Message from the President
Welcome to our website for the Illinois Emergency Services Management Association (IESMA). IESMA was founded in 1965 and serves as the voice of local emergency managers for the State of Illinois. The membership of IESMA is composed of partners and peers in emergency management, public safety, education, private sector, and many others.
The Association strives to foster strong partnerships and to develop and share tools that can help better prepare emergency management professionals and the communities they serve. One event we have is our Annual IESMA Summit, with the 2026 Summit being our 61st annual event! The theme for the Summit is Building Resilient Communities and we are conducting our first ever Emergency Management Legislative Day in Springfield.
For those that become members and become part of the IESMA team, the goal is for you to have a conduit for helpful information about emergency management practices across the State. We hope to provide new opportunities with lunch and learns, tools on the website members can access, access to job postings, reduced rates for the Summit, and many networking opportunities. If you have local questions about IESMA and becoming a member or getting involved, you can find your Regional Vice President by clicking Leadership in the About section at the top of this page. We are also very fortunate to have amazing leadership in our Executive Director Michael Graves.
For those that are in the emergency management field or a related field, thank you for what you do! By working together and sharing our best practices and lessons-learned, we help create a strong network of mutual aid and support for one another. When you have friends at your side you are never alone!
Finally, we’re always looking for ways to keep improving our Association and the work we do. Please do not hesitate to reach out to any of our IESMA Leadership if you have any thoughts or ideas.
Warm Regards,
Daniel Eder
IESMA President
