Mark Cerney

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Mark V Cerney
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Mark Cerney (left) at the 2007 Emergency Preparedness Conference with Governor Mark Sanford (right)
Born (1967-04-10) April 10, 1967 (age 57)
San Diego, California United States
NationalityAmerican
Military career
AllegianceFlag of the United States.svg United States
Service / branchFlag of the United States Marine Corps.svg  United States Marine Corps
Years of service1986–1993 [1]
Rank USMC-E4.svg
Cpl Corporal
Unit 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines

Mark V. Cerney (born April 10, 1967 in San Diego, California, U.S.) is the founder of an American nonprofit organization. He is best known for creating the Next of Kin Registry (NOKR) model. [2]

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His background includes graduating the St. John's Military School and serving with the US Marine Corps 1986–1993. In 1989 Mr. Cerney was recognized by the United States Seventh Fleet for his role in saving 16 U.S. Marine survivors of a CH-53D helicopter crash while serving in the US Marines,. [3] [4] He is married and has three children. The Next of Kin Registry became internationally known after appearing on CNN and Larry King after Hurricane Katrina. NOKR is an international free resource for the public to register emergency contact information that is only accessible to emergency agencies during times of urgent need. The organization was founded in 2004 and has been a resource used during Hurricane Katrina, the 7 July 2005 London bombings, the Asian tsunami, the 2012 Aurora shooting, Hurricane Sandy, [5] the Orlando nightclub shooting, [6] Hurricane Harvey, [7] Hurricane Irma, [8] Hurricane Maria, [9] the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, [10] the 2019 Virginia Beach shooting, [11] the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19, [12] and other disasters to include daily emergencies. The NOKR organization has volunteers in 50 US states and 87 countries. NOKR is the central depository for emergency contact information in the United States. The NOKR resource is used by more than 400 million registrants.

In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina, Senator Barack Obama (now former US President) introduced the National Next of Kin Registry to the 109th United States Congress in S.1630, The National Emergency Family Locator Act. The Next of Kin Registry was referenced in this bill as a standard for the Secretary of Homeland Security to consider in establishing the National Emergency Family Locator System.

In 2006 the American Red Cross partnered with the Next of Kin Registry. [13] The American Red Cross, along with many familiar partner agencies, such as FEMA, the United States Postal Service and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, wanted to ensure that families have a bevy of resources and options to use in order to communicate in times of disaster.

In 2007 the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) consulted with the Next of Kin Registry in an effort to answer HR5441 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007), SEC. 689c. NOKR put forth the requested solution for the National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System (NEFRLS), which was established in compliance with Congressional legislation SEC. 689c of H.R. 5441 to help family members separated after major disasters to communicate with one another.

Mark serves as the President of NOKR in Washington, D.C., a non-profit public benefit resource used globally by emergency agencies to reunify families when emergencies happen or national disasters occur.

Early life

In 1989 Mark Cerney worked at the San Diego County Medical Examiners office. Cerney is shown removing the bodies of Dan Broderick and Linda Broderick on this San Diego KGTV 10 news clip,. [14] Mark Cerney is the front person handling the stretcher for the San Diego County Medical Examiners office. [15] Betty Broderick was convicted for this double murder that took place on November 5, 1989 at 1041 Cypress Avenue in the Marston Hills neighborhood near Balboa Park in San Diego.

International usage

In recent times, the NOKR resource was used during the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami, [16] the 2010 Haiti earthquake, [17] the 2010–11 Queensland floods, the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, [18] the January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides, the 2011 Norway attacks, the 2012 Costa Concordia disaster, the 2012 crash of Dana Air Flight 992, the 2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, [19] the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, [20] the 2017 London Bridge attack, [21] the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, [22] and the 2017 Central Mexico earthquake. [23]

Management and organizational history

In July 2009, Michael D. Brown the former Undersecretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response (EP&R), a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a position generally referred to as the director or administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) became the Chief Executive Officer of NOKR.

Partnerships

On February 4, 2013, Microsoft officially partnered with NOKR to link the international resource with Microsoft HealthVault. [24]

Department of Motor Vehicles

The Next of Kin Registry model is now being used by many state Department of Motor Vehicles in the United States. These states have opted to create legislation and use an in state only version of the Next of Kin Registry South Carolina, [25] Colorado, Delaware, [26] Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, [27] Nevada [28] and Ohio. [29]

Personal life

Cerney and his wife Kerri Jo of FEMA have three children. [30] Mark V Cerney is also a cousin of actor Michael Landon. Landon is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza (1959–1973), Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983), and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven (1984–1989). [31] Cerney is also the brother in-law to Stephen Richards the lead singer of Taproot (band). Mark Cerney’s second cousin is the daughter of Michael Landon, Jennifer Landon. Landon who is an American actress. She is known for her role as Teeter on the Paramount Network series, Yellowstone (2020–present). She is also known for her role as Gwen Norbeck Munson in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (2005–2010). For her part on the show, Landon won three consecutive Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series.

