The Federal Emergency Management Agency Office of Response and Recovery is the agency's largest division, responsible for coordinating federal disaster operations.
Within the office are the Logistics Management Directorate, which oversees eight regional distribution centers Recovery Directorate Response Directorate Field Operations Directorate
History
In 1993, Administrator James Lee Witt reorganized FEMA with three functional directorates — the Mitigation Directorate, the Preparedness, Training and Exercises Directorate, and the Response and Recovery Directorate.
The Office of Response and Recovery was formed on October 1, 2009, under Administrator Craig Fugate, in the wake of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-295), which consolidated the Department of Homeland Security Preparedness Directorate under FEMA. The office combined the Response, Recovery, Federal Coordinating Officer Program, and Logistics Management Directorates, and established a new Planning Division.
Associate Administrators name start end Gregg Phillips December 2025 (acting) Keith Turi May 2024 December 2025 Anne Bink 29 November 2021 15 May 2024 (acting) David Bibo 2020 2021 Jeffrey Byard 4 September 2017 1 February 2020 (acting) Corey Gruber 2017 2017 Elizabeth A. Zimmerman 2014 2017 Joseph Nimmich 2013 2014 William "Bill" L. Carwile III 2009 January 2013
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