2019 Conference, Plenaries, Videos and Concurrent Presentations
2019 ASFPM
Annual National Conference
May 19-23, 2019
Cleveland, Ohio
ASFPM 2019 Annual National Conference Plenary and Concurrent Session Presentations
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Plenary Session 1
Welcome Address
Chad Berginnis, CFM, ASFPM Executive Director
Maria Cox Lamm, CFM, ASFPM Chair, South Carolina DNR
Welcome Address Video
Building Resilience
Todd Bridges, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Environmental Science, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, USACE
Engineering with Nature for Resilience and Value Creation
Leslie Chapman-Henderson, President and CEO, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)
Groundbreaking Building Code Awareness Through Consumer Research—The No Code No Confidence Campaign
Mark Osler, Senior Advisor for Coastal Inundation and Resilience Science and Services, NOAA
Q&A after Building Resilience Plenary
Moderator: Maria Cox Lamm, CFM, ASFPM Chair, South Carolina DNR
Keynote Luncheon, ASFPM Foundation Spotlight
Moderator: Doug Plasencia, PE, CFM, ASFPM Foundation President, Moffatt & Nichol
Plenary Session 2
National Flood Insurance Program: Reauthorization and Implementation Issues Panel
Austin Perez, Senior Policy Representative, National Association of Realtors (NAR)
Susan Asmus, Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
Rob Moore, Director, Water & Climate Team, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
David Maurstad, Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation; Chief Executive of the NFIP, FEMA
Q&A after NFIP: Reauthorization and Implementation Issues Plenary
Moderator: Chad Berginnis, CFM, ASFPM Executive Director
Plenary Session 3
Making It Work: Flood Risk Management – Best Management Practices
Steve Ferryman, CFM, State Hazard Mitigation Officer, Ohio Emergency Management Agency
VideoOhio Mitigation Success Stories
Maria Cox Lamm, CFM, ASFPM Chair, South Carolina DNR
A Successful Substantial Damage Program 4 Years in the Making
Skip Stiles, Executive Director, Wetlands Watch
New Partnerships in the Floodplain Make it Work
Q&A after Making it Work Plenary
Moderator: Tim Trautman, PE, CFM, Program Manager, Mecklenburg County, NC
ASFPM National Awards Luncheon, includes National CRS and CTP Awards
Masters of Ceremonies:
Stevie Nicks aka Shana Udvardy, CFM, Union of Concerned Scientists &
Debbie Harry aka Lori Cary-Kothera, NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Concurrent Session A – Tuesday
A1: Flood Risk Communication After Wildfires
A1 – #FloodAfterFire – An Analysis on Improving Modern Community Engagement and Communications by Francie Israeli, Resilience Action Partners
A1 – Burn Scars as Building Blocks: Lessons Learned From Flood-After-Fire Risk Communications by Eugene Kinerney, DHS/FEMA/FIMA
A1 – Building Community Resilience Through Effective Risk Communication by Lawrence Frank, CFM, Atkins
A2: Social Justice Factors in Floodplain Management
A2 – Socially Vulnerable Populations: Under-Recognized Victims of Flooding Disasters by Jo Ann Howard, JD, H2O Partners Video
A2 – Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Coastal Communities’ Participation in CRS by Alexis Cunningham, CSO & ASFPM
A2 – Equity & Social Justice: What King County, Washington is Doing to Manage Floodplains More Equitably by Mitch Paine, CFM, King County
Session A2 Video
A3: Coastal Resilience Planning and Projects
A3 – Ridge to Reef and Beyond – The Challenges and Opportunities of Hazard Mitigation in the U.S. Virgin Islands by Colin Vissering, AICP, CFM, Witt O’Brien’s
A3 – Evaluating the Vulnerability of Infrastructure to Coastal Storms – A Case Study by Michael Vecchio, PE, HDR
A3 – Innovative Coastal Flood Resiliency in Urban Environment: Red Hook Integrated Flood Protection System in NYC by Rahul Parab, PE, CFM, D.WRE, Dewberry Engineers
A4: State Mapping Initiatives
A4 – Floodplain mapping without (largely) FEMA – the Indiana Floodplain Mapping project by David Knipe, PE, CFM, Indiana DNR
A4 – The Maryland Resiliency Partnership: State Collaboration takes Risk MAP to New Levels by Dave Guignet, Maryland Department of the Environment
A4 – New Vermont Mapping, Regulation, and Training to Enhance Floodplain Protection by Rob Evans, CFM, VT Dept. of Environmental Conservation
