FEMA National Advisory Council 
Appointments 

 

June 16, 2010 

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA) announced the following appointments to the National 
Advisory Council on June 16, 2010. 

 

CATEGORY: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

. 
Mark Cooper (LA) – Executive Director for the Governor's Office of Homeland 
Security and Emergency Preparedness, LA Governor Bobby Jindal 

 

CATEGORY: PUBLIC HEALTH 

. 
Paul Biedrzycki (WI) – Director of the Disease Control & Environmental Health for 
the City of Milwaukee Health Department 

 

CATEGORY: EMERGENCY MEDICAL PROVIDER 

. 
Conrad Kearns (FL) – Vice President & Chief Operating Officer at Community 
Emergency Medical Services 

 

CATEGORY: SPECIAL NEEDS 

. 
June Kailes (CA) – Disability Policy Consultant for the Center for Disability and 
Health Policy Western University of Health Sciences 

 

CATEGORY: STATE NON-ELECTED OFFICIAL 

. 
David Miller (IA) – Administrator for Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency 
Management Division 

 

CATEGORY: TRIBAL NON-ELECTED OFFICIAL 

. 
Charles Kmet (AZ) – Emergency Management Administrator for Tohono O'odham 
Department of Public Safety 

 

CATEGORY: STANDARDS SETTING 

. 
Elizabeth Armstrong (VA) – Executive Director of the International Association of 
Emergency Managers 

 

CATEGORY: FEMA ADMINISTRATOR SELECTIONS 

. 
Nancy Dragani (OH) – Executive Director of the Ohio Emergency Management 
Agency 

. 
Teresa Scott (FL) – Director of Public Works for the City of Gainesville 

. 
Adora Obi Nweze (FL) – President of the Florida State Conference, NAACP 

 


HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE (EX OFFICIO): 

. 
Ellen Gordon (IA) - Associate Director of Executive Education and Faculty, Naval 
Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security 

 

OFFICER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (EX OFFICIO): 

. 
Christine Wormuth (VA) – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Homeland 
Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense 

. 
Kevin Yeskey (MD) – Deputy Assistant Secretary & Director of Office of 
Preparedness and Emergency Operations, U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services