Notes

  1. ↑ "NOKR Emergency Contact Registry".
  2. ↑ Union Tribune, San Diego (June 12, 2005) [June 12, 2005]. "Registry helps track down next of kin". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on December 6, 2024. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  3. ↑ Press, World. "USMC Commendation" . Retrieved 10 April 2023– via www.academia.edu.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ Sanger, David E.; Times, Special To the New York (20 March 1989). "22 Marines Are Killed in Crash Of U.S. Helicopter in South Korea". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 April 2023– via NYTimes.com.
  5. ↑ http://www.prlog.org/12011291-catastrophic-hurricane-sandy-could-be-comparative-in-its-devastation-to-hurricane-katrina-prepare.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  6. ↑ Next of Kin Registry [@NOKR] (June 12, 2016). "NOKR offering support to the victims and families of those killed and injured in a Florida nightclub act of terror. https://t.co/TzwoCVUE93" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Twitter.
  7. ↑ Next of Kin Registry [@NOKR] (August 29, 2017). "NOKR continues to offer support for the victims of #HurricaneHarvey. NOKR had many proactive registrant in #Texas ahead of the storm" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Twitter.
  8. ↑ Next of Kin Registry [@NOKR] (September 7, 2017). "Register with #NOKR. #Miami Beach Mayor Urges Residents To Get Out Now: 'This Is A #Nuclear #Hurricane #Irma. https://t.co/VB0LzIKsBf https://t.co/XPgBWwILYs" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Twitter.
  9. ↑ Next of Kin Registry [@NOKR] (September 19, 2017). "NOKR wants you to #prepare before #HurricaneMaria hits #PuertoRico. Our mission is #family reunification. Register with NOKR today its free. https://t.co/N4EF0XNn1i" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Twitter.
  10. ↑ Next of Kin Registry [@NOKR] (October 2, 2017). "NOKR is a resource used by the Clark County Coroner #mandalaybay. If you have a missing person in #LasVegasShooting. https://t.co/xKiTeSL5QN https://t.co/X0287GufL2" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Twitter.
  11. ↑ "Free next of kin registry aims to notify families minutes after emergency". 13 June 2019.
  12. ↑ Next of Kin Registry [@NOKR] (March 16, 2020). "If your family is sicken or succumbs due to #Covid19 you'll want to know. NOKR is the only FREE resource that provides this service globally. NOKR provides the time necessary to locate family and love ones of those registered since 2004 at https://t.co/Ugdoml87K0 #cornoravirus https://t.co/tgUx0D1gER" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Twitter.
  13. ↑ "Partnerships Help with Communication During Disaster. - Free Online Library". Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  14. ↑ "Dan Broderick home". YouTube . Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  15. ↑ "Growing up in San Diego". Facebook .
  16. ↑ "Samoa News|National Next of Kin Registry (NOKR) offers assistance". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
  17. ↑ http://www.prlog.org/10487310-haiti-earthquake-locating-and-reunifying-family.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  18. ↑ "Massive quake, tsunami slams Japan List Your Emergency Contacts find Family".
  19. ↑ Next of Kin Registry [@NOKR] (April 3, 2017). "Offering support Per "Mark V Cerney NOKR President" to victims and families of this senseless terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg, Russia https://t.co/fkaTJNsZwH" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Twitter.
  20. ↑ Next of Kin Registry [@NOKR] (May 22, 2017). "NOKR actively involved in offering assistance in Manchester Arena in England. We have reports of multiple injuries and fatalities. https://t.co/kUbApNeTCa" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Twitter.
  21. ↑ Next of Kin Registry [@NOKR] (June 3, 2017). "NOKR offering assistance in London in what appears to be a terror event. We have multiple injures reported. https://t.co/YDCxVtNL7c" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Twitter.
  22. ↑ Next of Kin Registry [@NOKR] (June 14, 2017). "London Apartment fire, death toll currently stands at 6 but is expected to rise. If you have anyone missing reg at https://t.co/UgdomkQwSs https://t.co/ec9D7ViCcs" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Twitter.
  23. ↑ Next of Kin Registry [@NOKR] (September 19, 2017). "NOKR offering assistance in #MexicoCity after a Powerful 7.1 #earthquake strikes Mexico City. if you have someone #missing register at NOKR. https://t.co/ynS480z7Ph" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020– via Twitter.
  24. ↑ http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dataart-enables-next-of-kin-registry-and-microsoft-healthvault-to-unite-national-emergency-contact-updates-2013-03-04 [ dead link ]
  25. ↑ "Wsav-Tv". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  26. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Next-of-Kin Registry - Governor's Weekly Message. YouTube .
  27. ↑ "Sara's Law creates next-of-kin registry". 2011-04-12.
  28. ↑ http://openstates.org/nv/bills/77/SB204/documents/NVD00010630/ [ dead link ]
  29. ↑ "State of Ohio BMV".
  30. ↑ "NOKR Emergency Contact Registry". nokr.org. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  31. ↑ "Growing Up In San Diego". Mark V Cerney. Retrieved June 9, 2019.

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