[SBE] FEMA Leadership Announcements to staff

[Albert Muick]

My goodness,

 

Is COL. Carwile the only one with any kind of emergency response experience?
I always thought that one had to have a certain amount of relevant
experience to be qualified for any position...  It should give pause to
anyone to think that our FEMA/DHS personnel may not have the experience
required.

 

Somehow mixing FEMA/DHS with faith-based initiatives is extremely scary.
Still, I wish them well.

 

Al Muick, CBRE

Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan

 

 

From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Richard
Rudman
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 4:55 PM
To: EAS Committee SBE
Cc: Barry Thomas; Chris Imlay; Poray John
Subject: [SBE] FEMA Leadership Announcements to staff

 

 

 

 

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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