About
EMERGENT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS - OVERVIEW
Today's operating environment is defined by unprecedented complexity. Organizations face an expanding spectrum of risks—including natural disasters, cyberattacks, geopolitical instability, climate impacts, public health emergencies, supply chain disruptions, and rapidly evolving technologies—that threaten operations, financial performance, reputation, and long-term resilience.
Success is no longer measured solely by an organization's ability to respond to crises, but by its ability to anticipate disruption, strengthen resilience, and adapt in an increasingly uncertain world. Leaders must make critical decisions in complex, high-consequence environments while protecting people, sustaining operations, and maintaining stakeholder confidence.
Emergent Global Solutions (EGS) helps organizations transform uncertainty into strategic advantage. We partner with executive leadership, boards, and government decision-makers to identify enterprise risks, strengthen organizational resilience, and develop practical strategies that safeguard operations and accelerate recovery.
Drawing on decades of executive leadership across government, critical infrastructure, public safety, healthcare, energy, technology, and the private sector, EGS delivers trusted advisory services spanning enterprise risk management, crisis leadership, cybersecurity, business continuity, emergency management, critical infrastructure protection, resilience planning, and organizational transformation. Our proven experience enables clients not only to prepare for disruption, but to emerge stronger, more resilient, and better positioned for the future.
Meet the Team
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Mark S. Ghilarducci
President and CEO
For more than four decades, Mark Ghilarducci has been a transformational leader at the forefront of crisis management, security operations, and fire protection and prevention in the State of California and around the world. Starting his career performing technical mountain rescues in California's wildlands to working tactical EMS/Fire operations at the local level, Mark established himself as an innovative, nimble leader at every level of government and the private sector. Read Full Bio
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Warren Stanley
Vice President, Public Safety and Security
With over 38 years of distinguished service, Warren Stanley served as a nationally renowned leader in law enforcement and public safety. In February 2018, Warren was appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. as the 15th Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and in January 2019, he was reappointed by Governor Gavin Newsom. He was the first African American to be appointed as Commissioner of the CHP in the State’s history. Read Full Bio
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Reggie Salvador
Vice President, Government Navigation
With a unique and intimate understanding of the multiple inter-dependencies between the public and private sectors, Reggie Salvador brings extensive and practical experience in legislative, policy and program development, implementation, and management. Reggie has both a long history and proven ability operating in highly consequential settings while simplifying complicated issues to achieve maximum and most often mutually beneficial results. Read Full Bio
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Mark N. Pazin
Executive Specialist – Security and Justice
A veteran of California law enforcement and emergency management, Mark Pazin has built a distinguished public safety career spanning over 30 years. He began as an EMT and Reserve Deputy while attending college and was later sworn in as a full-time Deputy Sheriff in Merced County, where he rose through the ranks to serve as Sheriff. Mark also served as President of the California State Sheriffs’ Association, working closely with state and federal leaders on public safety and emergency policy.In 2014, he was appointed Chief of the Law Enforcement and Homeland Security Branch at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), where he oversaw statewide law enforcement coordination during disasters, mass casualty events, and homeland security operations. He has served on numerous advisory councils and committees, including appointments by the Governor’s Office and Attorney General. Mark holds a master’s degree in National Security and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy. Read Full Bio
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Jennifer Bollinger
Chief Operations Officer and Counsel
Jennifer Bollinger is an experienced executive and attorney with a broad and diverse background in legal affairs, emergency management, homeland security, and administration. Most recently, Jennifer successfully served as Chief Legal Counsel at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES). Jennifer led a legal team in a dynamic environment, dealing daily with complex, fast-moving emergency management and security situations, administrative and human resource actions, legislative affairs, contracts, and regulatory matters associated with local, state, and federal governments. As an integral component of the agency’s executive team, Jennifer’s work was instrumental in navigating the agency through numerous all-hazard emergencies and catastrophic disasters, ensuring that creative solutions, appropriate risk management, and clear and effective legal counsel was provided to support the Cal OES Director, agency executives, and the Governor’s Office. Read Full Bio
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Julie Creviston
Senior Executive Assistant to the CEO
A seasoned Executive Administrator, Julie Creviston has served in state government for over 30 years, working in administrative management, public safety policy development, program implementation and operational support. Her tenure includes roles at the California Department of Personnel Administration (now Cal HR), the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR), and the California Office of Homeland Security (OHS). Most recently she served at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) where she provided administrative support to the Cabinet level Cal OES Director, agency executives, and the Governor’s Office. Read Full Bio
Our Company
Emergent Global Solutions (EGS) is a premier strategic advisory firm specializing in enterprise resilience, crisis leadership, security, disaster recovery, government strategy, and organizational transformation. We help organizations anticipate risk, navigate complexity, accelerate innovation, and build the capabilities needed to succeed in an increasingly dynamic and uncertain world.
