Sandra Cooley
Sandra Cooley
Chief of Staff/Deputy Director
- Department of Homeland Security/FEMA
Professional Information
Sandra
A.
Cooley
Chief of Staff/Deputy Director
Department of Homeland Security/FEMA
Government Administration
Education, Honors & Awards
Meadows Draughon Business School
Associates of Art Degree, Business Administration
(1981)
2017 Recipient of FEMAs Administrator’s Award for category “Raising the Bar through Action.”
2005 Recognized by Chief Executive Officer of Pan American Life Insurance Company for Extraordinary Service for accomplishment on a highly-visible company project that resulted in improved workplace efficiencies and innovation in claims adjudication processing.
Personal Information
United States
TX
Kingwood
Member of Society for Human Resource
Advisory Board Member - Pink House - New Orleans
Consummate professional with proven skills and earned reputation as effective in key directional roles, executing strategic objectives and managing large, cross-matrixed teams
16-20 Years
Organizational Structuring, Corporate Governance, Corporate Doctrine, Process Management, Human Resources Management, Business Advisory Functions, Employee Relations, Internal Investigations
Sandra Cooley is an inspirational leader with over 20 years’ experience with a reputation for instilling clarity and fidelity in performance team driven environments. She is adept in cultivating and managing essential relationships. She is effective in key directional roles, executing strategic objectives and managing large, cross-matrixed teams.
She currently serves in the public sector with Department of Homeland Security for a federal department responsible for delivering grants and federal assistance to individuals, states, and Tribal Nations throughout the country. In her role, she directs large-scale operations including Human Capital Management activities (full cycle), Advisory functions including legal, Disputes, Equal Rights, and Continuous Improvement Program management activities. She also coordinates high-profile visits to field events including White House, Members of Congress and Senior Federal Officials.
In the last 13 years with DHS, Ms. Cooley has Ms. Cooley served as a member of the Field Leadership Cadre as Chief of Staff – Type 1 (a designation only held by two people in the nation until recently). She has also served on 13 Level 1 and 2 events and is considered as one of the most sought-after field leaders.
On October 1, 2012, Ms. Cooley was tapped by the Administrator to oversee the implementation of several new Agency initiatives. Her many talents and skills have afforded other delegations where she has served in senior field roles including Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer, Special Assistant to the Federal Coordinating Officer, Acting Federal Disaster Recovery Officer, as well as special assignments for Agency initiatives. She has been recruited to coach and mentor individuals and teams, coordinate high profile initiatives, and facilitate and lead special projects.
Ms. Cooley attributes hard work, passion for what she does and the drive to create resilient results as key to her success. She values creative and divergent thinking, and integrity. She is empathetic and compassionate to individual contributions to an organization’s goals.
Looking ahead, she plans to transition her varied experiences into independent consulting where she can help emerging and established small businesses optimize their place in the marketplace. She is looking forward to networking and connecting with other like minded professionals, and to gaining the recognition and credibility of being a member.
Forbes, Bloomberg
Organizing Diverse TeamsDriving Strategic Objectives MentoringConflict resolutionsSafety and Security
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