Brian Kamoie serves as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Distinguished Chair of Leadership at the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the United States Naval Academy, where he brings extensive experience in crisis leadership, organizational development, national security policy, and higher education. He teaches courses on leadership and American government to future sailors and Marines, along with delivering leadership training and strengths coaching to empower faculty, staff, coaches, and midshipmen to make courageous ethical decisions.
From 2017-2019, Mr. Kamoie served as Associate Administrator for Mission Support at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Those services included information technology and cybersecurity, human capital, procurement, physical and personnel security, and administrative services (including facilities, occupational health & safety, privacy, records management, and environmental programs).
From 2013-2017, Mr. Kamoie served as the FEMA Assistant Administrator for Grant Programs, a Presidential appointment. In that capacity, he led 175 staff and oversaw over $17 billion in homeland security grant programs to build capabilities to prevent, respond to, and recover from terrorism and other disasters and emergencies.
Prior to his appointment, Mr. Kamoie served as Senior Director for Preparedness Policy on the White House National Security Council (NSC) staff from 2009 to 2013. In that role, he led a team of professionals in the development of national policy related to all-hazards preparedness, individual and community resilience, public health and medical preparedness, critical infrastructure protection and resilience, national security/emergency preparedness communications, and preparedness grants.
Before joining the National Security Council staff, Mr. Kamoie served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and Director of the Office of Policy, Strategic Planning & Communications at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), an office he established. Prior to his work at HHS, Mr. Kamoie was Associate Professor of Health Policy and Health Services Management and Leadership at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.
Mr. Kamoie received his bachelor’s degree in policy studies and political science from Dickinson College, where he serves on the Board of Trustees, and a law degree and master’s degrees in public health and political science from The George Washington University, where he was managing editor of The George Washington Law Review.