A5: When Hurricanes (In)Validate Models
A5 – From Swamp, to River, to Gulf: Complex 2D Modeling of the Withlacoochee River, Solved by Joe Walter, MBA, PE, Atkins
A5 – Using Hurricane Harvey Data to Calibrate FEMA Risk MAP Study by Michael Hanke, CFM, CDM Smith
A5 – Interpreting Uncertainty in New River Basin Forecasts During Hurricanes Florence and Michael by Brian Astifan, PE, National Weather Service
A6: FEMA/Corps Levee Safety Session
A6 – The Levee Safety Reunion Tour: Bringing the Band Back Together by Tammy Conforti, PE, USACE
A6 – The Levee Safety Reunion Tour: Bringing the Band Back Together by Suzanne Vermeer, PE, CFM, FEMA
A7: Local Stream Restoration Case Studies
A7 – West Water Run Stream Restoration and Flood Mitigation Project by Miles Hebert, PE, CFM, LEED Green Associate, EMH&T
A7 – Reducing Flood Risk by Restoring Natural Processes: The Sidney Greenplain Project by James Woidt, PE, Shumaker Consulting Engineering and Land Surveying, DPC
A7 – Incorporating Natural Floodplain Functions into Mitigation by Dave Fowler, CFM, ASFPM
A8: MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE: Building Resilient Communities: Change Starts from Within
A8 – Building Resilient Communities: Change Starts from Within by Ogilvy and MBI, Resilience Action Partners
Concurrent Session B – Tuesday
B1: Research Findings and Risk Communication
B1 – Leveraging Behavioral Insights to Improve Messaging and Increase Insurance Coverage by Shrupti Shah, Deloitte
B1 – Shah Video
B1 – The Evolution of Communicating Risk: A Conversation with FEMA’s Data and Communications Branch by Priscilla Scruggs, FEMA
B1 – Why take a rational approach to a predictably irrational problem? Understanding the role of mental shortcuts and cognitive biases in the way our brains process risk and probability by Kristin Murphy, ICAgile Certified Professional, Level 4 Social Marketer (CIM), Booz Allen Hamilton
B2: Holistic/Watershed Floodplain Management
B2 – Louisiana Watershed Initiative – Working Together for Sustainability and Resilience by Jeffrey Giering, CFM, State of Louisiana
B2 – The Puyallup Watershed: A Case Study in Integrated Floodplain Management by Spencer Easton, CFM, Environmental Science Associates
B2 – Learn How FEMA-USFWS-NMFS Partner to Promote Conservation of Threatened and Endangered Species by Bret Gates, FEMA Mitigation
B3: FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grants and Policy
B3 – HMA Application Development and Review – Applying Best Practices and Lessons Learned by Manuel Perotin, PE, CFM, CDM Smith
B3 – FEMA Mitigation and Disaster Grants – Facts, Myths and Legends by Matt Jadacki, CPA, CGFM, EY
B3 – Seeking Higher Ground: Timeframes and Characteristics of FEMA-Funded Floodplain Buyouts by Anna Weber, Natural Resources Defense Council
B4: CTP Showcase
B4 – Leveraging Technical Assistance to Enhance Local Awareness and Mitigation Through Risk MAP by Tom Morey, CFM, RS, Stantec
B4 – Flood Risk CHAMPions by Rigel Rucker, PE, CFM, AECOM
B4 – Lessons from the Field, CTP Program Project Management Best Practices by Laura Algeo, PE, FEMA HQ
B5: Identifying and Mitigating Building-Specific Risk
B5 – Floodplain Buyout Program Prioritization Using Community-wide Watershed Models by Stephen Sands, PE, CFM, Hazen and Sawyer
B5 – The Nuts & Bolts of Probabilistic Modeling (and why it’s awesome) by Geoff Uhlemann, PE, CFM, AECOM
B5 – Incorporating Uncertainty of First Floor Elevations into Flood Risk Assessment Modeling by Shane Parson, PhD, PE, CFM, AECOM
B6: Stormwater Management at the Watershed Level
B6 – Evaluating and Selecting Release Rates for Specific Watersheds in Cook County by Amanda Flegel, PE, CFM, Illinois State Water Survey
B6 – Stormwater Management: A Regional Approach by Janet Popielski, PE, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
B6 – Stormwater Master Plan Solutions: Stream Flooding/Erosion Mitigation in the Cuyahoga River Watershed
B7: Post-Disaster Tech
B7 – Artificial Intelligence: Pioneering New Tools for Efficient Flood Damage Estimation by Benjamin Roberts, ASA, ABS Group
B7 – NASA Disasters Program Support of Hurricane Florence Response by Garrett Layne, NASA HQ – ai solutions
B7 – Rapid Deployment of Small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) for Post-Hurricane Disaster Assessment by Victor Acosta, T&M Associates (Compass JV)
