Mark C. Merritt
- President
- 202.585.0780
- Washington DC Headquarters
As President and a founding member of Witt Associates, Mr. Mark Merritt brings first-hand disaster recovery and operational expertise to emergency planning, and on-site disaster response and recovery projects for state, local and private sector entities.
Mr Merritt was project manager for Witt Associates efforts in the State of Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina, Cayman Islands after Hurricane Ivan, Houston after Tropical Storm Allison, and in Guam after Typhoon Chata'an. He provided expert evaluation and estimation of damages, prepared and submitted financial and related project work sheets, managed recovery operations, monitored recovery and response budgets, developed scopes of work to repair or replace damaged facilities, and coordinated donations. In addition, Mr. Merritt has developed and delivered training programs for local emergency responders for numerous government officials in Guam, Myrtle Beach, Key West, Miami, and Tampa.
Mr. Merritt was requested by the United Nations to review and critique the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam's National Mitigation Strategy. He reviewed the mitigation documents and presented the written and oral analysis and recommendations to the People's Party at a ministerial level conference hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Resource Development. Mr. Merritt traveled to the Philippines in February of 2003 where he and James Lee Witt met with Philippine government representatives and corporate executives. Mr. Merritt advised the assembly on the implementation of nationwide public-private partnership initiatives, and the necessity of disaster mitigation activities.
While Mr. Merritt served as the Special Assistant to the Associate Director for the Response and Recovery Directorate, he represented the Associate Director of FEMA in liaison and coordination activities, with a variety of representatives from various segments of federal, state and local governments, private industry, and other parties with an interest in FEMA programs and policies. Upon graduation from West Point Military Academy, Mr. Merritt served in the U.S. Army for a number of years.