Corey Gruber
Acting Deputy Administrator, National Preparedness Directorate
Corey Gruber serves as the Acting Deputy Administrator, National Preparedness Directorate (NPD), in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Directorate has six business units with over 300 personnel that are charged with providing guidance, programs, activities and services to prepare the Nation to prevent, protect from, respond to and recover from all hazards. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Assistant Deputy Administrator. In 2007 he served as Acting Deputy Administrator of the newly formed Directorate and led its April 2007 integration into the Agency. He previously served as Acting Assistant Secretary of Grants and Training (G&T) in the Department's former Preparedness Directorate. His other assignments within the Department include serving as the Executive Director, National Preparedness Task Force and Director, Office for Policy, Initiatives, and Analysis, Office of Grants and Training, where he led implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive-8 (National Preparedness).
Before joining the U.S. Federal government in 2001, Mr. Gruber served as Deputy Director, Emergency Management Division, Research Planning, Inc., where he supported planning, training, exercise and continuity needs for public and private sector clientele. He managed the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Exercise Program, overseeing conduct of 239 exercises involving response to terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction for 120 major metropolitan areas across the Nation.
Mr. Gruber's other assignments included serving as Chief of Plans in the Department of Defense's Director of Military Support, where he was responsible for Military Support to Civil Authorities, including planning and response to more than 50 major disasters and emergencies, and management of classified continuity of operations programs. He is a retired U.S. Army officer.
Mr. Gruber is a recipient of the 2006 Secretary's Meritorious Service Award - Silver Medal. This award recognized his efforts to spearhead the development of the National Preparedness Goal and Target Capabilities List, to formulate "Super-UASI" regions under the Urban Areas Securities Initiative program, and to lead the Hurricane Katrina Task Force Office.
Mr. Gruber received his bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University, and his master's degree from Chapman University. He was certified as an Emergency Medical Technician in the State of Georgia in 1980. He is married and has two children, including a son who is currently serving in the U.S. Army Special Forces.
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