[SBE] FEMA Leadership Announcements to staff

[Richard Rudman]

May 27, 2009


MEMORANDUM FOR:         All FEMA Employees

FROM:                                    W. Craig Fugate
                                                 Administrator

SUBJECT:                              Appointment of New FEMA Leaders

I am pleased to announce several appointments to our leadership team.

William “Bill” L. Carwile, III, Assistant Administrator, Disaster  
Operations Division
David L. Myers, DHS Director, Center for Faith-Based and Community  
Initiatives
Dr. Jannah Scott, DHS Deputy Director, Center for Faith-Based and  
Community Initiatives
Pat Hart, Director, Legislative Affairs
Clark Stevens, Press Secretary

Bill Carwile:
Bill brings a distinguished career to FEMA that includes serving in  
senior positions in DHS, FEMA and as a senior military officer. He  
served as Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) and in other senior  
management positions on large federal disaster response operations  
between 1996 and 2005. Bill was one of the first Principal Federal  
Officials (PFOs) designated by then-Secretary of Homeland Security,  
Tom Ridge. He reinvigorated the National Emergency Response Team after  
his experiences working the 9/11 disaster in New York City. A retired  
U.S. Army colonel, Bill completed a successful 30-year career during  
which he served in command and operational staff positions in Special  
Forces, Infantry and headquarters organizations.

David Myers:
Prior to joining DHS, David served as Executive Director of Teen  
Living Programs in Chicago. In this position, he transformed a small  
organization to national prominence by identifying and focusing on  
vision and mission, developing a diverse Board of Directors, and  
building outcome-focused residential, social service and health care  
programs. David previously was the Executive Director of the Center  
for Public Ministry in Evanston, Ill., where he developed a suburban  
homeless agency serving families and by creating strategic  
partnerships with neighbors, local businesses and town governments. In  
his new role, David is responsible for engaging religious and  
community groups in preparedness, relief, recovery and response and  
sustainable risk management among faith-based and community  
organizations within local communities.

Dr. Jannah Scott:
Jannah has more than 10 years of experience in engaging faith-based  
and community groups on government issues. Her most recent role was as  
Policy Advisor, Faith and Community Initiatives in the Office of  
former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano. In that role, Jannah was  
responsible for advising the Governor on how the state could best  
engage people of faith and goodwill on behalf of Arizona communities,  
with a special focus on capacity building; military/veterans’ affairs;  
immigration policy and international initiatives; emergency  
preparedness and stakeholder outreach to faith-based and community  
groups. Prior to her state government work, Jannah was an Associate  
with the International Foundation, host of the annual National Prayer  
Breakfast. In that role, she provided strategic support to the  
Foundation Leadership team and coordinated U.S. and foreign associate  
efforts in more than 100 countries around the globe.

Pat Hart:
Pat worked in the United States Senate in the offices of Senators Bob  
Kerrey, Bob Graham and Joe Biden, and was a professional staff member  
on the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee.  Pat also worked on  
three presidential campaigns.  In 1999 and 2000, he was Deputy  
Research Director for Vice President Al Gore’s presidential campaign,  
and was later the Research Director for Senator Chris Dodd’s  
presidential campaign.  More recently, he was a senior research  
strategist for the Obama-Biden campaign. Pat is a native of upstate  
New York.

Clark Stevens:
Prior to becoming Press Secretary at FEMA, Clark acted as a  
spokesperson at the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee, managing  
communications for the Northeast region. Before the Inaugural  
Committee position, Clark spent more than a year working in several  
capacities on Senator Barack Obama’s Presidential Campaign, most  
recently as the Communications Director for his Virginia Campaign for  
Change. Clark also acted as the communications director and  
spokesperson in a number of primary states. Clark has extensive  
strategic communications experience, having worked in and  
aroundWashington for several years in several communication capacities.

Please join me in welcoming this group of dedicated professionals to  
the FEMA team.


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