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Press Releases

Title: Carrie Speranza, CEM, Takes Office as IAEM-USA President (9 July, 2024)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2024 40 Under 40 Awardees (18 April, 2024)

Title: Justin Kates, CEM, Sworn in as IAEM-USA President (9 Nov. 2023)

Title: Randy D. Kearns, CEM, Achieves 30 Years of Certification (25 April 2023)

Title: Emergency Management Performance Grant Shows Substantial Benefits to States, Localities (24 March 2023)

Title: Cathy Clark Sworn In as IAEM-USA President (20 Jan. 2023)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2022 Emergency Manager of the Year (12 Oct. 2022)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2022 Career Excellence Award (11 Oct. 2022)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2022 Emergency Management Voluntary Organization of the Year (11 Oct. 2022)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2022 IAEM-USA Preparedness Award Winner (11 Oct. 2022)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2022 Business and Private Sector Integration and Public Sector Partnership Award (11 Oct. 2022)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2022 Rising Star Award Winner (11 Oct. 2022)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2022 Student Advocate of the Year Award (11 Oct. 2022)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2022 Student Chapter of the Year (11 Oct. 2022)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2022 Student of the Year Award Winner (11 Oct. 2022)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2022 Technology and Innovation Award Winner (11 Oct. 2022)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2022 Uniformed Emergency Manager of the Year (11 Oct. 2022)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2022 Uniformed Services Auxiliary Emergency Manager of the Year (11 Oct. 2022)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2022 Uniformed Services Civilian Emergency Manager of the Year (11 Oct. 2022)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2022 Volunteer Emergency Manager of the Year Award Winner (11 Oct. 2022)

Title: IAEM and NEMA Release Annual Report Demonstrating the Value of a Critical Emergency Management Grant Program (8 Apr. 2022)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2021 Clayton R. Christopher Memorial Local Emergency Manager of the Year Award ( 25 Oct. 2021)

Title: Carolyn J. Harshman, MPA, CEM, Sworn in as IAEM-USA President ( 21 Oct. 2021)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2021 IAEM-USA Uniformed Services Emergency Manager of the Year Award ( 15 Oct. 2021)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2021 IAEM-USA Uniformed Services Civilian Emergency Manager of the Year Award ( 15 Oct. 2021)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2021 IAEM-USA Uniformed Services Auxiliary Emergency Manager of the Year Award ( 15 Oct. 2021)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2021 IAEM-USA Emergency Management Volunteer Organization of the Year Award ( 14 Oct. 2021)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2021 IAEM-USA Emergency Management Volunteer of the Year Award ( 14 Oct. 2021)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2021 IAEM-USA Student Chapter of the Year Award ( 13 Oct. 2021)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2021 IAEM-USA Student Ally of the Year Award ( 13 Oct. 2021)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2021 Technology and Innovation Award ( 12 Oct. 2021)

Title: IIAEM-Oceania Announces the 2021 Partners in Preparedness Award ( 11 Oct. 2021)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces the 2021 Partners in Preparedness Award ( 11 Oct. 2021)

Title: IAEM-USA Names Andrew D. Friend, CEM, 2021 Emergency Manager of the Year ( 8 Oct. 2021)

Title: IAEM-USA Announces 2021 Career Excellence Awardee is Randy White.( 1 Oct. 2021)

Title: International Association of Emergency Managers USA Council Announces Results of 2021 Officer and Board Elections.(2 Sept. 2021)

Title: IAEM and NEMA Tout Return on Investment of Critical Emergency Management Grant (6 Apr 2021)

