901-754-9404
My List0

We've now made it easier for you to research and save your favorite keynotes speakers. Click on the + sign to add a speaker to your Speaker List and email your favorites to colleagues and friends.

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
Craig Fugate, speaker
1 Review(s)

Craig Fugate

    • Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Full Bio
In Person-Fee 🛈

$15,000 - $20,000

Virtual Fee:

Please Inquire

Travels From

Florida

TedMed 2010

TedMed 2010

Interview

Interview

Craig Fugate Speaker Biography


W. Craig Fugate began serving in the position of Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in May 2009.

Prior to coming to FEMA, Mr. Fugate served as Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM). In that role since 2001, he managed 138 full-time staff and a budget of $745 million. His agency coordinated disaster response, recovery, preparedness and mitigation efforts with each of the state's 67 counties and local governments.

Mr. Fugate began his emergency management career as a volunteer firefighter, Emergency Paramedic, and finally as a Lieutenant with the Alachua County Fire Rescue. Eventually, he moved from exclusive fire rescue operations to serving as the Emergency Manager for Alachua County in Gainesville, Florida. He spent a decade in that role until May 1997 when he was appointed Bureau Chief for Preparedness and Response for FDEM.

Within FDEM, Mr. Fugate's role as Chief of the State Emergency Response Team (SERT) kept him busy during 1998. That year, the SERT team was active for more than 200 days as a result of numerous floods, tornadoes, wildfires, and Hurricane Georges.

In September 2003, again under Mr. Fugate's stewardship, the Florida Emergency Management Program became the first statewide emergency management program in the nation to receive full accreditation from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP).

During his years at FDEM, Mr. Fugate served as the State Coordinating Officer in Florida for 11 Presidentially-declared disasters and the management of $4.5 billion in federal disaster assistance.

In 2004, Mr. Fugate managed the largest federal disaster response in Florida history as four major hurricanes impacted the state in quick succession (Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne). In 2005, Florida was again impacted by major disasters when three more hurricanes made landfall in the state (Dennis, Katrina, and Wilma). The impact from Hurricane Katrina was felt more strongly in the Gulf Coast states to the west but under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact or EMAC, Florida launched the largest mutual aid response in its history in support of those states.

Mr. Fugate and his wife Sheree hail from Gainesville, Florida.

Seven Deadly Sins of Emergency Management

Related Speakers

Tony Brigmon, keynote speaker

Tony Brigmon

Former Face of Southwest Airlines culture as their official "Ambassador of FUN"

Jason Redman

Jason Redman

Navy SEAL (ret.) 

Shelley Zalis Speaker | Female Business Speaker

Shelley Zalis

CEO

Drew Feustel keynote speaker

Drew Feustel

NASA Astronaut & Geophysicist

Mike Massimino Speaker

Mike Massimino

Former NASA Astronaut

Kristel Bauer keynote speaker

Kristel Bauer

Corporate Wellness and Performance Expert

Quint Studer, speaker, author and entreprenuer

Quint Studer

Businessman

Tasha Eurich, speaker

Tasha Eurich

Organizational psychologist

Phil Hansen, Speaker

Phil Hansen

Internationally-recognized Multimedia Artist

Boris Cherniak, Speaker

Boris Cherniak

Motivational Comedy Hypnotist for Corporate & Private Events

Mat Park, speaker

Mat Park

High Performance Psychologist

Jackie Freiberg, speaker

Jackie Freiberg

International Best-selling Author

Reviews
Click testimonials tab below for detailed feedback.

October 6, 2023

Craig was engaging, informative, insightful! Everyone in the room was taking notes and capturing his "Craigisms"! Great speaker that has a way of simplifying the complex world of emergency management into absorbable concepts. That and he is a genuinely nice person! Dave Busby President Oregon Emergency Management Association

Oregon Emergency Management Association

Testimonials

Everyone on the ESB team has been great to work with for our events. Looking forward to keep working with ESB!

Plexus Worldwide

We had a positive experience with ESB. Matt Meyer is a great communicator and easy to get a hold of. His helped us through the process to mak..

BNSF

ESB was patient, thorough, and responsive during the planning process. Thank you for making this such a great experience for us!

ConnectWise

ESB supported our needs and the needs of our speaker throughout the entire process. I highly recommend working with ESB to find your next spe..

DogWatch

"It's always a pleasure to work with ESB. Very professional and personable staff. Thanks!"

Testimonial | Texas Society of Architects

"Excellent! Thank you for being a true partner to our organization and its development."

HCA Healthcare

"They are the only speakers bureau I will even consider using!"

Testimonial | Youth Villages

A wonderful bureau to work with! Big ups to everyone who helped make our event a success. Fingers crossed we get the chance to collaborate fo..

MDRT | Testimonial

"As always, you are the best most responsive speaker bureau I've ever worked with!"

Image Media

Angela Schelp was a great partner in finding the right kick-off speaker for our conference. This was my first conference identifying the keyn..

CubeSmart
Need Suggestions? Have Questions?

Need Suggestions? Have Questions?

Call to discuss how we can you help find the right speaker(s) for your organization.

© 2024 Executive Speakers Bureau. All Rights Reserved.

Design and Developed by eBiz Solutions

Get Ideas in 1 hour or less

Executive Speakers Bureau consistently receives praises about our speed and efficiency. From the beginning of your event planning, our extensive online speaker database and resourceful staff allow us to quickly equip you with the best speaker for your event.

Need a last minute speaker? No worries. Our speed and efficiency help us give you ideas for speakers in one hour or less.

Please fill in information below