Updates

FEMA Announces New National Advisory Council Members

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announces the selection of 16 new members to its National Advisory Council (NAC).

The 35-member council provides FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate with diverse perspectives and advice from a broad cross section of the overall emergency management team.

The National Advisory Council was mandated by Congress in the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006. The NAC is comprised of state, tribal, and local governments, private sector, and non-governmental partners who advise and provide recommendations to the FEMA Administrator on the National Preparedness System, National Incident Management System (NIMS), National Response Framework (NRF), FEMA grants programs, and more.

New NAC Members:

  • Lee Feldman, City Manager, City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • Edward Gabriel, Director, Global Crisis Management and Business Continuity, The Walt Disney Company
  • Jerome Hatfield, Lieutenant Colonel /Deputy Superintendent of Homeland Security, New Jersey State Police
  • Clifton Lacy, Director, University Center for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response
  • Cathy Lanier, Chief of Police, Metropolitan Police Department
  • Robert Lee, Former Adjutant General, State of Hawaii, Department of Defense
  • Robert Davidson Leipold, Executive Director, National VOAD (Term ends June 15, 2012)
  • David Miller, Former Administrator of Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management Division
  • Michael Rackley, Director, Global Security Services, Target
  • George Schloegel, Mayor, City of Gulfport, Mississippi (Term ends June 15, 2012)
  • Kurt Schwartz, Homeland Security Advisor and Emergency Management Director State of Massachusetts (Term ends June 15, 2013)
  • Charles Shimanski, Senior Vice President Disaster Services, American Red Cross (Term ends June 15, 2013)
  • Mary Troupe, Executive Director, Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities
  • David L. Waldrop, Chief Evangelist / Architect, Public Safety Initiative, Microsoft Corporation
  • Rebecca White, Tribal Council Chairwoman, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Omaha
  • Phil Zarlengo, Chairman, AARP Board of Directors

The latest NAC membership application period was announced in early February and ended in March 2011.

Newly-appointed members will serve from June 15, 2011, through June 15, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

The NAC mission ensures effective and ongoing coordination of federal preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation for natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters. Additional information on the NAC, including the list of all current members, can be found at http://www.fema.gov/about/nac/

If you have any questions about this advisory, please contact FEMA's Legislative Affairs Division at (202) 646-4500

FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.