BRW IV Program: March 2013

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Adapting to Uncertanity Implementing Resilience in Times of Change
March 7-9, 2013 Lindy C. Boggs Internationl Conference Center 2045 Lakeshore Drive, Suite 248 New Orleans, Louisiana
WELCOME
Welcome to the Building Resilience Workshop IV
The challenge of living with water is one shared by deltaic communities around the world. Nowhere is this more apparent than in post-Katrina New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region, where people live with a daily awareness of the threat, and opportunities, of water. The series of Building Resilience Workshops (BRW) I, II, III, and IV have been organized with the goals of identifying and fostering the implementation of innovative and sustainable strategies to reduce New Orleans and south Louisianas vulnerability to potentially catastrophic hazards, both natural and man-made, particularly those that result in severe ooding. The 2010 BRW I addressed a broad range of water- and ood-related issues, with discussions centered on sustainable approaches to rebuilding a culture of resilience in south Louisiana, spurred by impending climate change. The 2011 BRW II focused on the role that innovative, sustainable infrastructure can play in mitigating catastrophic disaster, both by reducing the risk of harmful consequences from extreme events and by facilitating rapid recovery. Experts from across the globe shared innovative disaster mitigation approaches and transition methodologies that facilitate implementation. The 2012 BRW III again brought together a diverse group of participants, including members of the pan-European research project FloodProBE, which focuses on developing innovative technologies, methods, and tools for urban ood risk assessment and reduction. Discussions were devoted to the Louisiana Draft 2012 Coastal Master Plan and its implications for coastal Louisiana communities, as well as national and international ood risk reduction strategies and their compatibility with our unique local ways of life.
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This year, the Building Resilience workshop continues the tradition of fostering peer learning, with a focus on implementable solutions. BRW IV will bring together resilience professionals, policy makers, and community members in an opening discussion on the challenges of implementing resilience measures, setting the stage for panels and keynote speakers to discuss our most critical needs, potential solutions, and stategies for their implementation. The workshop will explore how to make decisions that promote community safety in the face of uncertain future conditions, grounding discussions in real world applications on how best to fund, communicate and implement these decisions. Thank you for your participation and engagement in this critical discussion on how to create a more promising and resilient future for our south Louisiana communities.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
FRIDAY 8 MARCH 2013
8:15 - 9:00 AM 9:00 - 9:15 AM REGISTRATION & COFFEE WELCOME Miriam Belblidia Grasshopper Mendoza 9:15 - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE - Beyond Elevate & Relocate: New Ideas in Non-Structural Mitigation Moderator: Speaker: 9:45 - 10:45 AM Mark Davis Elizabeth English
PANEL - Advancing Resilience When the Sun Shines Moderator: Speakers: Patty Whitney Mark Davis Jamelyn Trucks Morgan Crutcher Jeff Williams David Waggonner Pat Forbes Telley Madina Arthur Johnson Rosina Philippe
10:45 - 11:00 AM 11:00 - 11:30 AM
BREAK KEYNOTE - Decision-Making in the Face of Uncertainty Moderator: Speakers: Rob Verchick Vicki Arroyo
11:30 - 12:30 PM
PANEL - Resilience and Implementation of the Coastal Master Plan Moderator: Speakers: Charles Allen Jerome Zeringue Karim Belhadjali Melanie Saucier
12:30 - 1:30 PM
LUNCH

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1:30 - 2:00 PM
KEYNOTE - Implementing Social Change Moderator: Speaker: Ezra Boyd J. T. Lockman
2:00 - 3:15 PM
PANEL - Resilience Economics Moderator: Speakers: Jeff Thomas Bob Miller Jamelyn Trucks Sarah Mack Brian Jackson Robin Barnes Jerome Zeringue J. T. Lockman
Respondents: 3:15 - 3:30 PM 3:30 - 4:45 PM BREAK
PANEL - Combining Diverse Approaches: Structural vs Non-Structural & Shelter-in-Place vs Evacuation Moderator: Speakers: David Muth Bob Turner Chris Pulaski Reggie Dupre Len Bahr Col. Jerry Sneed Josh Gill Kevin Lovetro Gene Barr Bob Tannen
Respondents: 4:45 - 5:00 PM
COMMENTS - Reections on Day 1 Shirley Laska Jeff Thomas
5:00 - 7:00 PM
RECEPTION
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
SATURDAY 9 MARCH 2013
8:15 - 9:00 AM 9:00 - 9:15 AM REGISTRATION & COFFEE WELCOME Alessandra Jerolleman Jeana Wiser 9:15 - 9:45 AM KEYNOTE - Louisianas Legacy of Living with Water Moderator: Speaker: 9:45 - 11:00 AM Craig Colten Ron Thibodeaux
PANEL - Communicating Risk and Resilience Moderator: Speakers: Kristina Peterson Boo Thomas Nick Speyrer Cyn Sarthou Kevin McCaffrey Jessica Ludy Ron Thibodeaux
11:00 - 11:15 AM 11:15 - 12:15 PM
BREAK KEYNOTE COMMENTS - Critical Needs for Community Resilience Moderator: Speakers: Pat Skinner Derk van Ree Craig Colten Gene Barr Tim Osborn
12:15 - 1:15 PM
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1:15 - 2:30 PM
PANEL - Real World Application: Implementing Resilience in Terrebonne Moderator: Speakers: Michel Claudet Pat Gordon Reggie Dupre Jennifer Gerbasi Chief Albert Naquin Rebecca Templeton Melissa Daigle Scott Porter
2:30 - 3:45 PM
PANEL - Moving Forward: BRW Board of Advisors Moderator: Panelists: Maura Wood Craig Colten Brian Jackson Shirley Laska Chief Albert Naquin Steve Picou Cyn Sartou Col. Jerry Sneed Boo Thomas Patty Whitney
3:45 - 4:00 PM
CONCLUDING COMMENTS Miriam Belblidia Elizabeth English
BIOGRAPHIES
Charles E. Allen III Coastal and Environmental Affairs, City of New Orleans
Charles E. Allen is director of the New Orleans Ofce of Coastal and Environmental Affairs and serves as advisor to the Mayor on such affairs. He is also Vice-Chair of the Holy Cross Neighborhood Association and until recently was acting director of the Lower 9th Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development. Allen serves as a board member of a project known as REACH-NOLA, which works to improve access to quality health care for New Orleans residents. He also serves as a board member and secretary of the New Orleans Hospital Services District A Board. The District A Board is currently working to rebuild a hospital for the Eastern New Orleans community. Allen is also a member of the board of directors of the Louisiana/Haiti Sustainable Village Project. Finally, he serves on Louisiana Governors Advisory Committee on Coastal Restoration and Protection. Allen received his Bachelors of Science degree in Biology from Xavier University of Louisiana and his Masters of Science in Public Health from Tulane University. Allen is a life-long resident of New Orleans.
Vicki Arroyo Georgetown Climate Center of Georgetown Law

Vicki Arroyo is Executive Director of the Georgetown Climate Center of Georgetown Law where she is also a Visiting Professor, teaching experiential classes on climate change law and policy. She oversees the Centers work on climate change mitigation and adaptation at the state and federal level, and she facilitates the Transportation and Climate Initiative (a project of 12 northeast jurisdictions to reduce energy use and emissions from the transportation sector). She previously served at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, most recently as Vice President for Policy Analysis and General Counsel. For over a decade, she directed Pews policy analysis, science, adaptation, economics, and U.S. policy programs. She has worked at all levels of government and in the private sector on environmental issues, including serving in two ofces of EPA (Ofce of Air and Radiation and Ofce of Research and Development) and as Policy Director for Louisianas Department of Environmental Quality and Environmental Advisor to Gov. Roemer. She served on the advisory panel to the Gulf Coast study (phase 1) on adapting transportation infrastructure to climate change, on a Transportation and Research Board panel that produced a recent report on reducing energy and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, and on the Economic and Allocation Advisory Committee to California regarding implementation of its cap-and-trade program. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the national Transportation Research Board, on the Board of Trustees for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, and on National Science Foundations Advisory Board on Geosciences.

