President Donald Trump’s council to review the Federal Emergency Management Agency will meet for the first time on Tuesday, with the future of the nation’s disaster agency on the line.
The meeting comes at a period of upheaval for FEMA. Hundreds of workers have been fired or put on leave — including its acting leader — as the Trump administration guts elements of its mission to help U.S. residents recover from disasters. Government officials have terminated programs that provided billions of dollars to states and localities for stronger homes, schools, hospitals and highways, and ended the process of going door to door during catastrophes.
Now the council will debate potentially deeper changes. Trump has threatened to disband the agency entirely. The FEMA Review Council has until Nov. 16 to offer its recommendations.
Here are the group’s 13 members who will shape the agency’s future.
