Our Leadership

Jenni Campbell
Executive Director & Board Member

Brent Woodworth
Board Chair

Brent Woodworth’s career spans over 40 years with extensive experience in crisis management, program development and conflict resolution. Brent has a distinguished history of working with heads of state, elected officials, international relief organizations, private sector companies, academic institutions, and faith community leaders throughout the world advising them on actions to take and alternative collaborative strategies when responding to high consequence crisis events. Domestic response efforts include major natural disasters along with terrorism events: the Oklahoma City Bombing, 9-11, the 2015 San Bernardino Shooting, and the 2017 Aliso Viejo Bombing. In 1993 Brent was appointed by FEMA Director, James Lee Witt to help draft the U.S. government guiding principles for natural hazard impact reduction. In 2008 Brent established the Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness Foundation in support of community stakeholders throughout the Los Angeles region. Brent is co-founder and chairman emeritus of the Sahana Software Foundation providing humanitarian relief software systems in support of 27 countries along with the UN and International Red Cross.
Brent and his team are part of an independent academic group reviewing the Woolsey Fire. The report being produced follows academic reporting standards and provides valued insight into many of the challenges and opportunities resulting from the fire. This work is being completed in cooperation with academic teams working on the Camp Fire.

D’Andre Lampkin
Board Vice Chair

D’Andre Lampkin is a life-long public servant and serves as Vice Chair with the Los Angeles Community Recovery Organization. D’Andre also serves the community as a law enforcement professional in California. During his tenure as a Deputy Sheriff he has earned several commendations for his work in educating youth, quality of service, community involvement, and response to mental health crisis. He is also Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Care Staffing Professionals, a healthcare staffing solutions company which creates new jobs for healthcare professionals throughout the state of California.
Mr. Lampkin is a seasoned public servant with a strong community service background and experience in starting and leading program initiatives. He successfully founded the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt human services organization designed to promote “social good” projects throughout the United States. He serves as a City Planning Commissioner for the city of Ontario and Board Member for the Creekside West Village Master Association, also located in Ontario, California. D’Andre Lampkin is the youngest of three brothers, son of a single mother, and product of the poor, gang ridden, and drug infested South Central Los Angeles. Despite his upbringing, Mr. Lampkin has made it his mission to make a positive contribution to society through public service.
Mr. Lampkin is an active member of Alpha Phi Sigma – Criminal Justice Honor Society, and earned a Baccalaureate of Science in Criminal Justice Administration. In 2017, he earned his Masters of Science in Homeland Security & Emergency Management with the distinction of High Honors from National University. D’Andre is a two-time nominee to the 2017 National University Scholarship Conference and recipient of National University’s 2017 Top Scholar Award and The Emerging Leadership Award. He is also the recipient of the Artist In Music (AIM) Humanitarian of the Year Award. In 2018 he earned The World Networks’ Community Enrichment Award for his contributions to the Puerto Rico disaster recovery effort following Hurricane Maria. He holds several certifications in the homeland security and terrorism related topics.
His research in areas of domestic and international policy has been published in the William & Mary Environment Law and Policy Review and University of Oregon’s Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation. His work and research in Mental Health, as it relates to improving law enforcement’s response, has been published in the International Journal of Mental Health and Human Resilience.

Kristina Rattnanak
Treasurer

Kristina serves as the Treasurer of the LARCRO and is responsible for its financial oversight and governance. She is also involved in the group’s grant-writing, and communication with its funders.

Natalie Samuels
Secretary

Natalie Samuels is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who has been providing trauma-informed clinical services to the Greater Los Angeles region since 2017. Alongside this work as a mental health professional, Natalie is also the Director of Development for West Valley Counseling Center, where she oversees the program operations across the Greater Los Angeles region.
With a deep commitment to empathetic understanding, Natalie tailors her therapeutic approach to meet each client’s unique needs. She incorporates contemporary and creative modalities to promote positive self-development, foster a sense of safety, and help clients process emotions in a way that facilitates personal growth. Her work emphasizes the development of adaptive coping techniques and prioritizes long-term recovery and meaningful change. Natalie has received specialized training in trauma recovery, equipping her to address the complex emotional and psychological impacts of trauma effectively. Her expertise enables her to guide clients through the healing process with a focus on resilience, safety, and sustainable recovery.
Natalie began representing West Valley Counseling Center in the disaster management space back in 2018, following the Woolsey fires. She brings her knowledge and clinical experience to help support a variety of program developments that can aid in the community responsiveness in the wake of disaster while also bridging those impacted with critical mental health resources.
In addition, Natalie serves as an Executive Board member for Emergency Network of Los Angeles (ENLA) and has been working with this team since 2018. Her work with ENLA reflects her dedication to supporting disaster preparedness and recovery efforts across the region.

Krista Bilderbach
Board Member

Nancy Rasmussen
Board Member

Nancy serves as Disaster Case Management Chair for the LA Woolsey Fire LTRG, leading the Disaster Case Management group in providing trained Disaster Case Managers to work with survivors to plan and facilitate a road to recovery and resilience.
As a member of the United Methodist California-Pacific Conference Disaster Task Force and a representative of UMCOR, Nancy works in a range of Disaster Response and Recovery activities. Some of her experiences involve working with cleanup and rebuild teams in the US, Haiti, and the Philippines. She participated in the Long Term Recovery Group in Santa Barbara after the Thomas Fire/Montecito Debris flow and has 7 years of experience as a volunteer in the Disaster Response and Recovery sector.
Nancy retired from professional life so that she could volunteer in the Disaster Response Sector and it remains her passion. At one of the first organizing meeting of the Los Angeles Long Term Recovery Group, she volunteered to take on case management, having been bitten by that bug during Disaster Case Management training for the Thomas fire.