Kim Betts

Kim Betts is an emergency management executive with more than 25 years of experience across federal, state, local, military, utility, nonprofit, and private-sector environments. Her expertise spans preparedness, response, recovery, and operational readiness, with a focus on emergency operations center leadership, interagency coordination, energy and critical infrastructure, crisis communications, and program and project management.

At Tidal Basin, Kim supports planning and preparedness operations, strategic planning, proposal development, staffing coordination, and team development. She works with leadership, project teams, and business development colleagues to strengthen operational effectiveness and support delivery of emergency management, preparedness, resilience, and recovery services nationwide.

Throughout her career, Kim has supported statewide energy coordination and wildfire recovery in Hawai‘i, regional all-hazards planning, and emergency response and logistics operations in Colorado. Her private-sector experience includes global resilience and operational readiness programs. She brings extensive experience connecting public agencies, utilities, nonprofit organizations, and private-sector partners to advance coordinated planning and response.

Kim holds a master’s degree in International Management and a bachelor’s degree in Communications. Her training includes the Incident Command System, National Incident Management System, National Response Framework, Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program, and advanced public information officer training.