Paula-Marie Jannetta Saric is an emergency management and business continuity professional with Emergency Management Ontario. In her current position as Advisor, Paula-Marie provides guidance to provincial ministries in emergency management planning, plan evaluation/assessment, training, major exercises and a variety of collaborative initiatives. Paula-Marie is also a provincial instructor. Prior to joining EMO, Paula-Marie served Niagara Region EMO as Program Development Manager and designated C.E.M.C. (Alt.) for over 5 years as was instumental in advancing cross border emergency management in her role as Vice Co-Chair of the International Joint Committee. In 2011, Paula-Marie earned the certification in Professional in Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCIP) through the Critical Infrastructure Institute (CII) and works with public and private sector stakeholders in CI identification and risk assessment. Currently, pursuing higher education in emergency management, Paula-Marie is focused on building community disaster resilience through public-private sector collaboration.

Paula-Marie is a proud former member of the Canadian Red Cross Disaster Response Team (2002-2008) and past Vice-Chair of the OAEM Professional Development Working Group (2003-2005).