Eric Letvin serves as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Deputy Assistant Administrator for Mitigation. He directs FEMA’s pre- and post-disaster mitigation programs that support sustainable and disaster-resilient communities to avoid or reduce the loss of life, property, and financial impacts of natural hazards. These programs include the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Grant Program, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, Flood Mitigation Assistance grants, Floodplain Management component of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and Community Rating System under the NFIP.
In addition, Letvin leads the hazard mitigation disaster workforce cadre and overall disaster operations for the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2016.
Prior to joining FEMA, Letvin was the Director of Hazard Mitigation and Risk Reduction Policy with the National Security Council, The White House. He coordinated the development and effective delivery of mitigation capabilities identified in the National Preparedness Goal and advised the President in the mitigation mission area. Letvin led interagency efforts to develop Executive Orders that resulted in the resiliency of the built environment to flood, earthquake, and wildfire hazards.
Prior to serving at the National Security Council, Letvin was the Disaster and Failure Studies Program Director within the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Engineering Laboratory. Before joining NIST, Letvin was Leader of Infrastructure Research and Resiliency Team in the Homeland Security Group of URS (AECOM). He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Syracuse University and Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore.