Mr. Anthony S. Lowe
Director, Mitigation Division, and Federal Insurance Administrator
Federal Emergency Management Agency,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
500 C Street, SW
Washington, DC 20472

Anthony S. Lowe was appointed director of the mitigation division of the Emergency Preparedness & Response Directorate/FEMA, in the newly created Department of Homeland Security, in March 2003. He continues to serve as the Federal Insurance Administrator, a role to which he was nominated by President Bush in March 2002. Mr. Lowe is responsible for providing leadership for some of the nation's leading multi-hazard risk reduction programs, which seek to secure the homeland from hazards both natural or manmade. His areas of oversight include the National Flood Insurance Program, the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, the National Dam Safety Program and the National Hurricane Program. In his position, Mr. Lowe works closely with public and private risk managers, as well as leaders in government, industry, research and academia.

Before assuming this post, Mr. Lowe was the senior legislative counsel for the
U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition and Business Rights and on the staff of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Government Information. Previously, he was the deputy prosecutor with the King Country Prosecutor's Office. He also was a commissioner on the city of Redmond's planning commission.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Lowe was associate director at the International Center for Economic Growth and International Center for Self-Governance programs of the Institute of Contemporary Studies, in Washington, D.C. Mr. Lowe also served as legal counsel to the Washington State Senate majority office and as legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Slade Gorton of Washington.

A native of King County, Wash., Mr. Lowe holds a bachelor of science degree in international political science from University of Washington, a law degree from the University of Santa Clara and a master of divinity degree from Virginia Union University.