David I. Maurstad
Assistant Administrator, Mitigation Directorate
David I. Maurstad, Assistant Administrator for Mitigation, provides leadership for some of the nation's leading multi-hazard risk reduction programs, which seek to secure the homeland from natural hazards.
His areas of oversight include the National Flood Insurance Program, the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, the National Dam Safety Program and the National Hurricane Program. He works closely with public and private risk managers, as well as leaders in government, industry, research and academia.
He was appointed Director of FEMA's Mitigation Division and Federal Insurance Administrator in April 2006 and previously held both positions in an acting role beginning in June 2004.
From 2001-2005, he was Regional Director of FEMA's Region VIII and coordinated FEMA's prevention, preparedness, and disaster response and recovery activities in Colorado, Montana, North and South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. Prior to that appointment, Mr. Maurstad was the Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, a position to which he was elected in 1998. In addition, he had previously served as a member of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature.
Mr. Maurstad has nearly 25 years of experience as an insurance agent in Nebraska, and was mayor of Beatrice, Nebraska. He is the first locally-elected official and insurance agent to head the National Flood Insurance Program. Mr. Maurstad holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and an MBA from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
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