Carrie Speranza

Carrie Speranza, CEM, director of Emergency Management Solutions at Esri, is responsible for cross-cutting industry-wide strategic initiatives. Previously, Carrie worked at the District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, where she served as deputy director. Currently, she is the chair of the FEMA National Advisory Council, where she has served as an Administrator’s appointee since 2019. Carrie is the 1st vice president of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) and was selected Top 40 Under 40 in 2021 by IAEM-USA Region 3. Carrie is a graduate of the National Emergency Management Executive Academy.