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Our Team and Partners

Meet our team of experts at CIDE and the national and local agencies with whom we proudly partner to enhance emergency preparedness and community support for people with disabilities, their families, and the agencies and professionals who support them. 

Our Team Members

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Zachary Hersh BA

Admin Assistant III
  • Bioengineering
  • Downtown Campus - Engineering - Bioengineering ATP
  • Center for Inclusive Design & Engineering

Email Address:zachary.hersh@ucdenver.edu

Primary Phone:303.315.1284

The Hub, Bioengineering

Zack Hersh is an Administrative Assistant III at the University of Colorado, supporting the Surviving in Place project with CIDE (Center for Inclusive Design and Engineering) / Department of Bioengineering. He has a BA in American Studies from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He provides administrative support for various Emergency Preparedness and Community Outreach projects, including the distribution of backup power supplies for folks on life sustaining medical equipment; providing Emergency Go Kits for Colorado Medicaid members; and the coordination of Emergency Preparedness trainings for agency staff, individuals with access and functional needs or disabilities and their families, older adults, and other community members. 

Our Financial Partners

Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy and Financing

Logo, Colorado Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management Department of Public Safety
Logo, Jefferson County Colorado Public Health
Logo, Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council

Additional Collaborators

  • FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 8
  • CDPHE - OEPR: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response
  • RMMRC: Rocky Mountain Medical Reserve Corps
  • Colorado Emergency Managers
  • Colorado Independent Living Centers (ILC)
  • El Grupo Vida

To these and the many other local and national disability and emergency management collaborators who have offered guidance and help to this program, we are truly grateful for your support. 

Thank you.

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Center for Inclusive Design and Engineering (CIDE)

CU Denver

The Hub, Bioengineering

1224 5th Street

Suite 130

Denver, CO 80204


303-315-1280

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