FEMA Private SectorOffice of External Affairs

Private Sector OverviewPrivate Sector Overview FEMA Mission

FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to

ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and

improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all

hazards.

Who is the Private Sector?• Businesses• Academia• Voluntary• Faith-based• Non-governmental

Organizations

Private Sector Division

Dan StonekingPrivate Sector Division Director

Private Sector Liaisons

Jeanie Moore Regions

Personnel TrainingBudget

Lori Rivera

Preparedness &

ProtectionCIKR

LodgingRetail

Tracey BatacanMitigation

USFA Ready

CampaignTech SectorAcademia

Ashley Small

Response & Recovery Minority Business

Small BusinessDefense

Transportation

John Courtman

cheMission SupportMetrics

Some times we all have needs

Needs

ImpactedOrganizations

ImpactedInfrastructure

IndividualAssistance

Shelters / Evacuations

Grants

Some times we all have capabilities

Capabilities

Facilities

Equipment

Skills

Knowledge

Donations

We can always communicate

Ground Floor

Connecting the Dots

Two-Way Communication

ActionableInformation

Increased Understanding

Dialogue

Success Stories: Prepare

More than 300 first responders, some who came from as far away as Germany, converged in College Station over the weekend to sharpen their search and rescue …

Success Stories: Protect

Most campuses use video surveillance…Queens College built an IT solution to detect an unattended bag, a particular license plate, or a certain individual, and then automatically initiate actions such as notifying staff…

Success Stories: Respond

Success Stories: Recover

Lynn University students visited Haiti to help orphans and handicapped children, adults and the elderly. After the earthquake, four students and two professors were lost and a memorial fund was established in their honor.

Success Stories: Mitigate

What We Can Do Together• Benevolence• Advice & counsel• Get a kit. Make a plan. Be informed• Prepare our facilities• Prepare our constituents and communities• Advance Technology• Work together to prepare, protect, respond,

recover, mitigate• Your best ideas….

Web Resourceswww.fema.gov/privatesector

Contact Information E-mail us at:

FEMA-Private-Sector@dhs.gov

QUESTIONS?