page_title: Martha Rainville
section_title: FEMA
hierarchical_section_title: Martha Rainville / FEMA
caption_attribution_description: Secretary Chertoff speaking to Coast Guard members and press at a demonstration by the Coast Guard’s Deployable Operations Group. With him from left to right: Senator Jeff Sessions; Walter S. Dickerson, Director, Mobile County Emergency Management Agency; Martha Rainville, Counselor to FEMA Administrator and Deputy Administrator; and Governor Bob Riley.
context_page_description: Martha Rainville is a retired U.S. Air Force officer who attained the rank of major general. She is most notable for her service as the adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard, and was the first woman in U.S. history to become a state adjutant general. In 2006 she ran as the Republican candidate for Vermont's at-large congressional district and was defeated by Democratic candidate Peter Welch. Rainville was later appointed to senior executive roles at FEMA, and then became Chief Operating Officer of Civil Support International LLC, a disaster preparedness and crisis response consulting firm.
context_section_description: In 2007, Rainville was appointed counselor to the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator and deputy administrator for Continuity Programs. Rainville was responsible for ensuring that FEMA performed its role as Lead Agent for Federal Executive Branch Continuity Programs and served until 2009.
caption: FEMA case studies specialist Rainville (center back) accompanies Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff in demonstration of U.S. Coast Guard Deployable Operations Group
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