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Chris Geldart
Director
Office of
National Capital Region Coordination
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
Before joining FEMA in April 2007, Mr. Geldart worked for the State
of Maryland as Assistant Director of the Governor’s Office of
Homeland Security, beginning in 2004. He designed, developed and led
the State’s homeland security Program Executive Office, which
included management of over $400 million in funding and required
coordination with all of Maryland’s local and municipal governments
and the entire state enterprise. He also designed and led grant
application, allocation/distribution and outcome tracking process
for Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Health and
Human Services and Centers for Disease Control grant programs for
the improvement of the Maryland’s all hazards prevention,
protection, response and recovery capabilities. In addition, he
served as primary liaison for the State to the multiple coordinating
offices of DHS to include Preparedness, Grants and Training,
Infrastructure Protection, Information Analysis and the Office of
State and Local Coordination and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
From 2002-2004, Mr. Geldart was a Program Manager at Booz Allen
Hamilton, where he provided program management for the Installation
Preparedness Program, Unified Defense Exercise 04 and the Technical
Assistance Team. He served as a lead in developing scenarios and
training materials that test naval installation Weapons of Mass
Destruction plans and directives.
From 1989-2001 Mr. Geldart served in the United States Marine Corps,
where he had several leadership positions in the Fleet Marine Force
and was certified and served as an instructor in a joint military
formal school environment at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare
Training Center.
He has a Bachelor’s degree in American History from the University
of Maryland.
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