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Len Bahr LA Coast Post

Len Bahr is the founding editor of LaCoastPost.com. His educational background consists of a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from the University of Maryland, a Master of Science in biology and ecology from the University of Richmond, and a doctorate in Zoology and Coastal Ecology from the University of Georgia. Dr. Bahr has previously served as Coastal Advisor to Governor Bobby Jindal in 2008. He was the director of the Governers Applied Coastal Science Program in 2004 - 2007 and acted as executive assistant to the Governor for the Governors Ofce of Coastal Activities from 1993 - 2003. In addition to his work for the Governor, Dr. Bahr has also been an adjunct professor at the Environmental Studies Institute before becoming an associate instructor at the Louisiana State University. Dr. Bahr is the recipient of several awards, such as the Louisiana Conservationist of the Year from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation in 2008, and Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisianas professional Coastal Stewardship Award in 1997.
Robin Barnes Greater New Orleans, Inc.

Robin Barnes oversees a number of administrative and programmatic functions at GNO, Inc. including research, policy, and communications. Major initiatives developed and administered by Robin include Emerging Environmental and the Greater New Orleans Water Plan and she is leading GNO, Inc.s efforts to establish a growth industry around coastal restoration and water management. Robin is a member of the investment committee of the New Orleans Startup Fund, the marketumbrella.org Community Advisory Board, the NOLA Wise Advisory Board and the Board of Directors of Regions Bank Community Development Corporation. Formerly, she was Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Louisiana at Seedco Financial, a national nonprot Community Development Financial Institution. In 2006, Robin relocated from New York City to New Orleans to open Seedco Financials Louisiana eld ofce and implement the organizations emergency business and economic recovery response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. At Seedco Financial, Barnes deployed nearly $30 million in emergency grants and loans to a total of 1,000 small businesses in the greater New Orleans region. Also, She opened the Seedco Financial Southeast Louisiana Fisheries Assistance Center in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, the only known business assistance drop in center for small sheries businesses. Following 9/11, Robin oversaw private fundraising for Seedcos $45 million disaster recovery program and managed small business technical assistance component of this program.
BIOGRAPHIES
Gene Barr Consultant
Mr. Gene Barr attended Marshall University and was employed by the Huntington District, Corps of Engineers for 42 years until his retirement in 2009. Mr. Barr was a Community Planner with the Corps and his experience included Plan Formulation, Flood Plain Management and Nonstructural Flood Risk Reduction Studies. Mr. Barr served as the Huntington Districts Floodproong Coordinator, Project Manager and Program Manager responsible for managing and implementing a multimillion dollar non-structural program. Mr. Barr was recognized throughout the Corps as an authority on the use of non-structural measures and also served 12 years on the Corps National Non-structural/Floodproong Committee (NFPC). He has consulted with other federal, state and local governmental agencies nationwide in providing guidance on nonstructural measures techniques and methodologies. He is currently a member of the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) Nonstructural/ Floodproong Committee and a Certied Flood Plain Manager (CFM). Mr. Barr has an extensive background in residential nonstructural ood risk reduction and has also played a key advisory role in developing alternative solutions for reducing ood risk for commercial, governmental and industrial structures. The most notable of these projects include the U.S. Naval Academy Campus in Annapolis, Amphenol Corporation in Sydney, New York, and ood risk reduction studies for the Gulf Coast in both Louisiana and Mississippi. Mr. Barr also has extensive experience in working with FEMA which is recognized by his inclusion as a referenced contributor and reviewer to FEMAs publication of Engineering Principles and Practices for Retrotting Flood-Prone Residential Structures. He currently is serving on the Technical Steering Committee for FEMAs revision to the Floodproong for Non-Residential Structures publication.
Miriam S. Belblidia Water Works, L3C; BRW Steering Committee

Miriam Belblidia is the founding partner of Louisiana Water Works, L3C, a water management social entrepreneurship focused on ood mitigation and water quality planning. Previously, she worked as a Hazard Mitigation Specialist for the City of New Orleans, where she helped administer federal hazard mitigation grants, coordinated the 2010 Orleans Parish Hazard Mitigation Plan update, and led efforts to develop the Citys Stormwater Management Program. Miriam Belblidia received a 2010-2011 Fulbright Fellowship in Water Management to conduct research at the Technical University of Delfts Hydraulic Engineering Department. In the Netherlands, she examined the components of successful water management and undertook a comparative analysis to determine how New Orleans can implement best practices to prevent future ooding. She is a Certied Floodplain Manager (CFM) and received her MPA degree in urban and regional affairs from the University of Pittsburgh (2009), focusing on civil security and disaster management. During her graduate studies, Miriam worked as a member of the Interactive, Intelligent, Spatial Information Systems (IISIS) team at the Center for Disaster Management and worked with the Center for Hazard Assessment, Response, and Technology (CHART) at the University of New Orleans. She has published research on the role of information technology and community resiliency.
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Karim Belhadjali Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA)

Karim Belhadjali is the Program Manager for the 2012 update of the States Coastal Master Plan for Integrated Ecosystem Restoration and Hurricane Protection. He has been engaged with the States coastal restoration and protection program since 2000, serving as the lead ecologist for the state on a dozen of large-scale wetland restoration projects constructed with federal partners. Prior to his current position, he served in the US Peace Corps as the Marine Fisheries Advisor to the government of Tuvalu, Central Pacic. He formulated sheries policy including regulatory reform and sheries management plans, to protect and conserve the marine resources of Tuvalu. Karim holds a bachelors degree in Marine Biology from Long Island University and a Masters Degree in Fisheries from Louisiana State University.
Ezra Boyd Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation

Ezra Boyd is a hazards geographer and disaster scientists who resides in New Orleans. He recently earned his PhD from Louisiana State University, and his dissertation presented a comprehensive assessment and analysis of deaths associated with Hurricane Katrina and the catastrophic failure of the Federal levee system for southeast Louisiana. While at LSU, he participated in the Team Louisiana report for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and co-authored the Health Care and Disaster Planning book for the Louisiana State Medical Society. His research on the preparations, response, and impacts of Hurricane Katrina has been published in Risk Analysis, Public Performance and Management Review, and Risk, Hazards, and Crisis in Public Policy.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Brad Case Department of Hazard Mitigation, City of New Orleans; BRW Board of Advisors
Brad is the Acting Director of Mitigation for the City of New Orleans. Created in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Hazard Mitigation Branch of the Citys Ofce of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is responsible for developing and implementing mitigation policy throughout the City of New Orleans. This includes implementation of the Citys Hazard Mitigation Plan, administration of all FEMA mitigation programs for private property and infrastructure and advancing of the awareness of mitigation concepts and practices for communities and businesses. The Mitigation Ofce also represents the City throughout the state and the country to promote and achieve the sustainability and resilience of the City.
Michel Claudet Terrebonne Parish