Title: The Nation's Emergency Managers Applaud Inclusion of Funding for Critical Programs in American Rescue Plan (10 Mar 2021)
Summary: IAEM, joined by the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA), issued a joint press release supporting the passage of the American Rescue Plan. The bill includes several items that will aid the response and recovery to COVID-19 as well as other ongoing disasters. The $100 million included for Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) will allow for increased capacity at both the state and local levels. With these funds, emergency managers conduct coordinating activities across state and local agencies; augment ongoing disaster preparations, responses, and recoveries for other events; activate Emergency Operations Centers for monitoring, interagency coordination, and response activities; coordinate with public health and K-12 partners; conduct interagency training and exercise opportunities across governments; and develop strategic communications and public outreach to educate the general public on mitigation and preparedness strategies. With the additional $50 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF), ongoing disaster response can occur without fear of the account dwindling below sustainable levels. President Biden is expected to sign the bill on Thursday, Mar. 11, 2021.
Title: Judd Freed Sworn in as IAEM-USA President (23 Nov 2020)
Title: Emergency Managers Urge Swift Passage of FEMA Assistance Relief Act, H.R. 8266 (17 Nov 2020)
Title: IAEM-USA Announces Results of 2020 Elections (03 Sept 2020)
Title: IAEM Reimagined” Virtual Event Replaces the In-Person Conference in November (21 July 2020)

Title: Leslie Luke Appointed IAEM-USA Diversity and Equity Advisor (16 June 2020)
Summary: IAEM-USA President Teri Smith, CEM, CPM, has appointed Leslie Luke, deputy director of the Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office, Office of Emergency Management, as IAEM-USA diversity and equity advisor. The IAEM-USA Board of Directors approved the appointment during its meeting held June 16, 2020. Mr. Luke is the current chair of IAEM-USA’s Diversity Committee, which formed in 2011.
Title: IAEM-USA Diversity Committee Issues Open Letter to Emergency Managers (12 June 2020)
Title: IAEM Statement on Diversity, Equality and Current Protests in the United States (03 June 2020)
Title: IAEM Partners with MindEdge (04 Feb 2020)
Summary: The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) today announced its partnership with edtech firm MindEdge Learning to provide an online prep course for IAEM’s Associate Emergency Manager (AEM) and Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) certifications. The course offers curated learning, review materials, and sample test questions designed to support student success in applying for the AEM or CEM certification.
Title: Teri Smith Sworn in as IAEM-USA President (10 Dec 2019)
Summary: Teri Smith, CEM, CPM, has taken office as 2019-2020 president of the USA Council of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM-USA). She was sworn in at the President’s Banquet during the Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia. Other officers sworn in were IAEM-USA First Vice President Judson M. Freed, CEM, IAEM-USA Second Vice President Carolyn J. Harshman, MPA, CEM, and IAEM-USA Treasurer Hugh A. Daniels, MBA, CEM, UCEM.
Title: IAEM Announces the Winners of the IAEM-Oceania and IAEM-Global Partners in Preparedness Award (11 Oct 2019)
Summary: The winner of the 2019 IAEM-Oceania Partners in Preparedness Award and the IAEM-Global Partners in Preparedness Award is the Civil Defence Youth Ambassador Programme, a product of a collaborative partnership between the Emergency Management Bay of Plenty (EMBOP), the Bay of Plenty Regional Council (BOPRC) and Bay of Plenty schools.
Title: IAEM Supports the National Weather Service as It Provides the Most Accurate and Timely Information During Severe Weather Events (09 Sept 2019)
Summary: The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) fully supports our colleagues at the National Weather Service (NWS). They are our constant and consistent partners, and they always put the safety of the American public first.
Title: Reprogramming the Disaster Relief Funds Puts Assistance to Disaster Survivors at Risk (29 Aug 2019)
Summary: IAEM & NEMA issued a joint statement regarding the reprogramming of Disaster Relief Funds to ICE.

Title: IAEM is accepting entries in the 2019 IAEM Awards Competition (04 Apr 2019)
Summary: Announcement of the call for entries for the 2019 IAEM Awards Competition.

Title: Marty Shaub, CEM, UCEM, Sworn in as IAEM-USA President (05 Nov 2018)
Summary: Marty Shaub, CEM, UCEM, was sworn in as IAEM-USA President during the IAEM 2018 Annual Conference.