Abbey Reber, MPH
Program Coordinator III
Abbey Reber is a Program Coordinator III (PCIII) at the University of Georgia’s (UGA) Institute for Disaster Management (IDM). Abbey attended Georgia College and State University for her undergraduate degree in Public Health. She then went on to earn her Master’s in Public Health with a concentration in Disaster Management from the Institute for Disaster Management at UGA. She was previously a graduate assistant at IDM during her time here and also interned for Forsyth County Emergency Management Agency.
In her role as a PCIII, Abbey drafts meeting documentation/handouts, communicates with program officers/state and local public health officials, and emergency management professionals. Abbey’s role will largely focus on helping to plan exercises for the state of Georgia. She will also contribute to IDM’s research initiatives and draft papers for publication.
In her free time, Abbey loves to read, online shop, and play piano (a new hobby of hers). She also loves to find sea shells at the beach whenever she can get away. Professionally, she loves to watch documentaries about natural disasters/emergency events to gain a better understanding of response techniques.
