Cindy Rosales-Cooper

Cindy Rosales-Cooper is a senior staffer at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).  She is currently serving as an Emergency Preparedness (EP) specialist in the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response (NSIR) where she is responsible for reviewing licensee changes to alert and notification systems, primarily for use of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS), EP knowledge management, and coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).  Ms. Rosales-Cooper also functions as the senior technical adviser on international activities for NSIR.

Since joining the NRC in 2002, Ms. Rosales-Cooper has served as the acting Branch Chief for the Intelligence Liaison and Threat Analysis Branch in NSIR, the Strategic Advisor for Global Engagement in the Office of Investigations, the Executive Technical Assistant for International and Research activities in the Office of the Executive Director for Operations, a Technical Assistant on the staff of former NRC Chairman Dale Klein, a Senior Technical Assistant for International Activities in the Office of New Reactors, and an International Relations Officer in the Office of International Programs

/Ms. Rosales-Cooper earned a Master of Public Affairs degree with a concentration in US Foreign Policy from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas; a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science; and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Ms. Rosales-Cooper is a Certified Nuclear Safety Professional and a graduate of the Brookings Executive Education: Women in Leadership Executive Management Series.