Mrs. Greten serves clients by applying her knowledge of FEMA programs and federal law to identify creative ways to leverage, maximize, and maintain disaster assistance. She primarily represents public and private non-profit entities throughout the country, guiding them through the complex federal and state regulatory frameworks to secure and retain federal funding.
Mrs. Greten focuses largely on compliance, but she also devotes a significant amount of her time representing clients in dispute resolution, both informally or formally through the appeals and arbitration process. As former agency regulatory counsel, Mrs. Greten also enjoys providing written comment in response to agency requests for public input on draft regulation, policy, or issues of concern. She is passionate about advocating for positive, systemic change by raising awareness of the real-world struggles faced by her clients in their attempts to recover from disasters using federal assistance.
In addition to her practice, Mrs. Greten has served as an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School since 2022. She teaches a full-semester course, "Law of Emergencies: Natural Disasters, Climate Crises, Pandemics, and Beyond," which teaches students about the legal framework and implementation challenges faced by federal, state, local, individual, and private sector entities before, during, and after destructive events.
Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Mrs. Greten served as the career senior executive Chief Counsel of the First Responder Network Authority, where she proactively managed and resolved legal issues of all types for the federal agency responsible for the nationwide public safety broadband network known as FirstNet. Prior to that role, Mrs. Greten served as FEMA's Associate Chief Counsel for Regional & Field Operations, where she oversaw the delivery of legal services during all presidentially declared disasters and emergencies nationwide, as well as in FEMA's ten regional offices. She also served as Deputy Associate Chief Counsel for Recovery, where she was the principal legal advisor for FEMA's disaster recovery programs (Public Assistance, Individual Assistance, Fire Management Assistance Grants, Community Disaster Loans, etc.), and served as Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulation & Policy, where she developed, implemented, and managed FEMA's regulatory program. Before joining FEMA, Mrs. Greten worked with the U.S. Coast Guard as a regulatory attorney and practiced commercial litigation at a private law firm.