Michel H. Claudet was elected the sixth President of Terrebonne Parish in November 2007 promising a sweeping New Way reform agenda. With President Claudets election came unprecedented progress in Terrebonne Parish. Under President Claudets management, Terrebonne Parish has been consistently recognized for its regional and statewide leadership. Key to President Claudets plan to better Terrebonne Parish includes: building hurricane protection levees, rebuilding the parishs barrier islands and coast, improving roadways, ghting to lower insurance rates, and advancing new quality of life initiatives. Presidents Claudet was overwhelming re-elected in 2011. President Claudet also served the people of Terrebonne Parish during hurricanes Gustav, Ike, and Isaac the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010, and the Atchafalaya River high water event of 2011. Prior to his service as Parish President, Claudet worked as a successful entrepreneur focusing on the areas of real estate, nance, hotels, and restaurants. Before being elected to public ofce, Claudet was instrumental in the building of the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center and the renowned Terrebonne Parish Library system. Claudet, a native of Lockport, earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting from Louisiana State University and a Juris Doctorate from Loyola University in New Orleans. President Claudet also earned the distinction of being a Certied Public Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU).
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Craig Colten Department of Geography and Anthropology, LSU; BRW Board of Advisors
Dr. Craig E. Colten is an academic author as well as the Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography at Louisiana State University. His publications concern the American South and the historical geography of human-environment interactions. His published works include Perilous Place, Powerful Storms, The American Environment, The Road to Love Canal, Transforming New Orleans and Its Environs, and Geography of Louisiana. His book, An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature, published in 2005, won the J.B. Jackson Award presented by the Association of American Geographers. Dr. Colten attained his M.A. in Geography at Louisiana State University and Ph.D. in Geography at Syracuse University. After a dozen years in state government and the private sector, Dr. Colten returned to Baton Rouge and his current position. Currently, Dr. Colten is the editor of the Geographical Review.
Morgan Crutcher Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL)

As the Technical and Policy Analyst at the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL), Morgan combines accurate and reliable scientic, technical, and policy information for the purpose of establishing CRCLs advocacy positions. Her previous work experience includes time spent at the lobbying ofce of Ducks Unlimited in D.C., and as a research assistant at the USGS Great Lakes Science Center in Michigan. She has volunteered across Western Africa and Central America and has called New Orleans home since 2000. Morgan has a bachelors in environmental studies from Loyola University, New Orleans and a masters in natural resource policy from the School of Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE) at the University of Michigan.
Melissa Daigle Louisiana Sea Grant Law & Policy Program

Melissa Daigle is a Research Associate for the Louisiana Sea Grant Law & Policy Program. The Law & Policy Program provides timely and relevant legal information for the users of Louisianas coastal lands and waters, including state and local governments, coastal businesses, commercial and recreational sheries, non-governmental organizations, and the general public. Melissas work focuses on hazard resiliency for local governments and citizens of coastal areas, as well as overseeing legal research performed by six legal interns. Melissa holds a bachelors degree in English from Nicholls State University, a Masters degree in English from Louisiana State University, and a bachelors of civil law and a Juris Doctorate from the Paul M. Hebert School of Law at Louisiana State University.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Mark Davis Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy; BRW Board of Advisors
Mark Davis joined the Tulane University Law School as a Senior Research Fellow in January 2007 and is the founding Director of the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy. For the past fourteen years he served as executive director of the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana where he helped shape programs and policies at the state and federal level to improve the stewardship of the wetlands and waters of coastal Louisiana, one of the worlds greatest coastal and estuarine resources. Davis has practiced law in Indianapolis, the District of Columbia, and Chicago and has taught at the Indiana University (Indianapolis) School of Business and the IIT-Chicago Kent School of Law in Chicago. He has lectured widely on the topic of water resource management and stewardship and has testied numerous times before Congress on the need for a focused and effective commitment to the viability of coastal Louisiana and other vital natural treasures.
Reggie Dupre Terrebonne Levee & Conservation District

Reggie Dupre is currently serving in his fourth year as the Executive Director of the Terrebonne Levee & Conservation District. Mr. Dupre has served for over 21 consecutive years as an elected ofcial in South Louisiana: as a member of the Terrebonne Parish Council (1988-1996), the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 53 (1996-2001), and as the Louisiana State Senator for District 20 (2001-2009) representing the majority of Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes. In his last 2 years in the Senate, he served as the Chairman of the Senate Natural Resources Committee. During his 13 years in the Louisiana Legislature, he was the Governors legislative oor leader on coastal issues under three Louisiana Governors: Gov. Foster, Gov Blanco, and Gov. Jindal. Mr. Dupres most notable Legislative achievements include the creation of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), the Constitutional Amendment dedicating 100% of all future Federal outer continental shelf (OCS) oil and gas revenues for hurricane protection and coastal restoration purposes, and the Legislative adoption of the rst integrated coastal protection master plan in 2007. Senator Dupre was able to get a unanimous vote of his colleagues for all three of these landmark coastal achievements. Mr. Dupre has a BA from LSU in Political Science, and a JD from Loyola School of Law. He is a lifelong resident of Terrebonne Parish, a native of Ponte-aux-Chenes, and a resident of Bourg, LA. He and his wife, Yvonne, have three children and ve grandchildren.
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Byron Encalade Louisiana Oystermen Association; BRW Board of Advisors

Byron Encalade is a native of East Pointe A-LA Hache, LA, a small shing village in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. He engages in harvesting seafood, oysters and shrimp; also in transporting seafood along the gulf coast states. He is currently serving as Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Constable 3rd Ward, American Legion Post 430 Judge Advocate, Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries Seed Ground Permit Appeals Board, President of Louisiana Oystermen Association, President of South Plaquemines United Fisheries Cooperative and most proudly a lifetime member of the Wolfhound Pack 27th Infantry Regiment Historical Society, Inc.
Elizabeth C. English University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Canada; Buoyant Foundation Project (BFP); BRW Steering Committee
Dr. Elizabeth C English, Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Waterloo in Ontario and formerly with the LSU Hurricane Center and Tulane School of Architecture in Louisiana, works on the development of amphibious foundation systems as a ood mitigation strategy that supports the preservation of traditional housing forms and cultural practices. Her current focus is on projects in south Louisiana, the Canadian north, Bangladesh and Nicaragua. She came to ood mitigation from a background of many years of research in the eld of wind engineering, specically in the areas of wind effects on tall buildings and hurricane wind mitigation. She is the founder and director of the Buoyant Foundation Project, a not-for-prot organization based in Louisiana that is a leader in the development of amphibious technologies for affordable housing and for retrotting existing homes. She is also the founder and organizer of the Building Resilience Workshops in New Orleans. Both of these projects promote strategies that work WITH water to enhance community resilience, and both encourage the use of redundant forms of ood mitigation to diffuse the concentration of risk that leads to catastrophe in the wake of the inevitable failure of a single-line-ofdefense system. Dr. English is a member of the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association (NHMA), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM), the NHMA Climate Change Adaptation Committee, the ASCE MultiHazard Mitigation Committee, the ASFPM Non-Structural Floodproong Committee and the University of Waterloo Water Institute. Dr. Englishs experience in education, practice, teaching and research is in both the elds of Architecture and Civil Engineering. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Master of Science and PhD degrees in Architectural Theory from the University of Pennsylvania.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Patrick W. Forbes Louisiana Ofce of Community Development
Pat Forbes has been the Executive Director of the state Ofce of Community Development since July 2011. In his executive capacity, he oversees the housing, economic development and infrastructure programs that utilize federal Community Development Block Grants provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for recovery from hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike. Forbes has held several positions in the Ofce of Community Developments Disaster Recovery Unit since 2010. He previously worked as a member of the staff of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, where he developed recovery programs for the states infrastructure, as well as providing outreach and technical assistance to the affected local governments. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, Forbes served for two years as an engineer and technical assistant in the Governors Ofce of Coastal Activities. Before his state service, he worked as a consulting environmental engineer, owned and operated his own company and served in numerous capacities at Georgia Pacics Port Hudson paper mill. Forbes holds both a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering and a masters degree in business administration from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Jennifer Gerbasi Terrebonne Parish

Jennifer Gerbasi joined the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government Department of Planning and Zoning, Houma, LA in July 2008 to implement the Long Term Recovery Plan goals for the Parish including elevation and acquisition projects funded by FEMA as a result of the Katrina and Rita hurricanes. August 2008 presented an opportunity to draft the Gustav/Ike Recovery Plan for over $135M in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and later to manage $8.4M CDBG projects for acquisition, demolition, and marine debris removal. Since that time Jennifer has developed successful applications for $43M FEMA hazard mitigation grant programs and is implementing $49.6M FEMA grants for elevations, acquisitions, reconstructions and storm readiness programs and ve critical facility hardening projects estimated at $5.3M. Ongoing and upcoming projects include developing partnerships with nonprot groups, departments, government agencies, commercial interests and the general public to amend the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance and develop the Hazard Mitigation Plan Update to reduce ood risk and wind damage in the Parish. Jennifers earlier work included policy and advocacy work in the areas of soil and water protection in Tennessee and the Mississippi River Basin, water rights, and international trade.
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Joshua Gill Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services

