Meet the Council

FEMA Youth Preparedness Council members represent all ten FEMA regions and a range of backgrounds and interests. They have been leaders in their communities’ preparedness and continue to make a difference as teams working on projects relating to financial preparedness, citizen responder programs, and youth preparedness education.

2024-2025 Youth Preparedness Council

Marissa (Apollo) Rodriguez
Region 1 - Connecticut
Megana Madhurakavi
Region 2 - New Jersey
Sughan Sriganesh
Region 2 - New York
Thomas Ye
Region 3 - Virginia
Emily Feichthaler
Region 4 - Florida
Sophia Johnston
Region 5 - Michigan
Madison Malo
Region 5 - Wisconsin
Katherine (Katie) Liu
Region 6 - Texas
Advik Nadikota
Region 7 - Missouri
Jason Kitchens
Region 7 - Missouri
Kailyn Rominger
Region 8 - Montana
Sophia Calvillo
Region 9 - California
Ashton Dolce
Region 9 - Arizona
Nandika Devarajan
Region 10 - Washington
Viswa Karthic
Region 10 - Washington

2023-2024 Youth Preparedness Council

Youth Preparedness Council

Iris-Bella Quiroa
Region 1 – Rhode Island
Jordy Almonte
Region 2 – New York
Diego Irizarry
Region 2 – Puerto Rico
Anjali Mukundan
Region 3 - Virginia
Kennedy Solaru
Region 3 – Washington, D.C.
Isabella Tarsitano
Region 4 - Florida
Julia Surzykiewicz
Region 5 - Illinois
Armaan Bhasin
Region 5 - Wisconsin
Michael Hamad
Region 6 - Texas
Ysabella Olsen
Region 7 - Missouri
Bryce Ludikhuize
Region 8 – Wyoming
Georgia Bukata
Region 9 - Arizona
Arushi Gupta
Region 9 - California
Suniti Srinivasan
Region 10 - Washington
Jiaming Zhang
Region 10 - Oregon
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