Harvey E. Johnson Jr.: Difference between revisions

'''Harvey E.Elwood Johnson Jr.''',<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1975-pt7/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1975-pt7-1-2.pdf |title=Congressional Record — Senate |date=March 21, 1975 |page=8263 |publisher=Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |accessdate=2020-11-20}}</ref> retired [[Vice Admiral]], [[United States Coast Guard]], is the ExecutivePresident Director,of RecoveryHumanitarian OperationsServices for the [[American Red Cross]]. Previously, Johnson was the former Vice President for National Preparedness and Response Solutions at BAE Systems and Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer of the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA).

Johnson received a Bachelor of Science degree at the [[United States Coast Guard Academy|U.S. Coast Guard Academy]] in 1975, and an [[Master of Science|M.S.]] at the [[Naval Postgraduate School]] in 1983, and a Master of Science in Management from the [[MIT Sloan School of Management]] as a [[Sloan Fellows|Sloan Fellow]] in 1993.<ref name="femabio" />

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Johnson assumed the duties of Commander, Pacific Area in June 2004. The Area of Operations for the Pacific Area encompasses over 73 million square miles west of the Rocky Mountains and throughout the Pacific Basin to the Far East. Prior to this assignment, he was the Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District and served as the Director, [[Homeland Security]] Task Force-Southeast, where he directed Operation Able Sentry, the DHS response to the crisis in Haiti. In addition to these duties, Johnson served as the Executive Director of the Coast Guard's transition into the Department of Homeland Security, Director of Operations Capability, and Director of Operations Policy.<ref name="femabio" />

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After joining FEMA in the Spring of 2006, VADM Johnson spearheaded then-Administrator R. David Paulison's initiative to create a clear mission statement and execute his (Paulison's) vision for a "New FEMA." With the full support of the White House and Department of Homeland Security, Johnson executed a series of assessments of the current status of FEMA from top to bottom following the much publicized failures after [[Hurricane Katrina]]. Requiring a "business approach to FEMA," Johnson helped turn the Agency around, and greatly improved both its internal and external operations. Just three years after Katrina, FEMA has received high marks from detractors such as Rep. [[Bennie Thompson]] (D-MS) and Sen. [[Joe Lieberman]] (I-CT), Chairmen of FEMA's oversight committees in Congress for performance in recent hurricanes such as [[Hurricane Gustav|Gustav]] and [[Hurricane Ike|Ike]], flooding in the midwest and severe winter storms in the northeast.

| url = httphttps://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN26366100

| url = httphttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/25/AR2007102502488.html

| worknewspaper = [[Washington Post]]

| date = October 26, 2007

| url = httphttps://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/10/20071026-6.html

| title = Press Briefing by Dana Perino

*[[File:Meritorious Service Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]] with two award stars

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*[[File:U.S. Coast Guard Achievement Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Coast Guard Achievement Medal]]

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