Timothy W. Manning
Deputy Administrator, National Preparedness Directorate (NPD)
Tim Manning is the Deputy Administrator of the National Preparedness Directorate (NPD) at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Directorate has six business units with more than 300 personnel who are charged with providing guidance, programs, activities and services to prepare the Nation to prevent, protect from, respond to and recover from all hazards.
Prior to this assignment, he served as the Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, and Homeland Security Advisor to the Governor. He was named the Department's first Director by the Governor in April 2007, having previously been appointed to the Cabinet as Director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security in 2005 and before that served as the State Director of Emergency Management. In addition to the State's intelligence and anti-terrorism programs, Deputy Administrator Manning also oversaw the daily administration of the State's disaster and emergency preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery efforts.
Deputy Administrator Manning has previously served as a Deputy Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety. He has a diverse background in emergency services, working in a number of positions in the State's emergency management agency from entering as the hazardous materials response program coordinator up through to the Chief of the Emergency Operations Bureau, and eventually the agency's Director. Prior to his service with New Mexico, Deputy Administrator Manning served as a firefighter, EMT, rescue mountaineer and hazardous materials specialist.
Deputy Administrator Manning received a Bachelors of Science in Geology from Eastern Illinois University, and is a graduate of the Executive Program at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security of the Naval Postgraduate School.
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