B8: AECOM SHOWCASE: On the Main Stage: Big Base Level Engineering Data: Big Opportunities, Big Benefits, Big Challenges
B8 – Big Base Level Engineering Data: Big Opportunities, Big Benefits, Big Challenges by AECOM
Concurrent Session C – Tuesday
C1: Flood Risk Disclosure: Intersection of Regulations and Risk Communication
C1 – Improving Disclosure Laws so Home Buyers are Not Kept in the Dark about Flood Risk by Joel Scata, esq, Natural Resources Defense Council
C1 – Engaging Real Estate Agents in Flood Risk Communication by Lisa Foster, CFM, Pinellas County
C1 – Foster Video
C1 – Scata Video
C1 – Dam Ownership Risks and Burdens: Raising Public Awareness through Educating Real Estate Agents by Kent Wilkins, CFM, OWRB
C2: CRS: National and State Perspectives
C2 – Community Rating System Update: Plain and Simple! by Bill Lesser, CFM, FEMA
C2 – How State Assistance with GIS Helps Communities Say ‘Yes’ to CRS by Martin Koch, CFM, Kansas Dept. of Agriculture – Division of Water Resources
C2 – One Dose of DMA and Two Doses of CRS: A “Cure” for a Successful Hazard Mitigation Plan by David Stroud, CFM, Wood
C3: Professional Research on Hazard Mitigation Policy
C3 – Flood Mitigation and Sea Level Rise Adaptation Driven by Municipal Credit Rating by John Miller, PE, CFM, CSM, DHS-FEMA
C3 – Pluvial Flood Risk by Jeffrey Czajkowski, PhD, Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
C3 – Profiles in Flood Mitigation: Overcoming Barriers to Designing and Implementing Effective Policies by Matthew Fuchs, J.D., The Pew Charitable Trusts
C4: Mapping Urban Flood Risk
C4 – Who’ll Map the Rain? Capturing Pluvial Flood Risk by Siamak Esfandiary, PhD, PE, FEMA
C4 – Equity and Resilience in Urban Flooding: The Elephant in the Room by Elise Ibendahl, PE, CFM, ENV SP, Jacobs Engineering
C4 – Flooding Outside the Lines: Applying TWI to the Problem of Urban Flooding by Kingsley Allan, CFM, GISP, Univ. of IL / Illinois State Water Survey
C5: Creative Methods for Real-Time Forecasting
C5 – Adapting National Water Model Forecast Data to Local Hyper-Resolution H&H Models by Peter Singhofen, PE, Streamline Technologies, Inc.
C5 – “Hurry”cane Modeling: Forecast Modeling to Optimize Limited Resources with Limited Time by Ed Dickson, PE, CFM, Freese and Nichols, Inc.
C5 – PSEG-LI Stormsurge Flood Modeling and Flood Mapping for Long Island New York using waterRIDE™ by Efrain Giron Maglioni, Ph.D., P.Eng., Advisian/WorleyParsons
C6: Mapping Dam and Levee Risk
C6 – Reaching Milestones in Mapping Non-accredited Levees by Michael Seering, PE, CFM, PMP, AECOM
C6 – Uses of DSS-WISE to support Risk Map: Tips, Tricks and Tools for Rapid Inundation Risk Modeling by Tiffany Coleman, PE, CFM, STARRII (Stantec)
C6 – A GIS-Based Tool to Prioritize FEMA Levee Mapping Updates by Kim Dunn, D.WRE, P.E., CFM, T&M Associates, Compass JV
C7: Lessons Learned for Substantial Damage Determinations
C7 – Substantially Damaged…Again by John Brubaker, PE, CFM, NC Dept of Public Safety
C7 – Substantial Damage: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Jessica Artz, CFM, SC DNR
C7 – Answers to Questions about Substantial Damage in the Post-Disaster Environment by John Ingargiola, EI, CBO, CFM, FEMA HQ Building Science
C8: FEMA SHOWCASE: FEMA Update
C8 – NFIP/Endangered Species Act Update by Bret Gates, FEMA
C8 – DRRA Update by Kayed I. Lakhia, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, CFM, FEMA
C8 – State Assessment Notifications by Adrienne Sheldon, PE, CFM, FEMA
C8 – Building Science Update by Dan Bass, AIA, FEMA
C8 – Building Science Update by John Ingargiola, PE, CFM, FEMA
Concurrent Session D – Wednesday
D1: Innovations and Technology in Risk Communication
D1 – Next Generation Information and Communication Systems for Flooding by Ibrahim Demir, PhD, University of Iowa
D1 – Making Mitigation Mainstream by Peter Herrick, Jr., Federal Emergency Management Agency (HQ)
D1 – The Observed Flood Extent: Using Multispectral Satellite Imagery to Detect and Map Historical Flood Events by Catherine Ipsan, Radiant Solutions
D2: Flood Insurance Rating
D2 – National Flood Insurance Program Pricing by Phillip Dunn, ANFI, National Flood Services
D2 – Flood-Impacting-Threshold, InstaScore, and Precision-Rating: New and Powerful Tools for Differentiating Flood Risk by John Sun, Stream Methods. Inc.
