President Joe Biden will appoint FEMA Regional Administrator for Region 9 Bob Fenton as "Chief Federal Response Coordinator" for Maui to oversee the long-term coordinated federal recovery of fire-ravaged Hawaii.
Fenton is one of the nation's most experienced disaster response-and-recovery officials who has been on the ground in Hawaii from August 8, the day the wildfires started. In this role, Fenton will oversee the Federal government's long-term recovery work on the ground for Maui.
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