Joshua Gill is the Director of Emergency Preparedness Division for the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. In that role, he oversees the planning, preparedness and operations of the departments emergency role during a disaster. The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), as lead for Emergency Support Function 6, maintains a state of readiness to provide for the mass care, emergency assistance, mass feeding, housing and human services needs in response to all hazards and emergency events that face Louisiana and its citizenry.
Pat Gordon Terrebonne Parish

Patrick Gordon, Terrebonne Parish Planning Director, was born in Dublin, Ireland but grew up in Houma, Louisiana. Patrick is a 1977 graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in City and Regional Planning. Patrick is a member of the American Planning Association, Atchafalaya Trace Commission, and South Central Regional Construction Council. He has also been designated by the Association of State Floodplain Managers as a Certied Floodplain Manager (CFM). Mr. Gordon started his government career in 1978 as a Planner with the City of Houma and has served in the capacity of Planning and Zoning Director for Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government since April 1988 as well as Interim Parish Manager in 2008 during the Gustav/Ike Hurricane events. Patrick enjoys recreational shing with his family in Terrebonne Parish, Salt Water Fishing Capital of the World.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Brian Jackson Environmental Defense Fund (EDF); BRW Board of Advisors
Brian Jackson is a community resiliency specialist for Environmental Defense Funds Coastal Louisiana Restoration project. He focuses on community resiliency and non-structural ood protection in Southern Louisiana. Jackson works closely with the Lower 9th Ward, United Houma Nation and Carrolton-Hollygrove communities to address their ood risks and future sustainability in the face of a vanishing Mississippi River Delta. Jackson has a B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an M.A. in Applied Economics (with a focus on resource and environmental economics) from Johns Hopkins University.
Alessandra Jerolleman Natural Hazard Mitigation Association; BRW Steering Committee

Alessandra Jerolleman is the founder and Executive Director of the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association (NHMA). She is also a Program Specialist in the Gulf Coast with Save the Children USA, working on a resilience initiative around childrens needs in emergencies. She currently serves as one of the Tri-Chairs for the National Hazard Mitigation Collaborative Alliance, sits on the board of the Greater New Orleans Disaster Recovery Partnership, and sits on the Executive Committee of the American Society of Public Administrations Section on Emergency and Crisis Management. She is the co-author of a textbook, Natural Hazard Mitigation, which will be published by CRC Press in late 2011. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of New Orleans. Ms. Jerolleman has acquired wide-ranging experience in the private, non-prot, and academic sectors.
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Arthur Johnson The Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development
Arthur was born in the Nations Capital but his roots are in New Orleans and date back to visits with his grandmother who lived in the Lower Ninth Ward on Fostall Street. He grew up in Washington, DC, and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from The George Washington University and the University of the District of Columbia, respectively. He relocated to New Orleans in 1999 where he has established himself as an accomplished fundraising professional and non-prot leader with a number of educational institutions and non-prot organizations. This has included work with Tulane and Xavier Universities and the New Orleans Public Schools. More recently, he has served as Regional Vice President for Major Gifts with the American Heart Association, Director for the Ofce of Development for Episcopal Community Services of Louisiana, and Chief Development Ofcer for Operation Reach. As CSEDs Executive Director, he is responsible for the day-today operations of the organization and works closely with staff and volunteers to advance CSEDs key initiatives focused on Food Security, the Natural Environment and the Built Environment.
Shirley Laska Center for Hazards Assessment, Response & Technology (CHART); BRW Board of Advisors
Shirley Laska, PhD, is professor emerita of sociology and founding past director of the Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology at the University of New Orleans (UNO-CHART). She has been conducting applied research on the social/environmental interface, natural & technological hazards, and disaster response, especially long-term recovery and risk reduction, for 25 years. Her work includes studies on residential ood mitigation, hurricane response, coastal land loss effects, coastal sheries, community risk assessment and risk management for coastal hazards, use of information technology and GIS as support tools for disaster management, and evacuation of the vulnerable. Since Katrina Laskas work has been focused on lessons to be learned from the event, especially in the realm of community recovery and hazard resilience both in the urban and non-urban setting. This work emphasizes Participatory Action Research in both slow onset coastal land loss and sea level rise --and abrupt major disaster events hurricane Katrina and the BP oil leak.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Jonathan JT Lockman Environmental Planning, Catalysis Adaptation Partners LLC
Jonathan J.T. Lockman AICP, is a founding partner and Vice President for Environmental Planning at Catalysis Adaptation Partners (CAP), located in Scarborough, Maine. CAP provides sea level and storm surge adaptation planning services to agencies and municipalities, focusing on benet cost analysis of solutions, using its COAST tool. Currently CAP is working on several US east coast projects, with communities as large as Cambridge, MA and as small as Oxford, MD. Prior to joining CAP, J.T. served as the Planning Director for the Towns of Bar Harbor and Wells, Maine, and as Planning Director of the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission. He has been active at the national level of the American Planning Association, and served as the Chair of the APA Resort and Tourism Division. Recently JT was appointed to a panel at the National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board, supervising research on extreme weather events and their effects on State Departments of Transportation. J.T. received a BS in Science and Environmental Education from Cornell University, and earned a Masters Degree in Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been regularly featured at national conferences speaking about the newest techniques for citizen engagement and benet-cost analysis in sea level and storm surge adaptation planning.
Keven Lovetro USACE

Mr. Lovetro currently serves as the Chief of the Economic and Social Analysis Branchs Flood Risk Management Section in the New Orleans District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He supervises a team of regional economists and social science analysts who conduct economic feasibility analyses and social impact assessments for proposed ood risk management projects. Projects range from multi-million dollar hurricane protection levees and urban drainage systems to nonstructural alternatives such as structure elevation and acquisition. The cost effectiveness of ecosystem restoration projects is also evaluated. A Corps employee since 1984, Mr. Lovetro earned is M.A. in Economics from the University of New Orleans and in International Affairs from the George Washington University in 1979. He has been accredited as a Certied Flood Plain Manager by the Association of State Flood Plain Managers and currently serves on the Corps National Nonstructural/Flood Proong Committee.
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Jessica Ludy Independent Consultant; UNESCO-IHE

Jessica Ludy is an independent consultant, currently working with Unesco-IHE in Delft on applications of the Dutch Multi-layered Safety policy in the United States. She has been a lecturer and researcher for the University of California Berkeley, and the Associate Director of Flood Management with American Rivers. Jessica was a Fulbright Fellow in the Netherlands and a Scott Fellow in Rhine River basin countries where she worked to better understand European ood policy and climate change adaptation strategies. She received her Masters degree in Environmental Planning from the University of California-Berkeley (2009), and her Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Vermont (2003).
Sarah Mack Tierra Resources

