You're not the only woman in the room anymore.
Free online community for 325+ women in emergency management. Every sector. Every career stage.
What we're building
Too many rooms in emergency management still have one woman in them. We're building the other kind of room: one where women from every corner of the field learn from each other, lift each other up, and lead together.
Together, we:
- Embrace each other's lessons. The hard-won lessons, wins, and workarounds that never make it into the after-action report.
- Ignite better ideas. Real conversations with women who've run the EOC, written the plan, and led the deployment.
- Cultivate a community that lifts us all, as individuals and as a collective force.
What you'll find inside
- Answers from women who've been there. Post a question the night before a tabletop and hear from women who've run one. Every member is encouraged to ask, share, and reply.
- Peers across every sector and level. Local, state, and federal government, healthcare, utilities, universities, nonprofits, and private firms. People outside your office who get it.
- Mentors, not just contacts. Virtual mentoring with women a few steps ahead of you, and the chance to be that for someone else.
- Events, articles, and resources in one place. Member posts, shared resources, and events.
- Your community in your pocket. The Mighty Networks app keeps you connected between meetings, deployments, and commutes.
Who this is for
Students breaking in. Coordinators running whole programs alone. Planners, PIOs, hospital EM leads, and consultants. Directors running states. Retirees paying it forward. If you're a woman building a career in emergency management, you belong here.
Women in EM welcomes women, individuals AFAB, and those who identify as women who are professionals, students, and retirees in emergency management, in any sector.
What about volunteers? Many of us came into the field through volunteer and response work, and we value it. To keep conversations focused on the professional career, membership is for women currently working in emergency management, retired from it, or enrolled in an emergency management degree program.
Not based in the U.S.? You're welcome here. Every country we add makes the community stronger.
Inside the community right now
325+ members · 23 states · Every sector
Here, your expertise is the starting point, not something you have to prove.
Who's behind this
Women in EM was founded and is personally run by Dawn Brantley, a state emergency management director who has worked at the local, regional, state, and federal levels of emergency management.
It's run by one person with a demanding day job, so replies can take a day or two. The community itself usually answers much faster.
Independent and transparent. Women in EM is not affiliated with any government agency. It's personally funded and maintained by Dawn outside her professional role.
Come meet the rest of us.
Membership is free. Introduce yourself, ask your first question, and find the women who get it.
How joining works:
1. Tap the Access button below.
2. Answer a few quick questions so we can keep the community focused.
3. Say hello in the Everything Feed.
