The Weekend With Michael Brown
Sat 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Michael Brown, former Under Secretary of Homeland Security and Director of FEMA, hosts The Weekend, featuring provocative insights into current events, national security, politics, and culture.
Michael Brown, former Under Secretary of Homeland Security and Director of FEMA, hosts The Weekend, featuring provocative insights into current events, national security, politics, and culture.
Prior to his work in radio, Brown served in both administrations of President George W. Bush. He was the first Under Secretary of Homeland Security from 2003-2005, and the Director, Deputy Director and General Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, from 2001-2005.
Brown holds two Presidential Commissions and was a member of the White House Consequence Management Committee following the attacks of 9/11. He chaired the White House Transition Team for Emergency Preparedness & Response, Department of Homeland Security. Brown was a member of the National Security Council’s Deputies Committee.
During his tenure in the Bush Administration, Brown served as the representative to NATO’s Civil Emergency Planning Committee. He worked on various matters in Russia, the European Union and its member nations, and throughout Southeast Asia. He represented the United States in Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and other nations affected by the 2004 tsunami. He coordinated the deployment of medical and rescue teams to Bam, Iran after that nation’s devastating earthquake, the first such teams to enter Iran since the Iranian hostage crisis.