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D3: Risk Assessments to Improve Transportation Infrastructure Resilience
D3 – Resiliency, Emergency Management, Case Studies, Applied & Academic Research by Janey Camp, PhD, PE, GISP, CFM, Vanderbilt University
D3 – Measuring Transportation Infrastructure Resilience: A Case Study with Amtrakby Gina Tonn, PhD, PE, CFM, Delaware Dept of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
D3 –Assessing the Vulnerability of Transportation Infrastructure to Climate Stressors in San Diego, California by Jeffery Crump, PE, Moffatt & Nichol
D4: Mapping Issues with Sea Level Rise and Coastal Erosion
D4 – 30-Years of FEMA Sea Level Rise Studies and Future Focus Areas by Brian Batten, PhD, CFM, Dewberry
D4 – Great Lakes Coastal Flood Hazard Studies Are More Than Meets the Eye by Ken Hinterlong, FEMA Region V
D4 – Modernizing Coastal Erosion and the Primary Frontal Duneby Christina Lindemer, FEMA
D5: Modeling for Local Flood Risk Planning
D5 – Lisbon Flooding Problematics – Proactive Decision-Making Supported by a Novel Integrated Numerical Modeling Approach by Rodrigo Fernandes, PhD., MSc., Senior Consultant, Bentley Systems, International Limited
D5 – Regional Flooding Challenges and Approaches – City of Canfield Bradford-Briarcliff Flood Mitigation Study by Chad Boyer, PE, CFM, ms consultants, inc.
D5 – Two-Dimensional Floodplain Modeling in Downtown Baltimore by Sravan Krovidi, PE, CFM, Wood E&IS
D6: Stormwater Asset Management Tools
D6 – An Urban Stream Manager’s Guide to Field-Based Master Planning by George Remias, PE, NEORSD
D6 – GIS Showcase: FPA Tools for Stormwater Management by Chris Hill, GISP, CFM, Meshek & Associates, LLC
D6 – Enhancing Your Asset Management Strategy – Innovative Approaches in Stormwater Asset Collection and Evaluation by Neal Banerjee, PE, CFM, ESP Associates, Inc
Concurrent Session E – Wednesday
E1: State and Local Risk Communication Initiatives 1
E1 – Denver FloodWalk: Visualizing Flood Risk in an Urban Parkby Tony Mendes, CFM, FEMA
E1 – Letting it Flow: Sharing Local Stories that Inspire Personal Mitigation Actionby Kate Skaggs, CFM, Resilience Action Partners
E1 – Digital Outreach and Education for Rural Communitiesby Lee Beshoner, PE, CFM, FTN Associates
E2: Floodplain Management Policy and Regulations
E2 – The BFEs Are(n’t) All Right: An Assessment of Elevation Certificates and Implications to the NFIP by Jennifer Marcy, CFM, Atkins
E2 – A Cumulative Standard for Substantial Improvement: Our Rocket to the Moon by Tom Leatherbee, MCP, AINS, CFM, City of Del City
E2 – Managing Urban Floodplains in Fort Worth, Texas by Clair Davis, PE, CFM, City of Fort Worth
E3: Mitigation through Better Building Performance
E3 – Evaluating your FPM building design and construction requirements in a post-disaster environment by Manuel Perotin, PE, CFM, CDM Smith
E3 – Building Performance and Outreach after the Recent Hurricanes by Daniel Bass, RA, FEMA HQ Building Science
E3 – Predicting Flood Damage using Probability Theory by William Coulbourn, Coulbourn Consulting
E4: FEMA Mapping Tools and Resources
E4 – FEMA Flood Map Tools for Floodplain Managers by Daniel Horner, CFM, CSM, NiyamIT
E4 – Capturing Data Delivery on the FEMA GeoPlatform by Marshall Rivers, CFM, STARR II (Atkins)
E4 – Supporting Local Government through Advisory Products and GIS Analysis by Naomy Perez-Sanchez, Atkins, SNC Lavalin member
E5: 2D Modeling for State Programs
E5 – Regulating 2D Models – Opportunities and Lessons Learned from CHAMP by Isaac Allen, EI, CFM, AECOM
E5 – The Future of BLE Data: How Louisiana is Using BLE Data to Supplement Their CTP Program by Jacob Lesue, PE, CFM, Dewberry
E5 – Moving Forward in Kentucky: Approaches to 2D Modeling and Risk MAP Integration by Tommy Arnspiger, AECOM
E6: Dam and Levee Systems Management
E6 – Interfaces between Earthen Levees and Hard Structures: Understanding and Managing their Performance by Jonathan Simm, PhD, CEng, HR Wallingford
