Camille Crain is the Building Resilient Infrastructure and communities (BRIC) Section Chief at the Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Division Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters (HQ). In this role, it is her responsibility to oversee the implementation of the BRIC program. She brings over 20 years’ experience with FEMA’s HMA grant programs at the university, State and Federal level.
Crain came to FEMA HQ from FEMA Region 6 where she served as the HMA Branch Chief in the Mitigation Division. It was her responsibility to manage FEMA’s three HMA grant programs and staff for the five states and 68 tribes within the Region. She administered in excess of three billion of mitigation funding.
Crain formerly worked for FEMA Region 4 where she has served as a Senior HMA program manager, team lead and supervisor for the states of Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. She was responsible for HMA training needs in the Region, Mitigation Planning coordination with HMA and SOP development for the HMA Branch.
Crain was the state hazard mitigation officer for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, where she managed the Commonwealth’s hazard mitigation grant program and planning office and led the effort for the approval of the Kentucky State Enhanced Hazard Mitigation Plan. Crain started her emergency management career at the University of Kentucky, where she was the Commonwealth’s grants manager for its Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
Crain holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Kentucky and is a proud member of Big Blue Nation.