Assistant Chief: Brandi Ashby
Brandi Ashby is an Assistant Chief for Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM). In this role she ensures the administration of the state’s emergency management programs within the 71 counties of Region 5 (Northwest portion of Texas). She works closely with her staff to ensure local governments are supported with technical assistance as needed for Preparedness, Mitigation, Response and Recovery activities.
Brandi started with TDEM in 2010 as a District Coordinator in Disaster District 20 Corpus Christi. While in District 20 she was involved in numerous events and declared disasters including the response and recovery to the severely impacted landfall counties in Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Additionally she has been deployed to numerous incidents and events through the state as well as to New Jersey for hurricane Sandy.
Brandi is a member of Texas Emergency Managers Association, International Association of Emergency Management and an original member of the Coastal Bend Emergency Managers Association and holds the designation of Certified Texas Emergency Manager. She completed her Associate of Science in Criminal Justice and BAAS in Emergency Management Administration from West Texas A&M University. She is working on her M.S. in Organizational Leadership from Columbia Southern University.
Contact Info
Office: 806-740-8983
Email: Brandi.Ashby@tdem.texas.gov
Address:
1404 Lubbock Business
Park Blvd., STE 100
Lubbock, TX 79403
Disaster Districts
District 1 – Amarillo
District 7 – Abilene
District 2 – Lubbock
District 3 – Wichita Falls
Counties
Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Brown, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Coleman, Collingsworth, Comanche, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Eastland, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Montague, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Runnels, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Stephens, Stonewall, Swisher, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Yoakum, Young
District Coordinators by Region
