Director, Alaska Division of Emergency Services
Mr. Madden has served his state and his country for more than 40 years. Governor Sarah Palin appointed him in January 2007 as the Director of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for the State of Alaska. This followed a year as the Deputy Director for Homeland Security within the division. His state service follows a distinguished career in seven federal agencies.
Madden began his public service career at seventeen with service in the U.S. Army, including twenty months in Vietnam. After his military service, he joined the U.S. civil service with the Department of the Navy. He worked in program and project management with the Naval Weapons Engineering Support Activity, Naval Electronic Systems Command, and the Joint (Navy/Air Force) Cruise Missile Project Office. After earning his degree in political science, he joined the Department of Energy as a program and policy analyst working on fossil fuels programs and alternative fuels.
In 1982, he elected to move to Alaska with the National Weather Service and supported its operations throughout Alaska. He next worked for the Alaskan Region of the Federal Aviation Administration as Executive Staff to the Regional Administrator. He also ensured continuity of operations for all FAA operations against all hazards. He supported FEMA in several exercises and served in several Disaster Field Offices, most notably in Puerto Rico and Florida in response to Hurricane Georges. He also served with the Transportation Security Administration as Deputy Federal Security Director for Anchorage International Airport and eight other Alaska airports.
He is a member of several national and regional organizations including:
- National Homeland Security Consortium
- National Governors Association Homeland Security Advisory Council
- Advisory Council of Alaska
- Alaska Partnership for Infrastructure Protection
- Regional Consortium Coordinating Council (Public/Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Protection)
- State, Local, Territorial, Tribal Government Coordinating Council (Infrastructure Protection Policies)
- Western Regional Emergency Management Advisory Council
- National Emergency Management Association - Regional Vice President for Region X
- Regional Advisory Council for FEMA Region X
- Western States Seismic Policy Council - Board of Directors
Mr. Madden is proud to have served from 2005 to 2008 as the Honorary Commander of the 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron (AWACS) of the 3rd Wing, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska.
(Current as of July 2009)