Chief Executive Officer
Brittany Perkins Castillo is Chief Executive Officer of AshBritt, a national, rapid-response emergency management, logistics, and disaster response contractor. Since 1992, AshBritt has performed more than 400 missions serving 600 clients across the United States and Caribbean. AshBritt is the chosen contractor for government agencies at the local, state, and federal levels including FEMA, DHS, and DOD.
Prior to joining AshBritt in 2016, Brittany was an attorney, managed a law practice in Austin, Texas, and was a program manager in Doha, Qatar. She holds a Juris Doctor from The University of Texas School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University.
Brittany is known as a vocal advocate for women in business and frequently speaks about increasing and supporting women in the government contracting and emergency management fields. She launched WTFem.org, a repository for resources to help advance women in the emergency management field. Brittany was also appointed to the FEMA National Advisory Council, which advises the FEMA Administrator on all aspects of emergency management. Brittany is Chair of the Pace Center for Girls Board of Trustees, a member of the board of directors of the AshBritt Foundation, 4Girls Foundation, Dress for Success Palm Beaches, and on the Board of Counselors for Equal Justice Works. Brittany’s work as CEO was profiled in Forbes.
In 2023, Brittany launched a children’s activity book, Kids can be Hero Helpers, and the initiative Stronger than the Storm, both focused on helping children understand, plan for, and recover from disaster events. Brittany facilitates workshops on this topic at national conferences and has distributed more than 5,000 books to cities and counties across the United States and Caribbean. In April 2024, Brittany and Stronger than the Storm launched Henry and the Hurricane, a reading book that teaches hurricane facts and preparedness with children.
Brittany is a mother of two preschoolers. When not engaged with disaster response, she enjoys time with her family and training for endurance events with her husband. She is a marathoner and completed an Ironman 70.3.
