Eric M. Leckey is Managing Director of Business and Government Relations at Ceres, a global company focused on restoring, rebuilding, and strengthening communities and infrastructure through disaster response and recovery, debris removal, demolition and deconstruction, materials recycling, environmental remediation, civil and infrastructure construction, power generation and electrical engineering, and forestry.

Previously, Eric served as Associate Administrator for Mission Support at the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, where he held multiple Senior Executive Service positions and provided executive leadership across critical enterprise functions supporting the agency’s nationwide disaster mission. As Associate Administrator, Eric led a team of 1,498 Mission Support professionals and an additional 627 disaster reservists in delivering a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of requirements and services, while also deploying to multiple Presidentially disaster declarations.

Eric began his federal career in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, serving in the White House Office of Homeland Security and Homeland Security Council. He later joined the newly established Department of Homeland Security, where he served as Advisor to the Secretary and White House Liaison. Over more than 25 years, his career has spanned national security, homeland security, emergency management, and the private sector.

Eric holds a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College, a Bachelor of Science in Urban Affairs with a minor in Political Science from Wright State University, and an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.