List of FEMA heads




Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness
(within the General Services Administration)
Officeholder From To
James Hafer May 1975 April 1, 1979
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(Independent agency; Cabinet-level from February 26, 1996 – January 20, 2001)
Officeholder From To
Gordon Vickery
Acting 		April 1, 1979 July 1979
Thomas Casey
Acting 		July 1979 August 1979
John Macy August 1979 January 20, 1981
Bernard Gallagher
Acting 		January 20, 1981 April 1981
John McConnell
Acting 		April 1981 May 1981
Louis O. Giuffrida May 1981 September 1, 1985
Robert Morris
Acting 		September 1, 1985 November 1985
Julius W. Becton Jr. November 1985 June 1989
Robert Morris
Acting 		June 1989 May 1990
Jerry Jennings
Acting 		May 1990 August 1990
Wallace E. Stickney August 1990 January 20, 1993
William Tidball
Acting 		January 20, 1993 April 5, 1993
James Lee Witt April 5, 1993 January 20, 2001
John Magaw
Acting 		January 20, 2001 February 15, 2001
Joe Allbaugh February 15, 2001 April 15, 2003
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(and Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response)
Officeholder From To
Michael D. Brown April 15, 2003 September 12, 2005
David Paulison
Acting 		September 12, 2005 June 8, 2006
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(and Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Federal Emergency Management)
Officeholder From To
David Paulison June 8, 2006 March 31, 2007
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(within the Department of Homeland Security)
Officeholder From To
David Paulison March 31, 2007 January 21, 2009
Nancy L. Ward
Acting 		January 21, 2009 May 19, 2009
Craig Fugate May 19, 2009 January 20, 2017
Bob Fenton
Acting 		January 20, 2017 June 23, 2017
Brock Long June 23, 2017 March 8, 2019
Pete Gaynor
Acting: March 8, 2019 – January 14, 2020 		March 8, 2019 present

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