Carrie Robinette

I have dedicated almost 18 years of my career to emergency management, hazard mitigation, and community resilience. My journey began as a mitigation planner with the state of Louisiana, and then I made the jump to working for the parish in Louisiana that I grew up in as a floodplain manager and grant administrator. In 2017, I went to work for FEMA and spent 8 years working with states and communities across 2 different FEMA regions, covering 11 different states. I focused on federal grant programs that promote hazard mitigation, which is building back better, safer, stronger before disasters - before hurricanes, floods, tornadoes. I left FEMA in 2024 and came to work for Tetra Tech, where I'm at now as Deputy Director of Mitigation Grant Services, a role I've held since September 2025. I oversee a team of 11 people who do close coordination with state offices of emergency management and local jurisdictions that are attempting to utilize federal hazard mitigation funding. We help them navigate that process and make sure they take advantage of mitigation and community resilience funding that's out there. I had always wanted to work in the field of emergency management after Katrina - my brother was at the Superdome in New Orleans as part of the Army National Guard, and seeing it from a distance was heartbreaking. I wanted to be involved in a world of making things better and safer and stronger for people. Still working in mitigation and community resilience, it's a passion.