E6 – Estimating and Evaluating Spillway Capacities of Guadalupe Valley Hydroelectric System Dams on Guadalupe River, Texas by Hui-Ming “Max” Shih, Ph.D, PE, CFM, CDM Smith
E6 – Dam Rehabilitation Grant Program- Incorporating mitigation and floodplain management to reduce risk by Edward Beadenkopf, PE, CFM, STARR II (Atkins)
E7: Restoring Natural and Beneficial Functions
E7 – Healthy Wetlands, Healthy Watersheds: Leveraging State Wetland Restoration and Protection Programs to Improve Watershed Health by Marla Stelk, Assoc. of State Wetland Managers
E7 – Restoring More Natural and Beneficial Functions of Floodplains by Brad Gordon, American Rivers
E7 – The Floodplain Explorer: Prioritizing Floodplain Restoration in the Mississippi River Basin by Kris Johnson, PhD, The Nature Conservancy
E8: Sea Level Rise Adaptation
E8 – Retreating for Resilience: Legal and Policy Tools for Relocating Development from Floodplains by Katie Spidalieri, Attorney, Georgetown Climate Center
E8 – Adapting to Climate Change vs Traditional Flood Mitigation – What’s the Difference? by Vince Geronimo, PE, CFM, Mead & Hunt
E8 – U.S. Federal Climate Resiliency Policy: Is it Advancing or Retreating? by Sarah Murdock, The Nature Conservancy
E9: State Day – Mitigation
E9 – Ready, Set, ASSESS! How to Conduct a Meaningful Risk Assessment with Limited Resources by Tom Hughes, CEM, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
E9 – Community Technical Assistance: A Model for Mitigation Action by Tara Lanzrath, CFM, Kansas Department of Agriculture
E9 – Successfully Integrating Climate Adaptation into the Massachusetts Hazard Mitigation Plan by Joy Duperault, CFM, Massachsuetts Dept. of Conservation & Recreation
Concurrent Session F – Wednesday
F1: Local Flood Warning Systems
F1 – Utilizing Technology, Partners, and Communication for Mitigating Flood Impacts by Mark Link, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
F1 – North Central Texas Collaborates on Flood Warning: A Cooperative Success Story by Mia Brown, CFM, North Central Texas Council of Governments
F1 – The Future Is Now: Flood Forecasting in Harris County, Texas by Andy Yung, PE, CFM, D.WRE, Walter P Moore and Associates
F2: Guidance for Local Floodplain Administrators
F2 – Floodplain Forms: Floodplain Management Streamlined by Joshua Lippert, CFM, City of Philiadelphia
F2 – Navigating the New EC: Understanding the Changes and Updates to the FEMA Elevation Certificate by Del Schwalls, PE, CFM, Schwalls Consulting LLC
F2 – Floodplain Management within a 2D Floodplain/Floodway Special Flood Hazard Area by Stephen Noe, Wood
F3: Floodproofing Successes
F3 – Dry-floodproofing: Recent Case Studies in NYC by James P. Colgate, Esq., AIA, CFM, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
F3 – Stories of Resilience: How Smart Companies Out-Smart Floods by Dr. Jens Thalheim, FM Global
F3 – Floodproofing Critical Infrastructure: the Tacoma Central Treatment Plant Flood Protection Project by Tyler Jantzen, PE, Jacobs
F4: Advances in Mapping
F4 – LOMA’s for the Masses – A quick guide to multiple LiDAR LOMAs by Tim Benenati, CFM, AECOM
F4 – MAAPnext – A Next Step to Evolving Floodplain Mapping by Ataul Hannan, PE, CFM, Harris County Flood Control District
F4 – Informing floodplain management and hazard communication through probabilistic flood inundation maps by Tim Stephens, University of Georgia
F5: Modeling Waves and Coastal Erosion
F5 – Wave Overtopping – A Key Piece in Predicting Coastal Flood Hazards by Matt Shultz, PE, Woods Hole Group
F5 – Modeled Storm Impacts Validated: Lake Ontario Spring 2017 Flooding Event by Jeff Gangai, CFM, Dewberry
F5 – Modeling and Mapping Applications for Wave Overtopping on the Great Lakes by Rebecca Aiken, EIT, CFM, Stantec
F6: Local Holistic Stormwater Management Approaches
F6 – Using Regional Stormwater Solutions to Promote Quality Sustainable Development by Tom Jacobs, PE, CFM, City of Lenexa, KS
F6 – 7th Avenue Creek Flood Mitigation and Flood Reduction Master Plan: Developing a Plan to Meet Multiple Objectives and Funding Opportunities by Ajay Jain, PE, CFM, HR Green, Inc.
