Anna Ferrante Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, NC, US

Raleigh, NC, US

Washington, DC, US

The Individual Assistance Disaster Housing Unit (DHU) coordinates the development, approval, and implementation of disaster housing programs, including direct housing assistance, and drives continuous improvement in FEMA's capabilities to plan for and provide temporary housing following disasters.

Washington, DC, US

Provided administrative support to FEMA's Workforce Generation Branch (FEMA Corps, Surge Capacity Force and Cadre Support) within the Field Operations Directorate.

Washington, DC, US

Deployed to federally declared disasters as needed to assist communities in disaster recovery by providing grant assistance for debris removal, life-saving emergency protective measures and restoring public infrastructure

Washington, DC, US

• Assistant to FEMA Senior Executive (SES) Leadership Component at Hurricane Matthew Personnel Mobilization Center (Atlanta, GA)72 hours a week for 2 weeks
• Performed a variety of day-to-day logistical, administrative and support functions providing timely completion of reports, presentations and meeting minutes regarding developments within the mobilization center
• Established and maintained relationships with staff from 7 FEMA departments, including employee travel schedules, to gather and evaluate data in order to develop and update daily an IT equipment and cadre resource.
• Assisted in planning and developing automated data disbursement allowing greater program effectiveness
• Responded to verbal and written inquiries of senior leaders regarding programs and resources both within the mobilization center and at the 4 Hurricane Matthew disaster states FEMA Public Assistance Project Specialist.
• Attended site visits, created project worksheets, made FIRMette site maps and submitted projects to FEMA database

• Coordinated and tracked a wide variety of correspondence and action items between tenants, owners and property investors regarding property sales, rentals, maintenance and construction (about 200 rental units for 15.
• Maintained records, both paper and electronic, of rental income and expenses for management
• Collected and maintained records of construction and labor cost to determine accurate property sale price and ensure profit
• Responded to verbal and written requests to draft documents and correspondence for owner and to obtain specified information for tenants, investors and employees
• Completed administrative forms including contracts, leases and deeds for property sales (about 15 sales per month)
• Managed weekly employee attendance, payroll and human resource tasks

• Proved organized and decisive working with both staff and clients to successfully execute fast paced catered events for groups sizing from 10 to 500 people
• Assisted management with coordinating and facilitating on the job training of new employees each semester

• Organized and conducted analysis of community survey regarding participation in outdoor physical activities in order to implement efforts to improve health and safety by adding more bicycle lanes and crosswalks.
• Provided recommendation for graphs and reports, prepared graphics and tables and presented analysis findings as a project representative to the university and town board with the purpose of obtaining funds to implement.

Buffalo, New York, US

• Collected data from the Community-based Care Transitions Program hospital readmission reduction project participant evaluations to measure program performance, input into database and assisted in preparing and.
• Delivered health care education to community members to increase breast and cervical cancer screening rates by creating a resource inventory of services offering free screenings for women with Medicaid in Erie County.
• Performed a wide variety of project support tasks involving proofreading, formatting and document management