As Director of Communications for Cobb & Douglas Public Health (District 3-1), Master Sgt Darlene M. Foote, U.S. Air Force (retired) is responsible for developing and launching the district’s strategic communications objectives. With more than 20 years of Public Affairs and Communications expertise, she has created plans and outreach programs to include the District Strategic National Stockpile Emergency Preparedness and Response Risk Communications Plan that now serves as a benchmark for other districts statewide. She most recently received Federal recognition for creating the concept, content, and script for the Cobb & Douglas Public Health Safety Village project. Safety Village was designed to communicate Emergency Preparedness and Response messages to elementary students through the use of state-of-the- art, interactive technology.