F6 – Robbins, IL : Re-imagining Stormwater Investment by Richard Fisher, PE, CFM, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
F7: Post-Disaster Responses to Recent Events
F7 – Emergency Home Repairs Virgin Islands – Creating the Program Identity to Achieve Success by Ann Terranova, CFM, AECOM
F7 – Implementation of Hazard Mitigation under the Sector-Based Approach in Puerto Rico by Devin Schultze, EIT, CFM, CDM Smith
F7 – Positioning Mitigation Success in Puerto Rico Post-Maria by Andrew Martin, CFM, FEMA Region II
F8: Coastal Decision Support Tools
F8 – Coastal Barrier Resources System Tools and Data Updates from the USFWS by Dana Wright, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
F8 – Adapting Stormwater Management for Coastal Floods by Douglas Marcy, NOAA Office for Coastal Management
F8 – Community Involvement with the Monitoring of Water Levels and King Tide Events by Daniel Tomczak, CFM, Jacobs Engineering Group
F9: State Day – NFIP
F9 – SCORE CAVs – A New Strategy on Building Regional and Statewide Flood Resiliency by Shannon Riess, CFM, Florida Div. Emergency Mgmt.
F9 – First Steps to Correcting Violations by Steve Samuelson, CFM, KS Dept. Agriculture
F9 – The EMAC Solution to Floodplain Recovery by Traci Sears, State of Montana
Concurrent Session G – Thursday
G1: Communication During a CrisisG1 – Communicating Flood Risk during Hurricane Florence in Eastern North Carolina by Belkys Melendez, National Weather Service
G1 – NC FIMAN: Hurricane Florence Success Stories and Future Vision by John Brubaker, PE, CFM, NC Dept of Public Safety
G1 – Communicating the Risk from Coastal Storms: An Unresolved Issue by Guillermo Simón, PE, CFM, Taylor Engineering, Inc.
G2: Local CRS Successes
G2 – Success with CRS: Lessons from Class 2 Communities by Dennis Dixon, CFM, King County
G2 – Class 5 CRS Community – It Can be Done by Maggie Talley, CFM, Jefferson Parish
G2 – Repetitive Loss Area Analysis: Why Everyone Needs One by Marilyn Sucoe, PE, CFM, IDNR/OWR
G3: Hazard Mitigation and Resilience Planning
G3 – David, Meet Goliath: How Small Communities are Facing Down Big Flood Issues by Mike Robinson, CFM, Moffatt & Nichol
G3 – Integrating Natural and Nature-based Infrastructure into Hazard Mitigation Plans: Creating Resilient and Sustainable Communities by William “Drew” Parker, CFM, GISP, USEPA
G3 – A Resilient Rancheria: Using Hazard Mitigation Plans to Centralize Information for Funding by Caroline Cunningham, CFM, AICP, ABCP, Stantec
G4: Predictive Inundation MappingG4 – Advanced Forecasting and Mapping of Catastrophic Flood Inundation in South Carolina by Maria Cox Lamm, CFM, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
G4 – Leverage it! Part 1: Models, Gages, and Topo… Forecasting Flood Damage by Kimberley Pirri, PE, CFM, AECOM
G4 – Mapping the Flood Forecast – USACE Case Studies from 2017 and 2018 Hurricanes by Jason Sheeley, GISP, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
G5: Leveraging Existing Data for Large Scale Modeling
G5 – Delivering Large Scale 2D Base Level Engineering Products in South Dakota by Amanda Banks, PE, AECOM
G5 – Enhancing Large-Scale 2D Hydraulic Models to Refined Local 2D Models with Floodways by Eli Gruber, PE, CDM Smith
G5 – Base Level Engineering: 2D Methods from the Mountains to the Plains by Chris Ide, PE, CFM, Wood
G6: Complex Levee Projects
G6 – The Levee Vortex: Reaching Escape Velocity, Finally…Or Did We? by Lalit Jha, PE, D.WRE, CFM, JEO Consulting Group
G6 – The Intersection of Roads and Levees: Challenges of Managing Dual Infrastructure by Vicki Twerdochlib, PE, CFM, HDR
G6 – The Cannon Drive Levee: Flood Protection at The Ohio State University by Shawn Arden, PE, CFM, EMH&T
G7: Sensors and Blockchain Applications in Floodplain Management
G7 – Enhanced Floodplain Management through the use of Widely Distributed Flood Sensor Networks by Ben Schreib, AECOM
G7 – Improving Dam Safety with Smart City Sensors by Patrick Heck, CSM, Guidehouse
G7 – Improving Flood Insurance Compliance, Monitoring, Claims Processing, and Risk Assessments using Blockchain Technology by Kerry Keys, CPA, Guidehouse
G7 – Keys Video
G8: Urban Flooding Mitigation Success
G8 – Preparing for the New Normal and Challenging the Process for Integrated and Large Scale Solutions for Mitigation by Jamelyn Austin Trucks, CFM, CGM, Atkins
G8 – Flood Mitigation in Huntsville, AL: Using HMGP to Mitigate Urban Flooding by Byron Hinchey, PE, S&ME, Inc.
