Brock Long is administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), since June 2017. Previously, he was executive vice president at Hagerty Consulting, a homeland security and emergency management firm. From 2008 to 2011, he directed Alabama’s Emergency Management Agency, coordinating for 14 disasters and serving as incident commander during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Prior positions include FEMA regional hurricane program manager, FEMA hurricane and evacuation liaison team leader, and statewide school safety coordinator for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. Long has also served as private-sector chairman for the National Emergency Management Association and as a board member of the Central United States Earthquake Consortium.
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