Lawton, OK – According to the state officials, Annie Vest reportedly assumed the role of mitigation and disaster planning lead at the Tulsa-based infrastructure and engineering consulting firm Freese and Nichols in 2022.
Responsible for emergency management consulting and resilience planning, Vest provides disaster-related services to clients across the southeast United States and Oklahoma, including the City of Tulsa, the City of Oklahoma City, and the Oklahoma Water Resources Board.
State officials also said that between 2017 and 2022, Vest held the position of planning department manager for Meshek & Associates, where she helped navigate the 2019 Arkansas River flood crisis and worked to secure millions in federal mitigation and recovery funding.
Before entering the private sector in 2017, Vest served as the state hazard mitigation officer for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management.
Notably, Vest assumed the role during the recovery of the May 2013 tornadoes and aided in the formation of the inaugural FEMA Regional Advisory Council Subcommittee for Mitigation.
