Wynne Kwan

传：Wynne Kwan, AICP, LEED AP, is the Interagency Recovery Coordination (IRC) Branch Chief at FEMA Region 3 in Philadelphia, PA. She works with federal interagency and other recovery partners to effectively, efficiently, and equitably support state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments to define and achieve their recovery outcomes both pre-and post-disaster. Prior to this role, Wynne was the Community Assistance (CA) Coordinator, working with various Federal and non-federal partners to help SLTT governments prepare for disaster recovery planning and management. Wynne coordinated and facilitated support among CA partners for the planning and resilience building capabilities needed by SLTT governments in disaster operations. Before joining FEMA, Wynne worked as a Community Planner within the Infrastructure Development and Recovery (IDR) Program at DHS-Infrastructure Protection developing the Infrastructure Resilience Planning Framework (IRPF), as well as other tools and guidance to help SLTT governments better integrate infrastructure resilience planning into existing planning initiatives/efforts. Wynne has been deployed to support long-term recovery for Hurricane Harvey in Texas, Hurricanes Ida and Tropical Storm Debby in Pennsylvania, Hurricane Helene in Virginia, and Flooding events in Nebraska, as well as supporting the stand-up of operations for the Greenbelt Metro Community Vaccination Center (CVC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. Prior to public service, Wynne was a consultant providing industrial/economic development strategy, military base planning, environmental planning, and hazard mitigation planning support to international, federal, state, and local government clients. Wynne earned a B.S. in Arts and Design (Architecture) from MIT and a M.S. in Urban Planning from Columbia University. Wynne has been volunteering with ULI UrbanPlan since 2015 with the San Francisco, Washington DC, and Philadelphia District Councils, currently serving on the UrbanPlan Steering Committee for the Philadelphia District Council. When not working or volunteering, Wynne enjoys traveling to far off/off-the-beaten track locales, baking, hanging out with her dog (Enzo the shih tzu), visiting museums, taking art classes, and learning how to play mahjong!