Elizabeth M. Harman

Who is Elizabeth M. Harman?

Elizabeth M. Harman is employed by the International Association of Fire Fighters in Washington, DC. She was appointed by IAFF General President Harold A. Schaitberger as the Assistant to the General President for Grants Administration and HazMat/WMD Training Division February 25, 2013.

Most recently, and until November 26, 2012 Ms. Harman served as a Presidential Appointee, Senate confirmed in March 2010 and was appointed as the Assistant Administrator for the United States Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency's Grant Programs Directorate. Ms. Harman was a former fire fighter in Fairfax City, Virginia and the Director of the Hazardous Materials and Weapons of Mass Destruction Training Department at the International Association of Fire Fighters.

During her service at the Maryland Emergency Management Agency as State Administrator for Exercise and Training for the National Capital Region, she worked with various local, state, federal and private sector partners to evaluate the effectiveness of response to both small and large scale disasters. Ms.