James (Jim) W. Satterfield is President/ Co-Founder of CrisisRisk Strategies, LLC. Jim has experience as President, CEO, and COO of various public and private companies in business continuity, communications, crisis management, environmental, insurance, reinsurance, risk management, and technology. Jim has extensive expertise in the identification and quantification of risks along with solution design.
Jim is a nationally recognized expert in crisis management. Jim led the team that provided the crisis and media management support at Virginia Tech in response to the shootings, as well as hundreds of other client crisis engagements.
He has spoken to hundreds of groups on crisis management, risk management, governance, and disaster planning.
Jim’s philosophy is that “Every crisis is a human crisis.” Jim is co-author of Disaster Ready People For A Disaster Ready America.