Dr. Sarah K. Mack, President and CEO of Tierra Resources, is a leader in the movement to monetize wetland carbon offsets and focuses on innovative approaches to address the global challenges of climate mitigation, urbanization, and pollution through wetland and water management. Dr. Mack led the development and was the lead author of the American Carbon Registry Methodology, Restoration of Degraded Deltaic Wetlands of the Mississippi Delta, the rst certied methodology for creating and monetizing carbon offset credits from wetland restoration activities. Dr. Mack is also leading the development of the rst wetland carbon pilot project in the nation. Previously Sarah was the Technical Administrator of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (S&WB) where she also served as the Emergency Liaison between the S&WB and other agencies responsible for the initial response and later recovery of sewer, water, and drainage infrastructure during the 2005 hurricane season. Dr. Mack initiated the S&WB long-term recovery planning efforts and was responsible for the hazard mitigation activities that followed. Dr. Mack holds a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry, a Masters of Science in Public Health focusing on Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management, and a Ph.D. in Global Sustainable Resource Management from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Mack is also an ASFPM Certied Floodplain Manager.
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Telley Madina Oxfam America
Born and raised in New Orleans Telley Savalas Madina is a graduate of Eleanor McMain Secondary School. Telley received a Bachelors of Science in Social Sciences from Loyola University New Orleans and is currently pursuing a Masters in Public Policy from the University of New Orleans. He is proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. During Hurricane Katrina Telley works as a Business Service Representative and Intergovernmental Affairs Liaison for City of New Orleans where he worked to promote small business development, policy change and contracting opportunities following Hurricane Katrina. Telley is former Executive Director of LA Oystermen Association Telley has advocated for contracting opportunities for minority shermen. Currently he works as Coastal Communities Program Ofcer for Oxfam America concerned with coastal restoration and workforce development projects in Gulf Coast. Telley is married to Tallace Encalade Madina. The couple resides in New Orleans and has two children, Telley Jr. and Lacey.
Steve Mathies CARDNO; BRW Board of Advisors

Steve Mathies is a native of the New Orleans metropolitan area and lived in New Orleans since 1989. Currently he serves as a Technical Director with Cardno, and Australian-based environmental and engineering consulting rm. He has more than 30 years of professional environmental experience focus on ecosystem restoration and/or hurricane protection in the Louisiana Gulf Coast region. His service to the public sector includes the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program. In the private sector he has worked with the Battelle Memorial Institute and CH2M HILL. He currently serves on the steering committees for Deltas2013: Vietnam, the Americas Great Watershed Initiative, Big River Works, and Visioning the Lower Mississippi River. His past accomplishments have resulted in recognition by Louisiana Governor Mike Foster, the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act Task Force, the American Planning Association, and being selected as the Professional Conservationist of the Year by the Louisiana Wildlife Federation.
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Kevin McCaffrey e/Prime Media LLC

Nationally recognized and award winning documentary lm producer Kevin McCaffrey is winner of the 2012 Louisiana Humanities Documentary of the Year Award, a James Beard Award nalist in broadcast media, and a writer, editor, oral historian, publisher, reviewer and consultant, with a long history of both commercial and volunteer service and collaboration. McCaffrey is owner of e/Prime Media LLC, specializing in research and media products relating to culture, history, environment and design in Louisiana and around the rim of the Gulf of Mexico. e/Prime has done research work for the State of Louisiana, produced video for such disparate clients as The Historic New Orleans Collection, the Louisiana State Museum, The New Orleans Museum of Art, Newcomb College Institute at Tulane University, Galatoires Restaurant and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Before Hurricane Katrina in 2005 he produced an educational environmental lm entitled The Future Is Now with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as client. It discussed planning to save the coast and was negated by the events of the ooding of New Orleans. Kevin has given presentations on Cajun resiliency in Paris, France and Tuxtla Gutierez Mexico, at conferences of the World Psychiatric Association. and he was named the rst male Visiting Scholar for 2009-2010 at the Newcomb Center for Research on Women at Tulane University, mentoring in the Sophielab Media program and researching food culture issues.
Grasshopper Mendoza Horizon Initiative Water Management; The Water Challenge; BRW Steering Committee
Grasshopper Mendoza is a real estate broker with NAI/Latter & Blum Inc. where she emphasizes green building and sustainable development in the commercial sector. She Co-Chairs the Horizon Initiatives Water Management Committee and serves as a program manager for the award-winning Greater New Orleans Foundation/Idea Village Water Challenge business development competition. She is a Fellow of the Loyola Institute for Environmental Communication and of the Puentes Public Leaders Fellowship. Grasshopper earned a degree in International Business from San Francisco State University, and studied for three semesters at Mexicos ITESM University. She has happily called New Orleans her home since 2003.
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Robert K. Miller Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
Bob Miller moved to New Orleans to become Deputy Director at Sewerage and Water Board in 2008. He is responsible for Strategic Planning, Accounting, Customer Service, Human Resources, Information Technology, Risk Management, Environmental Services, and other operations support services. His focus since arriving has been on ensuring the sustainability and nancial viability of the utility as it continues to recover from the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. Before moving to New Orleans, he was Chief Financial Ofcer at Louisville Water Company and a management consultant to water and wastewater utilities. He has been extensively involved with the American Water Works Association as a utility peer reviewer and has published and presented more than thirty papers on utility management and operations. He has a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from University of Louisville and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Indiana University.
David Muth National Wildlife Federation (NWF)

David Muth is a New Orleans native who has spent a lifetime in the Mississippi River delta and on the Louisiana coast, studying its geology, ecology, plants, wildlife, history and culture. He took his degree in history at University of New Orleans and became professionally interested in the connection between culture and environment in the context of the delta. He worked for 30 years with the National Park Service at Jean Latte National Historical Park and Preserve in south Louisiana, eventually managing its natural and cultural resource programs. At the beginning of 2011, he joined the Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign as the Louisiana State Director of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). The campaign is a joint effort among NWF, Environmental Defense Fund and the National Audubon Society, along with local partners like the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, the Louisiana Wildlife Federation, and the Nature Conservancy of Louisiana, to bring about comprehensive, systemic restoration of the Mississippi River delta. They are working to nd and seek consensus and national support for an ecologically sound and sustainable program to restore the ow of the Mississippi River to its dying delta, and to do so in a way that preserves the communities and culture of coastal Louisiana to the maximum extent possible.
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Albert P. Naquin Chief, Isle de Jean Charles, Montegut, LA; BRW Board of Advisors
Chief Albert P. Naquin is a retired Federal employee. He retired from the Department of Interior/Mineral Management Service (MMS) with 24 years of service. He was an oil eld safety inspector in the Gulf of Mexico for MMS and also for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Colorado and New Mexico. Albert P. Naquin is the chief of the community of Isle de Jean Charles and of the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, Inc. in Montegut, LA. He has been the chief since 1997. Since the community started developing in the early to mid 1800s, he is the 5th chief of Isle de Jean Charles. He is very proud to be the chief of a community of wonderful people and to follow the footsteps of the great leaders before him. The rst three chiefs saw Isle de Jean Charles grow from nothing to a beautiful community. Now as chief, Albert is watching the community that was so beautiful when he was growing up wash away, because of salt-water intrusion. What he likes most about his bio has to do with him and his dad. His dad served in the Army during WWI and he served during Viet Nam. He likes to tell people that he entered the Army 50 years to the day after his dad was discharged. His dad was discharged February 11, 1919, and he entered February 11, 1969. Albert is also Ambassador for the Native American of the Louisiana Gulf Coast since 2009.
Tim Osborn National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Tim Osborn is the manager for the Eastern Gulf, NOAAs Ofce of Coast Survey. He held previous positions with NOAA National Marine Fisheries, NOAA Headquarters. Prior to joining NOAA, Osborn gave 4 years of Service as a Staffer in the U.S. Senate working on Natural Resources, Energy and Appropriations Issues. Osborn is a graduate of Louisiana State University, with a Masters in Marine Sciences and Masters in Public Administration. He earned an Undergraduate Degree at Florida State University.
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Kristina J. Peterson Center for Hazards Assessment, Response & Technology (CHART); BRW Board of Advisors
Kristina J. Peterson acts as a research assistant for the Center for Hazards Assessment, Response & Technology, in conjunction with completing a doctorate in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of New Orleans. She is also a pastor at the Bayou Blue Presbyterian Church in Louisiana and a member of the international steering committee for the Gender and Disaster Network. Ms. Peterson holds a BA in Ethnic Studies, an MDiv in History and Ethnic studies, and an STM in Ethics. She has previously acted as executive director of the Interfaith Consortium, before becoming an interim associate with Synod Executive for Racial and Community Justice for the Synod of the Trinity PC. Preceding her involvement with CHART-UNO, she served as a community disaster consultant with the Presbyterian Church. She also helped FEMA incorporate the non-prot and religious sector into their development of Project Impact (PI). She has taught classes on vulnerability reduction for marginalized communities at FEMAs Emergency Management Institutes Family and Community Protection program. For the past ve years, Peterson has worked intimately with traditional and indigenous coastal communities in Louisiana.
Rosina Philippe Grand Bayou Community

