Deputy Director Paul Huang

Paul Huang is the Deputy Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement in Washington, DC.

Huang oversees a staff of more than 850 federal employees and directly oversees BSEE’s National Program Offices and Divisions. As BSEE Deputy Director, he is responsible for promoting safety, protecting the environment, and conserving resources through the regulatory oversight and enforcement of energy industry operations on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. Additionally, Huang serves on the Department of Interior (DOI) Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC) Employee Resource Group Board and the DOI Executive Resources Board (ERB).

Previously, Huang served as the Assistant Administrator of Federal Insurance for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The NFIP has over 4.5 million policyholders across the Nation and collects over $4B in revenue annually. During his time at FEMA, Huang founded and served as the Executive Sponsor for FEMA’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Employee Resource Group.

Huang also served as the Acting Associate Administrator for Resilience at FEMA and helped stand up the Climate Adaptation and Equity Enterprise Steering Committees for the Agency, as well as helped establish FEMA’s Strategic Plan. Additionally, he helped bring improved program management, collaboration, and integration across the Resilience portfolio.

Huang previously served as the Director of the Risk Analysis Division at FEMA where he helped modernize the Nation’s flood map inventory and stand-up the successful $200M+ Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) program which integrates the hazard mitigation planning program and the dam safety program with a goal of providing quality data that increases risk awareness that ultimately drives mitigation actions in communities resulting in long term resiliency.

Huang is a Department of Homeland Security level III program manager and holds a B.S. in Management Science and Information Systems as well as a Master of Business Administration. He has nearly 20 years of government service; previously he was an information technology consultant.

BSEE is the lead federal agency charged with improving safety and ensuring environmental protection related to the offshore energy industry on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).