President Biden today appointed Willie Nunn to serve as Federal Emergency Management Agency Regional Administrator for Region 10.
Nunn is a Type 1 Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO1) and a member of the Field Leadership Cadre in the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). As an FCO, Nunn serves as the representative of the President of the United States, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and FEMA Administrator during major disaster and emergency declarations; and as an FCO1 serves as FCO1 Field Leader Supervisor for FEMA Regions II, VIII, IX, & X.
Prior to joining FEMA, Colonel Nunn completed a United States Air Force career with over 26 years on active duty. His assignments included two command tours and two combat tours in in Operations ENDURING FREEDOM 2002 in Afghanistan and IRAQI FREEDOM 2003 in Iraq. As a Master Air Battle Manager, he has over 2,900 flight hours on board AWACS and JSTARS with 201 flight hours in combat. Nunn graduated from the University of Alabama-Birmingham with a Bachelor of Arts in History and from the University of Oklahoma with a Master of Public Administration. He and his wife Sylvia have three children, Sacha, Adam, and Alene.
Region 10 serves Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
