District of Columbia

Washington

Associate Director- National Security Segment

Guidehouse

Public Private Partnerships in Preparedness and Response
Engaging Employees in Business Resilience
Leadership for Building a Resilient Business

Building and Maintaining Community Groups for Resilience
Funding for Community Groups

Preparedness Social Marketing
Community Planning and Organization
Engaging Non-Traditional Partners in Preparedness
Faith-Based Preparedness
Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)

Building a Roadmap to Resilience
The Difference Between Preparedness and Resilience
Engaging Non-Traditional Partners in Resilience
Creating Community Resilience Activities from Scratch
Recent Research in Disaster Resilience
Resilience Marketing

Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)
Planning for the Use of Disaster Volunteers
Disaster Donations Mangement

Reaching Historically Underserved Populations for Preparedness
Financial Readiness for Emergencies
Engaging Non-Traditional Partners in Preparedness
School-Based Preparedness Programs

Matt Lyttle is an expert in building community resilience before and after disasters. He is currently an Associate Director at Guidehouse, a management consulting firm. He was previously the FEMA Detailee for Resilience Policy to the US Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. Matt advised committee members and staff on legislation impacting DHS, FEMA, and other related priorities. Before the Senate, Matt served as the Acting Deputy Director of FEMA’s Individual and Community Preparedness Division. In that role, he led various strategic preparedness initiatives including the national Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program and FEMA’s research into preparedness behavior change research.

Matt regularly shares his experiences with international leaders through the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program and the U.S. Speaker Program. He is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, having served from 2008 to 2010 in the northern mountains of Nicaragua, and travels throughout Latin America whenever he gets the chance.

Brokered bi-partisan solutions to provide federal assistance to local jurisdictions in response to the coronavirus epidemic

Overhauled FEMA’s national messaging activities, leading to an annual 11 percent increase in household preparedness

Developed a network of influencers to build 75.8M new digital engagements in 18 months through new media channels

Organized a team of mayoral liaisons in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, growing from 5 staff to 115 in just three weeks

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Informal: Full refund and flexibility