New Director of FEMA's Region IX Appointed
Release Date: November 21, 2002
Release Number: HQ-02-230
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Washington, DC -- Joe M. Allbaugh, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that Jeff Griffin, the former mayor of Reno, Nev., has been appointed director of FEMA Region IX, based in Oakland, Calif. As regional director, Griffin will be responsible for administering federal emergency preparedness, mitigation, and disaster response and recovery programs for the state of Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada, as well as the Territory of American Samoa, the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia.
"Jeff brings his experience at the state and local level to FEMA, experience that is increasingly important as federal agencies work closely with localities to prepare for national security emergencies," said Allbaugh.
Before joining FEMA, Griffin was the mayor of Reno, Nev.; he was first elected in 1995 and re-elected in 1998. He also is the former owner of Griffin Transport Services, the largest international transportation service company in the state. Before moving to Nevada in 1975, Griffin held management positions with a major air carrier in San Francisco and several Silicon Valley firms in corporation transportation management and international trade.
A native of Boston, Mass., Griffin has completed FEMA's Integrated Emergency Management Course and attended the Domestic Terrorism Executive Institute at Texas A&M University.
Griffin is a board member of the U.S. Conference of Mayors where he has served on the Aviation Security Task Force and as the chair of the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee for five years. Griffin was named Public Official of the Year in 2001 by the Nevada League of Cities and served on the Crime Prevention Policy Committee for the National League of Cities.
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