State Civil Defense hires new vice director

By Star-Advertiser staff

POSTED: 01:54 p.m. HST, Jan 30, 2012
LAST UPDATED: 07:47 a.m. HST, Jan 31, 2012

Retired Washington Army National Guard Lt. Col. Doug Mayne will assume the duties of vice director of state Civil Defense in March, the state announced Monday.

He will succeed Ed Teixeira, vice director of Hawaii State Civil Defense since 2000, who resigned in October.

Mayne, who lives in Olympia, Wash., retired from the Washington National Guard in 2008. He then took the post of federal coordinating officer for the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency Region X, where he led responses to seven disasters in six states over the last four years.

In his new position, Mayne will report directly to Maj. Gen. Darryll Wong, State Adjutant General and director of State Civil Defense.

Mayne previously worked with the Hawaii Joint Force HQ staff in 2007 during the annual Makani Pahili disaster response exercise. Mayne has also served as the deputy director of future operations and training for the joint staff of the Washington State National Guard; chief of staff for the 4th Brigade, 91st Division (Training Support), Fort Lewis, Wash.; training officer, 81st Infantry Brigade (Mechanized) Washington National Guard; and commander of the 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), Washington National Guard.

"Doug has a wealth of experience in disaster management on the national level as well as years of service in Washington State, which has the same arrangement as Hawaii — National Guard, Emergency Management and Homeland Security functioning under the same department — so he already knows how to work well within that framework," said Maj. Gen. Wong. "His years of experience at the local, state and federal levels, where he directed programs, wrote and implemented plans and led large staffs during disaster responses, makes him the best choice."

Mayne holds a master's degree in organizational leadership and master's certificates in organizational development and human resources from Chapman University, Fort Lewis Campus, Wash. He also has a bachelor's of history from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Truther wrote:

I'm sure Lt. Col Mayne is a great choice; but Teixeira was doing the work of three people and had the experience of many. He will be missed and the State needs to hire three people to adequately replace him.

on January 30,2012 | 10:46PM