Martha Braddock
Policy Advisor

Martha is policy advisor for the International Association of Emergency Managers. She develops and implements strategies for the association to engage Congress, partner organizations, and federal departments and agencies on key issues. Her expertise includes developing key appropriations and authorization contacts so that the association’s voice is heard on crucial issues. In addition, Martha is a consultant to colleges and universities, associations, and corporations on a wide range of homeland security, emergency management, mitigation and legislative matters. One of the major benefits to IAEM that Martha provides is a strong voice of advocacy to ensure that IAEM is appropriately included in key government meetings, hearings, and work groups. She is the organization’s watchdog to the federal bureaucracy to ensure inclusion in all decision making scenarios. Martha served fifteen years in senior management positions for three different Administrations at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters, including Director of Congressional and Legislative Affairs and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. Her Congressional experience includes serving on the staff of a senior member of the House of Representatives, the staff of a Joint Congressional Committee, and as a professional staff member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. She staffed the committee which held the hearings and wrote the bill which led to the for mation of FEMA in 1979. Martha holds a B.A. in English and History from Texas A & M and an M.A. in English from the University of Illinois .