Organization Chart

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The position-based chart covers Cal Poly SLO and Cal Poly Solano and does not include employee names.

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Biography

Anthony J. Knight leads Cal Poly's public safety and emergency management programs, providing executive direction for four public safety departments and overseeing universitywide preparedness, continuity, and crisis management. As an Emergency Operations Center Director, he has directed campus responses to wildfires, severe weather, infrastructure disruptions, demonstrations, power outages, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

His career spans more than 22 years of emergency and incident management across federal, state, local, and higher education settings. That experience includes service with FEMA's National Incident Management Assistance Team West, NASA Ames Research Center, Santa Clara County Public Health, and the U.S. Coast Guard.

Knight also serves as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Incident Management Division. In that role, he deploys in planning leadership positions for complex disasters and maritime incidents. His deployments have included Hurricane Sandy, the 2013 Colorado floods, the Valley Fire, Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the Huntington Beach oil spill, and the Key Bridge collapse response.

A graduate of the National Emergency Management Executive Academy, Knight focuses on strengthening resilient organizations, developing capable teams, and bringing diverse partners together to turn uncertainty into coordinated, proactive action.