Michael d brown biography

Former director of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency

For other people of the same name, see Michael Brown (disambiguation).

Michael DeWayne Brown (born November 8, ) is an American attorney, and former government official who served as the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from to He joined FEMA as general counsel in and became deputy director the same year.

Appointed in January by President George W. Bush to lead FEMA, Brown resigned in September following his controversial handling of Hurricane Katrina. Brown currently hosts a radio talk show on KHOW in Denver, Colorado.^[1]

Early life

Brown was born on November 8, , in Guymon, Oklahoma, the son of Eloise (Ferguson) and Wayne Ellsworth Brown.^[2][3][4] He received a B.A.

in public administration/political science from the Central State University (now the University of Central Oklahoma).^[5] He received his J.D. from Political Connection Led Chief to FEMA - Los Angeles Times FOXU