Rosina Philippe is a lifetime resident of coastal Louisiana and an advocate for preservation of traditional cultural and heritage practices and is a grassroots activist. The focus of her work is on partnering with community leaders, along with faith-based and non-prot organizations to maintain the sustainability of rural communities and traditional family shers. She is a guest lecturer on recognizing accountability and identifying contributing factors to issues such as fair trade marketing, racial injustice, economic instability, and coastal restoration/preservation. She has given talks in New York and California, and has made presentations for the University of South Carolina, Florida International University, University of New Orleans, and the University of Colorado. Rosina Philippe is the recipient of the 2009 LA Coastal Coalition Award: Coastal Stewardship Award.
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Steve Picou NOLA Vibe Consulting; BRW Board of Advisors

Steve Picou is a partner at NOLA Vibe Consulting, a New Orleans-based sustainability consultancy focused on integrated resource management and systems. He co-chairs the Horizon Initiative Water Committee, an interdisciplinary group of diverse professionals working to promote integrated water management principles and economic development. Steve recently served on the Citizens Sewerage & Water Board Task Force advising Mayor Landrieus restructuring efforts. He is also a program manager for the Greater New Orleans Foundation/Idea Village Water Challenge business development competition. Steve worked with the LSU AgCenter as a Sustainable Housing Agent, and served 12 years as the Assistant Director of the Louisiana Music Commission. He is a Puentes Public Leaders Fellow, and a Fellow of the Loyola Institute for Environmental Communications and of the Loyola Institute of Politics.
Scott Porter Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)

Scott Porter is a staff scientist at LUMCON(Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium) and has over 21 years experience as an investigative biologist with an environmental survey company EcoLogic Environmental. He began as an oil eld consultant whose zone of study includes the coastal Gulf States with a concentration in Louisianas estuaries and petroleum platforms. Mr. Porter holds a degree in Marine Biology. He has discovered new species on the platform that have yet to be documented in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. Mr. Porter is one of the best eld biologists in the Gulf of Mexico.
Christopher Pulaski Terrebonne Parish

Chris Pulaski is the Senior Planner and Zoning Administrator for Terrebonne Parish, but became involved in the issues facing South Louisianas coast while working for the National Wildlife Federations Mississippi River Delta Restoration campaign. Mr. Pulaski has practiced landscape architecture worldwide for nearly 20 years and has been involved in projects ranging from community planning to beach and island resort design. Terrebonne Parish has recently adopted a new master plan and Chris is working to implement many of its strategies including coastal community resiliency measures. He is a graduate of Louisiana State Universitys highly acclaimed landscape architecture program (96), and now lives in Houma with his wife Melissa and their three boys. His favorite movies are the original Star Wars, Raising Arizona and The Big Lebowski.
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Derk van Ree Deltares, the Netherlands
Derk van Ree is senior specialist currently with the Department of Scenario and Policy Analysis from Deltares, The Netherlands. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Physical Geography and a Masters Degree in Geohydrology from the Free Reformed University in Amsterdam (The Netherlands). He is senior specialist in the environmental eld related to soil and groundwater issues including environmental impact assessment and sustainable development of the subsurface. He is actively involved in a number of European networks and research projects in the eld of soil and groundwater. He has been project manager for the Biogrout-development in the research area SmartSoils to develop processes and technologies to adapt subsurface properties in situ to the geoengineering needs e.g. by using biochemical processes with bacteria. The process is currently being looked at as a potential technology to prevent internal erosion at critical locations in ood defences. He is the European project coordinator for the EU Seventh Framework Programme research project FloodProBE on technologies for the cost-effective Flood Protection of the Built Environment, a project in which 14 partners from 7 different European Member States perform cooperative research in the eld of ood risk management. He also is member of the local organizing committee for the international FLOODrisk2012-conference in Rotterdam (NL) that will be held from November 20-22th 2012.
Timolynn Sams Neighborhoods Partnership Network; BRW Board of Advisors

Timolynn is a New Orleans native, and a graduate of the Southern University at New Orleans. Thirteen years of work with nonprots led to Timolynns appointment as Executive Director of Neighborhoods Partnership Network in July 2007. Timolynn has increased alliances and collaborations between New Orleans neighborhoods and civic processes by serving as a member of the board of directors for numerous civic and social organizations throughout the city including Urban League of Greater New Orleans Young Professionals, NOLA Women for Change, Orleans Public Educations Network (OPEN), Creative Alliance New Orleans (CANO) and Engage NOLA. Timolynn has been recognized for her outstanding service in civic processes by two New Orleans mayors. Former Mayor Nagin acknowledged the intense community engagement work of Timolynn during the citys 30-year master planning process. During the 2010 mayoral election she served on then Mayor-Elect Mitch Landrieus Transition Team as the co-chair of the Social Innovation Taskforce. Timolynns passion for the city has been featured in local, national and international news. She has been recognized as Utne Readers 50 People Changing the World She is a 2010 fellow for the Louisiana Effective Leadership Program, a Young Leadership Council 2010 Role Model recipient, and 2012 Neighborhood Development Foundation leadership recipient.
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Cynthia M. Sarthou Gulf Restoration Network (GRN); BRW Board of Advisors

Cynthia (Cyn) M. Sarthou is Executive Director of the Gulf Restoration Network (GRN), headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. The GRN is a diverse network of groups and individuals concerned about the long-term health of the Gulf of Mexico and committed to uniting and empowering people to protect and restore the resources of the Gulf Region. The GRN currently works to: (1) protect and restore Louisianas natural storm defenses; (2) protect water resources affecting the Gulf; (3) build resilient coastal communities facing the effects of global climate change (4) protect the Gulfs threatened and endangered species; and (5) obtain sustainable management of federal sheries. Sarthou received her B.A. from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, her law degree from the University of Mississippi in 1983 and her Masters of Law in Law and Marine Affairs from the University of Washington in 1992. From 1992-1995 she was staff attorney for Heart of America Northwest in Seattle, Washington, a citizens group committed to quality of life issues in the Northwest.
Melanie Saucier Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA)

