[SBE] FEMA Leadership Announcements to staff

[Richard Rudman]

My personal take is that Craig already has many qualified people at  
FEMA that he either already has identified or will identify.

The positions announced are interesting, but I would submit not  
representative of the many people already on board within FEMA have  
not had the benefit of the leadership and experience that someone like  
Craig can offer due to Craig's track record as the EM for Florida, and  
his leadership within NEMA and, dare I say, the PPW.

Also, going to people who have experience with CBO's and faith-based  
organizations can be viewed as a major step forward in setting up  
logistics to get emergency assistance to the right people at the  
community level faster and more efficiently.

Richard

On May 28, 2009, at 6:17 AM, Albert Muick wrote:


> 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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