Angela Gladwell

Angela Gladwell

Degree: 1998, M.A.

Job Title: Director, Office of Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Angela Gladwell (M.A. ’98) is currently Director of the Office of Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (OEHP) at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Washington, DC. Angela has over 15 years of experience in environmental planning in the context of emergency management decision making. OEHP manages and oversees FEMA’s compliance with federal environmental planning and historic preservation laws and executive orders, which is required when FEMA takes actions or provides funding to communities. Angela has been instrumental in significantly maturing this FEMA function and establishing and developing OEHP as an office (2008). OEHP plays a key role in helping to inform FEMA decision-making across the spectrum of their programs, and has contributed to national dialogues such as the role of natural resources and climate change in disaster resiliency as well the community-based importance of historic and cultural resources during disaster preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. Most recently, Angela and her team led the development and implementation of a “Unified Federal Review” process across 13 federal departments and agencies; this process applies a consistent compliance approach to inter-agency disaster recovery efforts, as required by the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act (2013).

Angela has received a number of awards and recognition for her work, including the DHS Environmental Achievement Award (2005), the University of Delaware Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement (2005), and a FEMA Administrator Award for Outstanding Survivor Services (2011).

Angela currently resides in Manassas, Virginia, with her husband and two children, where she is active with both the Boy and Girl Scouts of America.