G8 – 56th & Morton – Lincoln, NE – Flood Mitigation Takes Time, Money, and Cooperation: A Story of Persistence by Kevin Kruse, PE, JEO Consulting Group, Inc
Concurrent Session H – Thursday
H1: Partnerships in Risk CommunicationH1 – The Together Project – Tiger Creek Nature Park: A New Paradigm by Kenneth Schwab, PE, CFM, City of Broken Arrow
H1 – Ohio Silver Jackets Flood Risk Management Success Projects by Ashley Stephens, CFM, USACE Huntington District
H1 – Sharing Leadership: Building Mitigation Coalitions that Do More than Just Talk by Jeffery Harvey, DEL, CEM, JH Consulting, LLC
H2: Flood Insurance: Uses, Changes, and Reports
H2 – Flood Insurance As a Tool Of Community Resiliency by Joe Rossi, CFM, ANFI, Massachusetts Coastal Coalition
H2 – Don’t Stop Believin’ – Believing in Change and our Commitment to Customers by Lloyd Hake, FEMA, Federal Insurance Directorate
H2 – The Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate (OFIA) 2018 Annual Report and Progress Report by Rhonda Montgomery, CFM, FEMA Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate
Session H2 Video
H3: Advice and Lessons Learned for Flood Elevation Projects
H3 – Home Elevation is the Most Viable Option of Flood Mitigation by Sean O’Leary, CFM, SJ Hauck Construction, LLC
H3 – Simplifying FMA Projects by Removing the Locality from the Contracts by Kimberley Tempesco, CFM, City of Virginia Beach
H3 – Elevating Historic Homes by Larry Moss, RA
H4: CNMS Applications
H4 – Mapping the Unmapped: Where do we Start? by Bradford Hartley, Jr., GISP, CFM, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
H4 – CNMS for Coastal Risk Management, What communities need to know by Elena Drei-Horgan, PhD, CFM, AECOM
H4 – Submitting Flood Hazard Mapping Needs to FEMA and Tracking Flood Study Actions by Eliza Ledwell, CFM, IBM
H5: Modeling for Transportation Design and Mitigation
H5 – Overcoming Barriers in the Use of 2D Hydraulic Modeling by Scott Hogan, PE, FHWA
H5 – Testing the Waters: How H&H and Drainage Drive the Texas Bullet Train by David Rivera, PhD, PE, CFM, Freese and Nichols, Inc.
H5 – Understanding Flood Resiliency in Princeville, North Carolina by Allison Bryan, Moffatt & Nichol
H6: Stormwater BMPs on the Horizon
H6 – Nature-Based Solutions to Flooding, Drought, and Groundwater Decline by Bryan Hummel, EPA Region 4
H6 – Experiences with Erosion Control Applications across the United States by Stefano Rignanese, Maccaferri Inc.
