Bureau of Indian Affairs
Jason Steinmetz has extensive experience in emergency management and response. Jason currently serves as the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Emergency Management, where they provide overall direction and leadership for establishing emergency management goals and objectives. Prior to this, they worked at the U.S. Department of the Interior, where they coordinated the All-Hazards Incident Management Program and served as the Assistant Director of the Office of Emergency Management. Jason also has experience with the US Forest Service, where they held various roles including Emergency Management Specialist and Coordination Center Manager.
Jason Steinmetz earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography and Regional Planning from Eastern Oregon University.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ mission is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes and Alaska Natives. HISTORY OF BIA Since its inception in 1824, the Bureau of Indian Affairs has been both a witness to and a principal player in the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages. The BIA has changed dramatically over the past 185 years, evolving as Federal policies designed to subjugate and assimilate American Indians and Alaska Natives have changed to policies that promote Indian self-determination... read more at http://www.bia.gov/bia.html