2021 Conference Plenary Sessions
Tuesday, May 11 – 11:00 am-12:30 pm central
Flood Risk Management in a Post-Covid World
- Welcome, Chad Berginnis, CFM, ASFPM Executive Director
- Nicole LeBoeuf, Acting Assistant Administrator and permanent Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management, NOAA
- David Maurstad, Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation and Senior Executive of the National Flood Insurance Program, FEMA
Moderator: Cary Johnson, Assistant Director, Kentucky Division of Water, ASFPM Chair
Wednesday, May 12 – 11:00 am-12:30 pm central
Social and Environmental Justice in Managing Flood Risk
- Jacqueline Patterson, Director, NAACP Environmental & Climate Justice Program
- How Much Does Mitigation Actually Save? A Call to Consider Social Vulnerability and Social Justice
Lori Peek, Professor, Department of Sociology and Director, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder - Paul Huang, Acting Associate Administrator of Resilience, FEMA
Moderator: Jessica Ludy, Flood Risk Program Manager and Silver Jackets Coordinator, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Thursday, May 13 – 11:00 am-12:30 pm central
Local and State Success Stories
- State Flood Assistance Teams and the Framework for the ASFPM Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART)
Paul “Oz” Osman, CFM, Principal, P. Oz Consulting, LLC - Kara Runsten, Program Manager, Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program, MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
- Follow the 2D BLE Brick Road to Technical Assistance
Tara Lanzrath, CFM, Floodplain Mapping Coordinator, Kansas Department of Agriculture
