IEM in the News

Featuring Tim Lagudi & IEM – IEM is proud to support Pasco County as it advances the Better Future Individual Housing Program, a critical initiative helping residents repair, rebuild, or replace homes damaged by recent hurricanes.

The Fulcrum | Featuring Bryan Koon – Bryan Koon, President and CEO of IEM International worries about the future of resilience science and the consistency of national funding towards emergency management projects.

The Palm Beach Post | Featuring Bryan Koon – Bryan Koon, a former Florida emergency management director who is now CEO and president of the emergency management contractor IEM, lauded Guthrie’s tenure.

E&E News | Featuring Bryan Koon – “If Congress truly wants to reduce the politicization of disaster aid, these two words don’t do that,” said Bryan Koon, CEO of the emergency management consulting firm IEM.

Huffpost | Featuring Bryan Koon – Still, it’s worth keeping the risk in perspective. Bryan Koon, president and CEO of the emergency management consulting firm IEM, cautioned against over-indexing on a single unlikely threat.

VTDigger | Featuring Marion McFadden – “Eventually, when there’s money in it, they’ll be able to make grants more quickly after disasters,” said Marion McFadden, another former HUD official who previously oversaw the disaster recovery funding. McFadden now works on disaster recovery at consulting firm IEM.

KQED | Featuring Bryan Koon – The mandate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has long been to help states and local governments meet the needs of communities after disaster strikes. But since the Trump Administration took office, the agency has been threatened with closure and has suffered massive budget and staff cuts, essentially crippling its ability to respond to catastrophic events.

AIDE Initiative | Featuring Nancy Dragani – In our latest conversation, we speak with Nancy Dragani, a veteran emergency management leader whose career has spanned the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, and the private sector.

WPRI | Featuring Bryan Koon – “The appeal is pretty much going to go the same route,” Bryan Koon, president and CEO of disaster management consulting firm IEM, said.

CalMatters | Featuring Marion Mollegen McFadden – That money tends to be reserved for low income people and communities “who are not going to bounce back without the funds,” said Marion McFadden, who used to run the program under the Biden administration and now works at the disaster preparation and recovery consulting company IEM.