Founded and led by former California Director of Emergency Services and Homeland Security Mark S. Ghilarducci, EGS brings together an exceptional team of former cabinet officials, commissioners, sheriffs, chief legal counsel, senior government executives, and nationally recognized subject matter experts. Collectively, our leadership has directed some of the most significant disaster, security, and public policy initiatives in the United States and internationally, advising executive leaders through catastrophic disasters, cybersecurity incidents, homeland security threats, public health emergencies, critical infrastructure challenges, and transformational organizational change.
What distinguishes EGS is the depth of executive experience we bring to every engagement. Our professionals have not simply advised during crises—they have led governments, agencies, and organizations through the nation's most consequential emergencies while shaping the policies, regulatory frameworks, governance models, funding strategies, and operational capabilities that define resilience today.
EGS possesses a unique and comprehensive understanding of how government operates—from executive decision-making and legislative affairs to regulatory compliance, procurement, funding, and intergovernmental coordination. This insight enables us to help clients successfully navigate complex regulatory environments, align with public policy priorities, and reduce barriers to implementation.
Equally important, EGS serves as a trusted bridge between the public and private sectors. We help organizations integrate innovative technologies, products, and services into government and commercial markets by facilitating strategic partnerships, validating emerging capabilities, navigating regulatory and procurement processes, and aligning private-sector innovation with public-sector priorities. Whether introducing a new technology, expanding into government markets, or developing public-private partnerships, EGS provides the strategic guidance necessary to accelerate adoption and deliver measurable outcomes.
EGS serves corporations, critical infrastructure operators, utilities, healthcare systems, higher education institutions, financial organizations, government agencies, tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, and international partners with integrated advisory services that include:
Enterprise Risk & Vulnerability Assessments, Security & Organizational Resilience
Crisis Leadership & Executive Advisory
Business Continuity & Emergency Management
Cybersecurity & Critical Infrastructure Protection
Disaster Recovery & Community Resilience
Government Strategy, Regulatory Counsel & Governance
Innovation Validation, Market Readiness & Private Sector Integration
Public-Private Partnerships & Government Navigation
Crisis Communications & Executive Engagement
Organizational Integrity, Independent Investigations and Governance
Homeland Security & Public Safety
Strategic Planning, Governance & Organizational Transformation
Our multidisciplinary approach integrates executive leadership, strategy, governance, legal and regulatory expertise, operations, finance, technology, and public policy to deliver practical, measurable solutions that reduce risk, accelerate innovation, strengthen organizational performance, and create sustainable value.
Whether preparing for emerging threats, navigating regulatory and legislative environments, bringing innovative capabilities to market, securing government partnerships, managing high-consequence events, or leading post-disaster recovery, EGS provides trusted executive counsel and actionable solutions that enable clients to protect enterprise value, strengthen resilience, and achieve long-term success.
At EGS, we don't simply help organizations respond to disruption—we help them navigate complexity, integrate innovation, influence outcomes, and emerge stronger, more resilient, and better positioned for the future.