Christopher T. Geldart
Director, Office of National Capital Region Coordination
Christopher Geldart is FEMA’s Director of the Office of National Capital Region Coordination.
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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