PRESIDENT
My name is Justin Powell, and I serve as Walton County’s Volunteer CERT Coordinator, Logistics Coordinator and operate in ESF 15, Volunteer and Donations. Since 2017, I have managed the Walton County Volunteer CERT Program and beginning in 2020, I’ve had the pleasure of serving on the Florida CERT Association Board of Directors.
My name is Justin Powell, and I serve as Walton County’s Volunteer CERT Coordinator, Logistics Coordinator and operate in ESF 15, Volunteer and Donations. Since 2017, I have managed the Walton County Volunteer CERT Program and beginning in 2020, I’ve had the pleasure of serving on the Florida CERT Association Board of Directors.
I began my career serving in the Army National Guard, where I worked as a Motor Transportation Operator for six years.
During my time in the Guard, I found assisting those in need and serving my local community was my life’s passion.
Upon completing my basic CERT course, I had the opportunity to utilize my training during Hurricane Michael, where we deployed to Calhoun, Bay and Jackson counties for Human Services support.
As Volunteer CERT Coordinator, I continued my education and completed the “Train the Trainer” course, where I have trained over 75 local volunteers. In 2020, I have led our CERT Team through over 1,000 volunteer hours, with missions including COVID support, traffic and crowd control, mass feeding effort, and provided logistical support for POD Operations. These missions and more allowed our team to be nominated and won the 2021 Volunteer Agency Service Award from Governor’s Hurricane Conference.