Bri Lentz

(She/Her)

President

Bri Lentz, our Founder and President, has served as an emergency manager, in multiple roles during the span of her career. She has responded to Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Michael, and the California CampFire during her time as a Planning Specialist with FEMA Corps. She responded to Hurricane Ida during her time as the Disability Integration Officer with the New Orleans Health Department. Her current position as the Access and Inclusion Specialist with The Resiliency Initiative has allowed her to work with nonprofits, small businesses, and local, state, and tribal agencies. In 2022, she spoke at the International Association of Emergency Managers Conference discussing the next generation and their passion to serve. Most recently, she spoke on a podcast titled Understanding Gen Z: Decoding the New Generation at the Workplace. Her experience across multiple sectors in emergency management led her to create Emerge-Z to fill the gap of cross-industry collaboration and the development of Gen Z to help build the workforce to assist in the response to the climate crisis.