Christa Montani

Christa Montani is the Chief Data Officer and Director of Enterprise Analytics at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), where she has served in various roles since 2013. Before her current role, Montani was Deputy Director of FEMA’s National Preparedness Assessments Division and, prior, the Continuous Improvement Branch Chief.  She also previously served as a Special Assistant at the National Security Council.

Montani worked in the private sector supporting federal civilian and defense agencies as a task lead at Cubic Applications and as a national security analyst at SAIC. She began her career as a program analyst with the U.S. Department of State.

Montani earned her Master’s degree in National Security Policy Studies and a Bachelor’s degree in Foreign Service, International Politics, both from Georgetown University.