Honoree Brenda Gormley displays her award and stands with National Emergency Management Association President Jim Mullen, International Association of Emergency Managers Region 3 President Kathee Henning, FEMA Deputy Administrator Timothy Manning, and FEMA Region 6 Regional Administrator Anthony Russell (L-R). Award recipients were honored for their significant innovation and creativity in working to get their communities ready for the unexpected and embraced the approach of involving all members of their communities in emergency preparedness and response, reaching out to faith-based, tribal, non-profit, private sector and community-based organizations, as well as individual citizens.