Melanie Saucier is a Coastal Resources Scientist and Certied Floodplain Manager with the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. Melanie currently coordinates the Coastal Community Resiliency Program and stakeholder engagement of CPRAs Framework Development Team and multiple focus groups. She was a crucial member of the 2012 Coastal Master Plan Team serving as state lead for the Cultural Heritage Team and member of the Adaptive Management, Socio-Economic, Nonstructural, and Outreach and Engagement Teams. Prior to her current position, she served as a Planning Research Assistant working on the Ocean Resources Management Plan for the State of Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program and as a Research Assistant developing the Hawaii Sea Grant Center for Sustainable Coastal Tourism. Melanie holds a bachelors degree in Travel Industry Management and a Masters Degree in Natural Resources and Environmental Management from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
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Pat Skinner LSU AgCenter
Pat Skinner is a Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Specialist with the LSU AgCenter Cooperative Extension. She began working with Extension during an HMGP-funded Amite River Basin project to demonstrate elevation of homes with their slabs, and continues to develop disaster preparedness, recovery and mitigation educational materials. She advocates better risk education for people who live and work in levee-protected areas and areas that will see increased hazards through climate change and sea level rise. She authored the Levees article for PERIs 2006 Yearbook. Pat is a member of the Louisiana Floodplain Management Association, co-chaired the ASFPM Floodproong and Retrotting Committee for 15 years, and is past chair and current web manager for the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN). Her educational programs are delivered primarily through interagency networking, the Louisiana House Resource Center on campus, and through a series of LSU AgCenter websites, including the Rebuilding section of LSUAgCenter.com/Home, which doubled as The Road Homes rebuilding information resource for Katrina/Rita recovery. Her most recent developments are in the interactive mapping for ood and wind hazards as those affect home construction. These sites can be found at www.lsuagcenter.com/oodmaps and maps.lsuagcenter.com. Pats BS and MS degrees are in Biochemistry and Zoology (Genetics), respectively, both conferred by Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Sneed USMC, (Ret); City of New Orleans; BRW Board of Advisors
Lieutenant Colonel Sneed ofcially retired from the United States Marine Corps on September 1, 2005, (only a few days after Hurricane Katrina) after serving a total of 32 years of military service in both the enlisted and ofcer ranks. His last major assignment prior to retirement was January to October 2004, with the 3d Civil Affairs Group in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. At the time, Lieutenant Colonel Sneed had no idea that this tour would be preparing him for his future civilian employment with the City of New Orleans. Shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans, Lieutenant Colonel Sneed contacted the Homeland Security Director for the City of New Orleans and volunteered his services and was given the assignment of developing and conducting the Look and Leave program for the Lower 9th Wardthe most devastated portion of the city. After 2 months of volunteer work for the city of New Orleans, Lieutenant Colonel Sneed was brought on payroll in the city of New Orleans Ofce of Homeland Security as a planner and helped develop the City Assisted Evacuation Plan (CAEP) with the objective of evacuating 30,000 citizens that needed the most assistance in evacuating the city.
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On October 2, 2006, Lieutenant Colonel Sneed became the Director, Ofce of Emergency Preparedness for the City of New Orleans. On July 1, 2008, the Mayor directed a reorganization within city hall and appointed Lieutenant Colonel Sneed as the new Director, Ofce of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. On May 2, 2010, under Mayor Landrieus administration, Lieutenant Colonel Sneed was appointed as the Deputy Mayor of Public Safety.
Nick Speyrer The Water Institute of the Gulf

Nick Speyrer has extensive expertise with communications and coordinating multi-stakeholder participation in policy-making processes. His experience includes a number of coastal related projects over the years. Speyrer joined The Water Institute of the Gulf after serving as an advisor in the development of Louisianas 2012 Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast. He led and managed all outreach, public relations, and community awareness efforts in the plans development. He also coordinated the decision-making processes for diverse groups of participants to identify specic issues and challenges. Previously, Speyrer served as senior consultant with SSA Consultants, an organizational development and management consulting rm in Baton Rouge, La., and spent four years as a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Atlanta. A summa cum laude graduate of Louisiana State University, he earned a bachelors degree in nance. He is also an alumnus of Leadership LSU, a program that prepares students for leadership roles in their professional and residential communities.
Robert Tannen Artist; Urban Planner

Robert has been engaged in regional and environmental planning, urban design and art for more than a half century. He studied and taught at Pratt Institute, was a founding faculty member of Franconia College, and was an urban design platform instructor at the Tulane School of Architecture. He has been associated with local and international research, planning, architecture, and engineering rms for much of his professional career. He currently is a consultant to the water group of AECOM, and adjunct staff for the RAND Gulf States Policy Institute. He has lived and worked on the Gulf Coast since leading the Hurricane Camille Emergency and Redevelopment plan for the State of Mississippi in 1969. He has worked with architect, Frank Gehry on several projects including plans for US military facilities in the Canal Zone returned to the Republic of Panama, and has been engaged in conservation projects for the Lower Mississippi River and in the State of Mississippi.
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Rebecca Templeton Bayou Grace
Rebecca Templeton is the Executive Director of Bayou Grace Community Services, a locallybased nonprot in lower Terrebonne Parish that annually mobilizes over 1000 local and national program participants in restorative volunteer projects, advocacy, and education on Louisianas most critical issues: the effects of unnatural land loss and the critical need for holistic restoration and protection. Prior to her current position with Bayou Grace, she worked as the organizations Outreach Coordinator and spearheaded its Building Community Resilience through Community Dinners project, a project that continues to connect local community members with an opportunity to address coastal restoration decision makers. Growing up in the small bayou community of Chauvin has helped to connect Templeton to Bayou Graces target communities. Under Rebeccas leadership, Bayou Grace was named the Conservation Organization of the year for 2012 by the 49th annual Governors Conservation Achievement Recognition Program conducted by the Louisiana Wildlife Federation.
Ron Thibodeaux Journalist; Author

Ron Thibodeaux has been described as a noted chronicler of Cajun country. In travels throughout his native South Louisiana during 30+ years as a journalist, he has written about Cajun culture in all its aspects, from killer hurricanes to mens supper clubs, from dancehall ddlers to alligator wranglers, from the uncertain future of Louisianas native French language to the challenges of keeping the Cajun experience authentic while marketing it to tourists. He has also ventured to the Acadian homeland of Nova Scotia to explore the modern-day similarities and distinctions between Louisianas gregarious Cajun people and their more reserved Acadian cousins north of the border. A staffer at the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, Ron is an associate editor of Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine and KnowLA.org, the digital encyclopedia of Louisiana history and culture. His book, Hell or High Water: How Cajun Fortitude Withstood Hurricanes Rita and Ike, was published last year by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press. He is a native of Houma, a graduate of Louisiana State University, and resident of Covington.
Elizabeth Boo Thomas Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX); BRW Board of Advisors
Well versed in local community planning activities, Thomas has led neighborhood redevelopment efforts in Baton Rouge since obtaining her Masters degree in Landscape Architecture from LSU. As the former head of Plan Baton Rouge and the Mid-City Redevelopment Alliance, Thomas has been an advocate for smart growth in Louisiana throughout her career. After Katrina, she led CPEX in facilitating the Louisiana Speaks recovery process, the largest planning effort ever undertaken in Louisiana. The process resulted in the Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan, a comprehensive plan created through the participation of over 27,000 South Louisiana residents.
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In recognition of her contributions to Louisiana, Thomas has been honored by the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, the YMCA, the Baton Rouge Business Report, LSU and the Louisiana Architecture Foundation. In 2009, Thomas and CPEX were awarded the Olmsted Medal by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) for incredible leadership and set the standard for bringing community members and leaders together to work toward a shared vision for future growth and development.
Jeff Thomas Thomas Strategies, LLC

Jeffrey Thomas is principal of Thomas Strategies, LLC, a strategic planning rm that facilitates public-private nancing, policy, and partnership solutions to spur resilient community and economic development. Jeffrey has over fteen years of legal, public administration, and community development experience, including public- and private-sector projects aimed at increasing community investment in environmental quality, sustainable public infrastructure, neighborhoodscale economic revitalization, renewable energy solutions, and public access and participation in governmental decision-making. Jeffrey recently coordinated the New Orleans Citizen Sewer, Water & Drainage System Reform Task Force, which was created at the behest of Mayor Landrieu to recommend governance, operational, and infrastructure investment changes to improve the Citys aging water system. Among other recommendations, the Task Force detailed existing and planned public policy, land use controls, and infrastructure projects through which local government can integrate greater water retention and absorption into the citys stormwater management system.
Jamelyn Trucks Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Jamelyn Austin Trucks is a Mitigation Specialist for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Representing FEMA in Louisiana since 2008, she has worked closely with the Governors Ofce of Homeland Security and Preparedness (GOHSEP) and Parishes statewide providing guidance and feedback on Hazard Mitigation Grant Applications. She is currently responsible for the implementation and oversight of project development for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program re-calculation for Katrina totaling $390 million dollars. Most recently, she has worked with GOHSEP and the City of New Orleans Grants Department as the FEMA lead for developing Hazard Mitigation Projects for New Orleans East Hospital and the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans. She is a Certied Floodplain Manager (CFM), an active member of the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM), and the Natural Hazard Mitigation Associations International Activities Committee. She received her BBA from the University of Georgia in Marketing.
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Robert A. Turner Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East

