Craig served as President Barack Obama’s FEMA Administrator from May 2009 to January 2017. Previously, he served as Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s Emergency Management Director from 2001-2009. Fugate led FEMA through multiple record-breaking disaster years and oversaw the Federal Government’s response to the Joplin and Moore Tornadoes, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Matthew, and the 2016 Louisiana flooding. FEMA’s effectiveness in dealing with more than 500 Presidentially declared major disasters and emergencies under his leadership restored the faith of the American people in the Federal Government’s ability to respond to disasters. FEMA’s use of technology to support operations and enable decision-making flourished under Craig’s leadership, and FEMA led the Federal Government in freeing its data and allowing the general public to make use of it.