Jerome Bryant serves as the Director (Acting) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (CFBNP) at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In this role, Mr. Bryant leads the development of partnerships between the public, faith and community-based organizations, emergency managers, and first responders to strengthen the resilience of our nation. This includes increasing faith-based and community engagement in support of the DHS Blue Campaign, the unified voice for the efforts of DHS to combat human trafficking.

Matt Redding is joining the recovery team after serving a leadership detail as the Acting Deputy Director, Office of External Affairs.  Previously, he served as the Director of the National Integration Center within the National Preparedness Directorate where shortly after joining FEMA he deployed to the National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) as the Resource Support Section (RSS) Deputy for operations.  In this capacity he assisted in national level logistics analysis, allocation, and interagency efforts to meet the nations unique requirements under the national COVID-19 response plan.  He directed complex allocation and Defense Production Act (DPA) working groups oriented on maximizing commercial and federal acquisition and supply to support front line healthcare needs.