| Deanne Criswell | |
|---|---|
| |
| Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office April 26, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Pete Gaynor |
| Commissioner of New York City Emergency Management | |
In office July 1, 2019 – April 26, 2021 | |
| Mayor | Bill de Blasio |
| Preceded by | Joseph Esposito |
| Succeeded by | John Scrivani |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch |  United States Air Force
|
| Years of service | 1992–2013 |
| Rank | Senior Master Sergeant |
| Unit | Colorado Air National Guard |
Deanne Bennett Criswell[1] is an American emergency management officer who has served as the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency since April 2021. Criswell is the first woman to lead FEMA.[2] She was previously the commissioner of the New York City Emergency Management Office.[3][4]
Education[]
Criswell attended elementary school in Free Soil, Michigan and was graduated in 1984 from Catholic Central High School in Manistee, Michigan. She then earned a Bachelor of Science in technology education from Colorado State University, a Master of Public Administration from the University of Colorado Denver, and a Master of Science in homeland security from the Naval Postgraduate School.[5][6][7]
Career[]
Criswell served as a member of the Colorado Air National Guard with the 140th Wing and was deployed to Kuwait. She also worked as a firefighter for 21 years. Criswell managed the Office of Emergency Management for the city of Aurora, Colorado.[8] She later worked in the Federal Emergency Management Agency during the Barack Obama administration before becoming the commissioner of the New York City Emergency Management department in 2019.[9]
Her nomination to be the next FEMA administrator was submitted to the United States Senate on February 22, 2021.[1] She was confirmed on April 22, 2021, by voice vote, and was sworn in by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on April 26, 2021.[10][2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Nominations Sent to the Senate". The White House. 2021-02-22. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Beitsch, Rebecca (2021-01-15). "Biden taps Criswell as first woman to lead FEMA" (in en). https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/534388-biden-taps-criswell-as-first-woman-to-lead-fema.
- ↑ "Biden nominates FEMA veteran Deanne Criswell to lead agency: Here's her background" (in en). https://www.nola.com/news/politics/national_politics/article_78ac76a6-572e-11eb-8765-bbb1c867c369.html.
- ↑ Hicks, Nolan (2021-01-15). "Biden picks NYC emergency management chief Deanne Criswell to head FEMA" (in en-US). https://nypost.com/2021/01/15/biden-picks-nyc-emergency-management-chief-criswell-to-head-fema/.
- ↑ "Northern Michigan native nominated to lead FEMA" (in en). 2021-01-18. https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/northern-michigan-native-nominated-to-lead-fema.
- ↑ Grabowski, Ken, "Biden nominates Manistee Catholic Central grad as next FEMA director". Manistee News Advocate, January 17, 2021, p. A1.
- ↑ Fraley, Scott, "Deanne Criswell: From Free Soil to FEMA administrator". Manistee News Advocate, November 22, 2021, p. A4.
- ↑ Beitsch, Rebecca (2021-01-15). "Biden taps Criswell as first woman to lead FEMA" (in en). https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/534388-biden-taps-criswell-as-first-woman-to-lead-fema.
- ↑ "Meet the Executive Staff - NYCEM". https://www1.nyc.gov/site/em/about/meet-execs.page.
- ↑ SecMayorkas (April 26, 2021). "Honored to deliver the oath of office to Deanne Criswell today, her first full day as the Administrator of @fema https://t.co/kkRJYF0NUl" (in en). https://twitter.com/SecMayorkas/status/1386849896117018624.
External links[]
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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