Federal Alliance for Safe Homes Names 2017 Leadership Partners

Proven disaster safety leaders join the nonprofit FLASH leadership team to help drive solutions to record disaster losses of life and property. Induction set to take place during National Disaster Resilience Conference in Atlanta.

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Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)

Oct 25, 2017, 13:00 ET

ATLANTA, Oct. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, the nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) Board of Directors will induct its 2017 Leadership Partners during a lunchtime recognition ceremony at the National Disaster Resilience Conference in Atlanta.

The new Leadership Partners are:

W. Craig Fugate, FEMA Administrator, (2009–2017)
Dr. Rick Knabb, Hurricane Expert & Tropical Program Manager, The Weather Channel, National Hurricane Conference Director (2012–2017)
Wendy Spencer, President, Leadership Florida and CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service (2012–2016)

"The FLASH Leadership Partners advance the disaster safety movement by sharing our vision of safe, strong, and sustainable structures in every community," said FLASH President and CEO Leslie Chapman-Henderson. "Craig, Rick, and Wendy are outstanding additions to this coalition of committed professionals. They are the best in class in their fields, and our cause is strengthened by their presence."

FLASH Leadership Partners include an innovative and diverse collaboration of leaders with the mission to make America a more disaster-resistant nation by strengthening homes and safeguarding families from disasters of all kinds.

About FLASH
The nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) is the country's leading consumer advocate for strengthening homes and safeguarding families from natural and manmade disasters. The FLASH partnership includes more than 100 innovative and diverse organizations that share a vision of making America a more disaster-resilient nation including: BASF Corporation, FEMA, Florida Division of Emergency Management, The Home Depot, Huber Engineered Woods, International Code Council, Kohler, Generators, National Weather Service, Portland Cement Association, Simpson Strong-Tie, State Farm, and USAA. In 2008, FLASH, and Disney opened the interactive weather experience StormStruck: A Tale of Two Homes, in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Learn more about FLASH and access free consumer resources by visiting www.flash.org, calling toll-free (877) 221- SAFE (7233), following @federalalliance on Twitter, Facebook.com/federalalliance, and the FLASH blog – Protect Your Home in a FLASH.

SOURCE Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)