Sharon Packer

Sharon Packer has been dedicated to civil defense and preparedness issues for most of her life. She became interested in civil defense at a very young age during the threat years of the cold war.

After receiving her bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics, she taught math in the public school system for a short period of time and then became a full time mother until her children were grown. She has been married to Edson Packer for 40 years and their 6 children and 13 grand children are the greatest joys of their life. She became an EMT and volunteered with the Wasatch County Ambulance Service for several years. Later, she returned to school and received a master's degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Utah. She is the author of 'Nuclear Defense Issues', a handbook of weapons effects and civil defense survival techniques.

Sharon co-founded the Civil Defense Volunteers of Utah where she acted as the President of that organization for 12 years.

Sharon is also the Vice President of Utah Shelter Systems, Inc., in Salt Lake City, a company that manufactures special order steel shelters featuring a Swiss made chemical biological filtration system, and installs them on a national basis.

Sharon currently serves as Executive Director of The American Civil Defense Association (TACDA) and lectures widely throughout the United States on civil defense issues. She has written numerous preparedness articles, which are featured in TACDA's Journal of Civil Defense, and has been a regular speaker for DDP (The Doctor's for Disaster Preparedness) for the past 12 years. She is also an amateur radio operator (N7NHJ) and serves as a nuclear weapons effects trainer for the U.S. Airforce Communications Command (MARS).

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