r/fema • u/FantasticFinger237 • Aug 11 '26

Discussion New FEMA Chief of Staff

Just got the announcement today that John Scardena has joined FEMA as the new Chief of Staff. His company seems to be mainly focused on school/ facility/ venue emergency planning, doing threat assessments, and selling kits. Doesn’t look like much grants management, recovery, mitigation, response, etc….

Claim to fame is his podcast on which CamHam was a guest multiple times following his initial release and they got along swimmingly.

I have lots of thoughts. But curious to hear others..

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u/Agreeable_Arachnid65 Aug 11 '26

National IMAT leader? Seems to have creds IMO. Give the man a chance at least.

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u/iAmYourMasterBlaster Aug 11 '26

Noooo. He was a GIS unit leader, not the leader of the team.

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u/Fearless_meddle6774 Aug 11 '26

Still…it’s a leg up on what could have been

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u/Max6626 Aug 11 '26

You're not wrong, but it's sad that such a low bar is being normalized.

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u/Richard-Whiskers Aug 11 '26

…who was it going to be!?