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Jo Ann Howard named ASFPM’s 2019 Goddard-White Award Winner
L-R: Past ASFPM Chair Maria Cox Lamm, Jo Ann Howard and ASFPM Executive Director Chad Berginnis. Photo by John Hays. The Goddard-White Award is named in honor of the huge contributions made to floodplain management by Gilbert White and Jim Goddard. ASFPM presents this to individuals who have had a national impact carrying forward the…
Dr. Erwann Michel-Kerjan, executive director of the Wharton Risk Center, was awarded the 2014 Lloyd’s Science of Risk Prize in London
major-latin”>Dr. Erwann Michel-Kerjan, executive director of the Wharton Risk Center (a longtime partner with ASFPM), in November was awarded the 2014 Lloyd’s Science of Risk Prize in London. major-latin”>Michel-Kerjan and his co-authors won in the climate change category for their paper “Evaluating Flood Resilience Strategies for Coastal Megacities,” where they considered the impact of Hurricane…