Lauren Linville is a emergency management specialist and humanitarian expert. She is a FEMA certified Planning Section Chief in an Incident Command System construct; which is both a military and civilian operating system. She was key to the evacuation of Puerto Rico Evacuees during Hurricane Maria in 2017, and hand-selected to lead as the logistics coordinator for the evacuation. Her efforts and work were instrumental in the success of this operation; and has changed how the Coast Guard operates during situations of mass evacuations. In a 3 month span, she received the Coast Guard Volunteer Service Medal, Coast Guard Humanitarian Medal & Coast Guard Commendation Medal for her service; unprecedented.

Lauren Linville is incredibly professional, talented and has a clear passion for her work. As the keynote speaker at our International Facility Management Association (IFMA) South Florida chapter meeting, Lauren delivered a thrilling and comprehensive approach to “Emergency Preparedness”  for our members. This event not only sold out, but was well received by those who attended. In fact, the attendees are still talking about it! The IFMA South Florida Chapter will certainly be inviting Optimum back to another event.

Lauren has worked with us on the Bahamas Strong rebuilding project in Abaco, The Bahamas, in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. We have found her to be highly committed, extremely detail oriented and adept at navigating relationships with a variety of individuals and organizations. The successful execution of our project will be in great part due to the exemplary performance of Lauren Linville.

Sol Relief had a positive educational experience with the emergency planning training course. It allowed our staff and volunteers an opportunity to go deeper into the workings of the Emergency Management structure and functions. The training also propelled our team into a more effective and efficient plan for emergency response that are specific to our role in the space. The organizational structure and scenario based training gave us the opportunity to practice what we had learned, and to solidify our understanding of how our team can work not only together more efficiently, but with partners in the field. Overall, it was an excellent workshop that I highly recommend.

Optimum has provided us a full-service Emergency Management program from developing our Emergency Management Standard Operations Procedures (SOPs), Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans (CEMP), and providing an onsite emergency management training workshop; to include ICS 300 & 400. Throughout our collaboration, Optimum Consulting has proven their ability to develop and implement customized emergency management programs that align perfectly with our city’s specific requirements.

Using years of experience in emergency and facility management, the Optimum team re-built 100 homes on the Abacos, Bahamas in eight months. Each home was built with a set of “build-back-better” guidelines, keeping resiliency as the ever forward leaning priority, so that residents on the Abacos may not have to face such a crisis again. In addition, they used local labor and products to not only jto ump start the economy, but taught effected local’s “how-to” skills, so they could continue to assist their neighbors in their rebuilding efforts, get employment as handy-man or contractors and most importantly, the could know how to build back if this situation would arise again. All this a pay-it-forward model, to help jump start the economy