” Presentation at the Conference on the Political and Psychological Impact of Terrorism, National Defense University, National Center for Critical Incident Analysis, 2004.

"Terrorism and the Impact of Public Perception," Presentation at the Cantigny Conference on "The Role of the Military in Securing the Homeland," Co-sponsored by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security, 2003.

"Leadership in Today's Crisis," Presentation at the Mobius Forum on Leadership, Values and Spirituality at the Harvard Business School, 2003.

"Recovery and Resilience in the Wake of the Columbia Disaster," Presentation at the Johnson Space Center, NASA Contractors Safety Forum, 2003.

"Developing Public/Private Partnerships to Protect the Homeland," Presentation at the Brookings Institution in Washington (co-sponsored by Organizational Resources Counselors) 2002.

"Crisis Management in an Age of Terrorism," Presentation at the Johnson Space Center, NASA Contractors Safety Forum, 2002.

"Media Attention During a Crisis," Presentation at the FBI Symposium on Workplace Violence, Leesburg, Virginia, 2002.

"Safety Is Not the Same as Feeling Safe." Presentation for the American Society of Safety Engineers, Dallas, 2002.

"Managing the Unexpected Crisis in the Wake of September 11th," Presentation for the Conference Board, Baltimore, 2001.

"Crisis Management: Protecting Corporate Reputation," Presentation for the Conference Board, New Orleans, 2001.

"Emergency Preparedness and Community Relations," Presentation for the American Petroleum Institute, Houston, Texas, 2000.

"Public Civility in the Media Age," Lecture at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1999.

"When the News Media Call, What Do You Say?" Products Liability Seminar, Defense Research Institute, New Orleans, 1998.

"Selecting Impartial Juries: Media Coverage and the Search for Justice," Presentation at the Annenberg Washington Program, 1990.

“Violence on Television: The Simon Proposal,” Presentation at the Annenberg Washington Program, 1990.

“Risk Perception and Food Safety,” Address to the Northwest Food Processors Association, Seattle, 1990.

"Nuclear Terrorism: A Hypothetical Scenario," Workshop on Terrorism and the Media, The Annenberg Washington Program and the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Law and National Security, 1989.

“Balancing Growth and the Environment,” Presentation to the California Public Affairs Forum, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1989,

“Challenges Facing the Insurance Industry: Risk Perception and Liability,” Presentation to a conference sponsored by Coopers and Lybrand, New York City, 1989.

“Perception and Reality: Pharmaceutical and Environmental Risks,” Address to the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Alexandria, VA, 1989.

“Public Opinion, Economic Growth and Environmental Concern,” Presentation to the Industrial Research Development Council, St. Louis, 1989.

“Communicating Medical Risks,” Presentation to the Health Industry Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C., 1989.

“Biotechnology and Risk Communication: An Evaluation of the National Research Council Recommendations,” Address to the Agricultural Council of America, Washington, D.C., 1989.

“The News Media and the First Amendment,” Presentation on the right to privacy versus freedom of the press. Direction eighty-one, Tulane University, 1981.

Volunteer Activities:

Active in social justice and racial reconciliation initiatives including the Kairos Prison Ministry (since 1999), state chair in Maryland. (2003-2006) and member of the board of Street Reentry Program of Maryland, mentoring men released from prison (since 2012).

Washington National Cathedral, seminar leader, “Transformational Literature of the Bible” (2006-2009); co-chair, Committee of Seventy (which promoted racial reconciliation) (2008-2014); member, Outreach/Social Justice Committee (2014-2015); member, Dean’s Council (since 2016).

St. Anne’s Episcopal Church of Annapolis, Co-chair of the Refugee Committee (since 2021), seminar co-leader, “Transformational Literature of the Bible” (2006-2016) and licensed lay preacher in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. Member of the board of the Bishop Sutton Scholars program to help school children during summer months.

Disciples Center for Public Witness, director of human rights ministries (2012-2015), volunteer (since 2010).

Touchstones Discussion Project, member of the board of directors (since 2014).

Catholic Community Foundation, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, member of the Board of Directors (2010 - 2018). The foundation provides financial assistance for students – including non-Catholics – to attend parochial schools. Continuing assistance to Catholic Charities and the Franciscan Center in Baltimore.

Research Priorities:

Regulating Artificial Intelligence, social media, and broadcast media.

Transgenerational transmission of trauma and its impact on ethnic and religious violence.

Overcoming psychological impediments to the resolution of intractable conflicts.

Rebuilding trust in government agencies that deal with emergencies.

Improving educational opportunities for inmates in prison.

Rowan and his wife, Patricia, a retired attorney with the Department of Justice Criminal Division, live on Weems Creek in Annapolis, MD.

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[1] Full name: Spencer Ford Rowan, Jr.

[2] All degrees were earned on a part-time basis while working full-time. Jobs included in a shipyard, on oil rigs, as a news reporter in New Orleans and Washington, and later as a teacher, attorney, and consultant.

[3] Links to webinars and podcasts are available at https://fordrowan.com

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