We specialize in transforming preparedness into a strategic investment. As a boutique, woman-owned firm, we deliver customized, comprehensive plans rooted in real-world conditions and tailored to your unique needs. Our approach prioritizes equity, environmental justice, and inclusivity—ensuring all stakeholders have a seat at the table.

By simplifying risk mitigation and offering hands-on training, we help you build lasting capacity and resilience. We don’t create plans that collect dust—we craft dynamic strategies that lead to meaningful, measurable improvements.

Meet the Team

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  • Chief Executive Officer/Founder

    Mallory’s emergency management experience began in 2011 with the American Red Cross. In this role, she responded to over 300 home fires and other local disasters and completed 12 deployments to large-scale disasters, including several mass casualty incidents, major hurricanes, and floods. As a consultant, Mallory managed dozens of projects, such as after action reviews, mass care plans, business continuity plans, program evaluations, training and exercises, and comprehensive emergency management plans. She has worked with local, state, and federal emergency management organizations and agencies, private businesses, the transportation sector, and nonprofit organizations. Mallory also served as Secretary of the Board of NY VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster), where she assisted in coordinating several disasters, including NY VOAD’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She is passionate about improving outcomes for disaster survivors through stakeholder participation and partnerships.

    Mallory holds a B.A. in Political Science and Gender Studies from LeMoyne College, and an M.A. in Emergency Management and Homeland Security from Arizona State University. She is an M.A. Candidate in Global Security & Cybersecurity at Arizona State University.

    Mallory is based in Upstate NY with her partner, Tom, and their rescue dogs, Journey and Bear.

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  • Chief Operating Officer / Principal Consultant

    Andy Platt is an emergency manager with over a decade of experience in preparedness planning and disaster response. He began his career in public service as a wildland firefighter with AmeriCorps Cape Cod and the National Park Service before joining Barnstable County, Massachusetts as an Emergency Preparedness Specialist.

    At the county level, Andy led the development and coordination of regional preparedness plans through the Barnstable County Regional Emergency Planning Committee (BCREPC) and managed mass care sheltering operations during frequent coastal storm events. As a member of the Barnstable County Incident Management Team, he served as Planning Section Chief during regional activations, gaining hands-on experience in incident coordination. He was later appointed Deputy Director of Public Safety Training, overseeing the county’s multi-agency training and exercise programs for fire, law enforcement, and emergency management personnel.

    In 2021, Andy entered consulting as a Managing Associate with Hagerty Consulting before co-founding Blue Sky Planning Partners with Mallory Brown. As Chief Operating Officer, he leads operations and project delivery across the firm’s portfolio.

    Most recently, Andy supported the North Carolina Department of Public Health in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene. He led the development of the state’s fatality management After-Action Report, supported broader recovery efforts, and contributed to the Division of Public Health’s post-incident improvement planning. His work focused on multi-agency coordination and the integration of public health into emergency response systems.

    Andy holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Boston College and an M.S. in Emergency Management from Massachusetts Maritime Academy. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Elizabeth, and their two cats, AJ and Ellie.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT

Concerns with diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our mission as a company. As emergency managers in the field, we have witnessed countless instances of climate injustice, racial and socioeconomic inequity, disability discrimination, gender discrimination, and discrimination towards undocumented and unhoused populations. We acknowledge that preparing for future disasters is a privilege that is out of reach of many struggling to meet basic needs. Additionally, we recognize that gender discrimination and diversity issues plague the emergency management profession as a whole. We are committed to lessening its implications for the future of ethnic and racial inequality in the U.S. and the field of emergency management in the coming decades. We encourage our clients to ponder the roles they might play in the alleviation of the vast inequities that continue to shape our world, and take equity, diversity, and inclusion into account in all of our projects.

Blue Sky Planning Partners also recognizes that we occupy the ancestral lands of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy of First Nations in Upstate NY. As an organization, we are dedicated to understanding and educating others about historical and ongoing connections between land conservation, disaster impacts, and social inequities. This acknowledgment serves as a gesture of respect to the land upon which we are located.

Emergency Preparedness is a team sport.

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