Ms. Cristine McCombs is BDR’s Director, State Governmental Programs. She is the former Director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), where she was appointed, by then Governor Mitt Romney, as the first woman to ever lead that agency. Under her leadership, Massachusetts became only the 8th state to receive full accreditation from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) and one of only 11 states to achieve the highest grade level from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Plan Review regarding preparation to respond to a catastrophic event. She is committed to bringing her hands-on knowledge of what it takes to adequately prepare and earn an EMAP accreditation to BDR’s clients. During 16 years of work with MEMA, she was responsible for bringing hundreds of millions of dollars into the Commonwealth to assist in disaster recovery efforts. Additionally, she has been directly responsible for all aspects of fiscal monitoring of federal and state disaster grants, including HUD, FEMA and Hazard Mitigation grants.