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Deanne Criswell
American emergency management officer
For the crime and crime victim, see Murder of Deanna Criswell.
Deanne Bennett Criswell[1] is an American emergency management officer who served as the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from 2021 to 2025.
Criswell is the first woman to lead FEMA.[2] She was previously the commissioner of the New York City Emergency Management Office.[3][4]
Education
Criswell attended elementary school in Free Soil, Michigan and was graduated in 1984 from Catholic Central High School in Manistee, Michigan.
She then earned a Bachelor of Science in technology education from Colorado State University, a Master of Public Administration from the University of Colorado Denver, and a Master of Arts in homeland security from the Naval Postgraduate School.[5][6][7]
Career
Criswell served as a member of the Colorado Air National Guard with the 140th W