DAVID E. COLLIER, CR
President
David Collier founded First Atlantic Restoration in 1990, a full service disaster recovery firm and member of Disaster Kleenup International (DKI), the largest disaster restoration contracting organization in North America. He has built a team of professionals who have serviced more than 30,000 projects, restoring buildings and their contents in the aftermath of fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, mold contamination, biohazard spills, and numerous other types of disasters.
Professional and Community Highlights
- Chairman of the BBB's Board of Directors serving Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, where he has served since 2002.
- Certified Instructor with the Florida Insurance Continuing Education Program
- Certified Instructor with the North Carolina Insurance Continuing Education Program
- Serves on the Advisory Board of CREED (Center for Real Estate and Economic Development)
- Certified Instructor with the Virginia Insurance Continuing Education Board
- Achieved "Green Risk Professional" Level III by Vale Tech (2013)
- Board Member, Yellow Ribbon Fund-Hampton Roads Chapter, supporting injured Armed Service members and their families
- Consultant in specialized recovery solutions at the Pentagon in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks
- Designated "Certified Restorer #194" by the National Institute of Disaster Restoration in 1996