H6 – Green Stormwater Infrastructure for Increased Resiliency and Flood Risk Reduction by Kari Mackenbach, CFM, BCES, ENV SP, ms consultants
H7: Natural and Beneficial Function Restoration and Floodplain Management
H7 – Targeted Stream Restoration by Ivan Valentic, ASLA, PLA, GPD Group
H7 – Case Studies of Floodplain and Stream Restoration Projects and their Potential Use for Flood Hazard Mitigation and Community Resilience by Rich Pfingsten, PWS, Stantec
H7 – Assessing floodplain function for more informed land use decision making by Stevie Adams, CFM, The Nature Conservancy
H8: Evaluating Complicated Hydrology
H8 – Assessment of Uncertainty in Doppler Radar Estimated Precipitation by Valmir Bucaj, PhD, USMA
H8 – Application of Bulletin 17C on the Arkansas and Colorado Rivers by Brad Bettag, PE, CFM, Wood
H8 – Rethinking the Applicability of Current Flood Frequency Analysis for the 1% and 0.2% Events by Ted Cassidy, PE, PH (Hydrologist), Dewberry Engineers Inc.
Concurrent Session J – Thursday
J1: State and Local Risk Communication Initiatives 2J1 – Comprehensive Floodplain Management and Mitigation Information at Your Fingertips by Patrick Dobbs, PE, Wood
J1 – Blue Moon: Kentucky’s Contributions to FEMA’s Moonshots by Carey Johnson, Kentucky Division of Water
J1 – A Tool to be “In The Know” Prior to Your Next Community Meeting by Darryl Rockfield, Jr., Missouri State Emergency Managment Agency
J2: International Perspectives on Flood Risk Management
J2 – Learning from Europe: Review of First Cycle of Implementation of Floods Directive by Richard Lewis, HR Wallingford
J2 – Flood Risk Management in Germany – The Impact of the EU-Flood Directive and Lessons Learned from the 2002 and 2013 floods by Klaus Piroth, PhD, CDM Smith Consult GmbH
J2 – Taking Levees into Account in Flood Maps: Comparing US and France by Anna Serra-Llobet, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
J3: Risk Assessments
J3 – OpenHazus: the Future of FEMA’s Hazus Loss Estimation Tool by Jesse Rozelle, GISP, FEMA HQ
J3 – “Show Me” Statewide Hazard Mitigation Planning Utilizing Risk MAP Products: A Case Study for Success in Missouri by Alicia Williams, CFM, Wood E&IS
J3 – Developing a Community Mitigation Program – Recipes for Success from Mecklenburg County by Katie Hermann, GISP, CFM, ESP Associates
J4: Elevation Data & Datums
J4 – Changing Flood Reference Elevations is Relative but it is a Big Deal! by David Curtis, Ph.D., WEST Consultants
J4 – Digging for Datums and Aligning Aerial Imagery by Christine Gallagher, NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey
J4 – The 3D Nation Elevation Requirements and Benefits Study – Preliminary Results by Ashley Chappell, NOAA
J5: Wait, You Want to Model What? Modeling Unique Features
J5 – What Happens When the Bottom Drops Out? by Bryan Martindale, PE, CFM, Knight E/A
J5 – Regional Flooding Challenges and Approaches – Huntington, WV Flood Mitigation Study by Ifeanyi Odigboh, PE, CPESC, CFM, ms consultants, inc.
J5 – Save Fame Studios: 2D Sinkholes with Floodways in Muscle Shoals, Alabama by Felipe Dias, EIT, CFM, Wood
J6: Risk Communication and Planning for Dams and Levees
J6 – How A Multiple Dam EAP Table Top Exercise is a Win-Win Situation by Natalie Rogers, PE, CFM, FTN Associates, Ltd.
J6 – Assessment of USACE Collaborative Levee Flood Risk Communication Initiative: Challenges & Lessons Learned by Mary Weidel, PE, CFM, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
J6 – Lessons Learned from 20+ Flood Response Plans by Sheila McKinley, AICP, CFM, Christopher B Burke Engineering LLC
J7: Post-Disaster Actions and Processes
J7 – The SBA Disaster Loan Program: Preparedness, Recovery, Insurance Requirements and Mitigation by Alejandro Contreras, U.S. Small Business Administration – Office of Disaster Assistance
J7 – Contreras Video
J7 – Unveiling of the FEMA Coastal Disaster Data Playbook by Nicole Metzger, Atkins
J7 – Post-Disaster Data Analytics- Transforming Recovery Decision-Making by Mathew Mampara, PE, Dewberry
J8: Flood Map Change Processes
J8 – Advancements and New Initiatives Impacting MT-1 Letter of Map Change Processing by Todd Steiner, FEMA HQ
J8 – Using LiDAR to Support Letter of Map Amendments (LOMAs): What Submitters Need to Know by Matt Richards, CFM, Michael Baker Intl.
J8 – Those Maddening Approximate A Zones — Case Studies and Proposed Holistic Solutions by Cleighton Smith, PE, CFM, Taylor Wiseman & Taylor