Barry W. Scanlon
Barry W. Scanlon serves as an Operating Partner at Izar Capital Group.
Mr. Scanlon is a highly experienced thought leader in the field of Disaster Planning, Preparedness, Management and Recovery, having spent 25 years driving the recovery efforts across 35 US states and Puerto Rico. Mr. Scanlon has been intimately involved in every major natural disaster recovery effort in the US over the past 20 years and is considered one of the leading experts in the USA on FEMA disaster policy and program formation and execution. Mr. Scanlon has built several companies in the Disaster Management sector, successfully raising private equity capital and executing M&A exit transactions.
Most recently, Mr. Scanlon co-founded, along with Mark Merritt and Andrew Sachs, DCMC Partners, a firm multi-discipline disaster management firm.
Mr. Scanlon has been a frequent speaker on all major news networks, cable news broadcasts, and has been quoted countless times in national publications.
Representative Career Milestones Include
Mr. Scanlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The George Washington University, and serves on the Boards of Operation HOPE and the Special Olympics.
Barry W. Scanlon serves as an Operating Partner at Izar Capital Group.
Mr. Scanlon is a highly experienced thought leader in the field of Disaster Planning, Preparedness, Management and Recovery, having spent 25 years driving the recovery efforts across 35 US states and Puerto Rico. Mr. Scanlon has been intimately involved in every major natural disaster recovery effort in the US over the past 20 years and is considered one of the leading experts in the USA on FEMA disaster policy and program formation and execution. Mr. Scanlon has built several companies in the Disaster Management sector, successfully raising private equity capital and executing M&A exit transactions.
Most recently, Mr. Scanlon co-founded, along with Mark Merritt and Andrew Sachs, DCMC Partners, a firm multi-discipline disaster management firm.
Mr. Scanlon has been a frequent speaker on all major news networks, cable news broadcasts, and has been quoted countless times in national publications.
Representative Career Milestones Include
- Co-founding of James Lee Witt Associates, LLC (“Witt”) in 2001, essentially creating the professional disaster recovery consulting industry
- Sale of Witt to GlobalOptions Group; and subsequent acquisition of private equity and MBO of Witt
- Merger of Witt with O’Brien’s Response Management, a subsidiary of Seacor Holdings (NYSE:CKH) and the largest oil spill management company in the United States
- Awarded and executed some of the nation’s most important recovery work, including Hurricane Irma and Maria (Puerto Rico); Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Ike, Gustav (Louisiana); the 2008 Great Midwest Floods (Iowa and Indiana); Hurricane Ike (Houston/Galveston); Hurricane Allison/Ike (Texas); BP Deepwater Horizon Spill; Super Storm Sandy (New Jersey)
- Appointed and served as Director of Corporate Affairs for FEMA by President William J. Clinton.
Mr. Scanlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The George Washington University, and serves on the Boards of Operation HOPE and the Special Olympics.