Frank Matranga is the director of the Individual Assistance (IA) Division at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In this role, he oversees FEMA’s programs providing direct help to disaster survivors through financial assistance, housing, crisis counseling, case management and other assistance. The programs also coordinate with states, tribes, territories and local governments, other federal agencies and voluntary organizations, for mass care and emergency assistance, sheltering and temporary housing, voluntary organizations and donations management. This year, Matranga led historic reforms to IA that significantly simplified and streamlined access to FEMA assistance.
Prior to joining IA, he has served in various capacities, including the deputy director of public assistance. There, he was instrumental in the delivery of more than $54 billion to states, tribes and territories for COVID-19 costs, as well as more than $32 billion to Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands to support their continued recovery from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Matranga led the reengineering and implementation of a new program delivery business model for the 7,000 person enterprise including the creation of four Consolidated Resource Centers. This unified the subgrant development and launched an online service center for over 25,000 local governments applying for assistance.
Prior to joining FEMA, Matranga served as a Presidential Management fellow with the Office of the Judge Advocate General in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Matranga holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of California, San Diego, and a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law, New York.