Robert A. Turner, Jr. is a Registered Professional Civil Engineer with thirty years experience in the eld of engineering. He is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Concrete Institute. In 2007 Turner was appointed as the Regional Director of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East, charged with the oversight of ood protection for all or part of ve parishes surrounding Lake Pontchartrain and the governance of the Orleans, East Jefferson and Lake Borgne Basin Levee Districts. Turner has an extensive background in ood protection and public works, including serving as the Executive Director of the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District from 2001 until his current appointment as SLFPAE Regional Director. He was selected to serve as the Louisiana State representative for the National Committee on Levee Safety. Turner is also working with the Dutch Government on a levee information system and just returned from the Netherlands regarding that project.
Rob Verchick Loyola University

Rob Verchick holds the Gauthier-St. Martin Chair in Environmental Law at Loyola University New Orleans. A graduate of Stanford University and of Harvard Law School, he is a nationally recognized expert in environmental law, climate change adaptation, and in the developing eld of disaster law and policy. From 2009 through 2010 he took leave from Loyola and served in the Obama administration as Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He helped develop climate adaptation policy for the EPA and served on President Obamas Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force. Verchick has represented environmental interests in friend-of-the-court briefs in important cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and the federal appellate courts. He is a Member Scholar (on leave) and former board member of the Center for Progressive Reform, a policy institute dedicated to making a positive case for health, safety, and environmental protection. Verchick has taught as a visiting professor at Peking University, Aarhus University (Denmark), Lewis & Clark College, and Seattle University and has received teaching awards at Loyola University, University of Missouri--Kansas City, Seattle University, and Harvard University. He has lectured on environmental topics in Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, China, and throughout the United States. Verchick is author or co-author of three books, including Facing Catastrophe: Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 2010).
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David Waggonner Waggonner & Ball Architects; BRW Board of Advisors

David Waggonner is principal of Waggonner & Ball Architects, a New Orleans- based architecture and planning rm. Subsequent to Hurricane Katrina, Waggonner & Ball developed the Recovery Framework for St. Bernard Parish. With the support of the Royal Netherlands Embassy and the American Planning Association, Mr. Waggonner has continued the effort to dene more intelligently the planning and redevelopment problem that the New Orleans region presents. A series of Dutch Dialogues has been initiated, to inform the people in the urbanized lower Mississippi River Delta about ways to integrate infrastructure, visible and invisible, with surface, ground, and water to live safely and benecially in south Louisiana. Waggonner received his undergraduate education at Duke University, and a Master of Architecture from Yale University. Mr. Waggonner has served as principal-in-charge of multiple award-winning architectural projects in education, ecclesiastical, ofce, hotel, retail, renovation and restoration categories.
Jessica Watts CDM Smith; BRW Board of Advisors

Jessica L. Watts is a water resources engineer experienced in natural water quality, water resources engineering, and civil engineering. Her most recent work has been focused on stormwater management modeling and design for the New Orleans area. Some of her local projects include the Pontilly Stormwater Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), the Comprehensive, Sustainable Integrated Water Management Strategy for St. Bernard Parish and the east banks of Orleans and Jefferson Parishes (WMS), the New Orleans Drainage Master Plan, Task Force Leader, Drainage, New Orleans Infrastructure Assessment, West Bank Surface Drainage Improvement Program, Jefferson Parish, and the Long Term Hazard Mitigation Project, Jefferson Parish. Ms. Watts received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from Christian Brothers University, Memphis and her M.S. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin, where she focused on Water Resources and GIS. In 2009 Ms. Watts was accorded the honor of being certied as a Diplomate, Water Resources Engineer by the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers. She also currently serves as Section Representative for the Greater New Orleans section of the Society of Women Engineers.
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Patty Whitney Bayou Interfaith Shared Community Organizing (BISCO); BRW Board of Advisors
Patty Whitney is a native of southeastern coastal Louisiana. She is a graduate of Nicholls State University and is the mother of three sons and the grandmother of two grandsons. After retiring as an Ofcial Court Reporter, Patty began working as an organizer with Bayou Interfaith Shared Community Organizing (commonly known as BISCO) in Thibodaux, Louisiana. She has continued in her position there and currently serves as BISCOs Environmental Advocacy Specialist and writer. BISCO uses community organizing to address social justice issues in the Bayou Region of coastal Louisiana and is prized as a trusted voice for the people in the environmentally devastated region. Patty has received numerous honors for her environmental and coastal advocacy work and is known for her humorous style and Cajun jokes in presentations, as well as explaining complex theories and systems in simple and practical ways.
Jeff Williams Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, Entergy Corporation
Jeff Williams is the Director of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions at Entergy Corporation. In that capacity he plays an important role in helping Entergy manage carbon risk and helping business units develop strategies to prosper in a carbon constrained economy and execute future sustainable growth opportunities. Mr. Williams has been a strong advocate for taking proactive, responsible action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and has stressed the importance of creating innovative, efcient market mechanisms for achieving cost-effective greenhouse gas reductions.
Jeana C. Wiser National Trust for Historic Preservation, BRW Steering Committee
Jeana C. Wiser is a BRW Steering Committee member and has been involved with the BRW since 2011. She recently graduated from the University of Washingtons College of the Built Environment with a Master of Urban Planning degree (2011). While attending UW, Jeana was the lead Research Assistant for the Center for Hazard Mitigation Planning and Research. As lead Research Assistant, Jeana was in charge of a Washington coast tsunami vertical evacuation joint pilot project with the State of Washington Emergency Management Division. Currently, Jeana is the National Trust for Historic Preservations Preservation Green Lab (PGL) Project Coordinator. Jeana works on historic preservation and energy efciency policy development and researches strategies to increase building reuse and innovative energy retrot programs for older, smaller, existing buildings.
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Maura Wood National Wildlife Federation (NWF); BRW Board of Advisors

Maura Wood works on National Wildlife Federations Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign. She holds a BS from the University of Wisconsin and an MS in Oceanography and Coastal Science from Louisiana State University. After the BP Oil Spill, the National Audubon Society honored her as a Woman of the Gulf.
Jerome Zeringue Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA)

Jerome Zeringue currently serves as the Executive Director of the Louisianas Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). The CPRAs mandate is to develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive coastal protection and restoration master plan. The CPRA is also directed to implement the integration of hurricane protection, storm damage reduction, ood control, infrastructure, and coastal protection and restoration efforts in accordance with the master plan and annual plans. After serving as the Executive Director of the Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District for over a decade, Zeringue joined the Governors Ofce of Coastal Activities in May 2008 to serve as Director of Policy and Programs. Soon thereafter, Zeringue assumed the role of Deputy Executive Director of the CPRA and as such, was responsible for organizing, motivating and leading the integration of more than 150 staff that transferred from the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Transportation and Development, and the Governors Ofce of Coastal Activities to form the implementation ofce for the CPRA. This was a crowning achievement as it marked the rst time in Louisianas history that a single state entity was responsible for integrating and implementing coastal restoration and hurricane protection projects. Zeringue also serves as the management Chair of the Gulf of Mexico Alliance; taking an active lead on behalf of Governor Bobby Jindal. A native of Thibodaux, Zeringue holds a bachelors degree in Zoology and a masters degree in Fisheries Biology both from Louisiana State University.
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ORGANIZERS
Steering Committee:
Miriam Belblidia Elizabeth English Grasshopper Mendoza Alessandra Jerolleman Jeana Wiser
Fiscal Sponsor:
Board of Advisors:
Brad Case Craig Colten Mark Davis Byron Encalade Brian Jackson Shirley Laska Steve Mathies Chief Albert Naquin Kristina Peterson Steve Picou Timolynn Sams Cynthia Sarthou Lt. Col. Jerry Sneed Boo Thomas David Waggonner Jessica Watts Patty Whitney Maura Wood Jerome Zeringue
Special Thanks:
Ezra Boyd Monica Teets Farris Joseph Frank Gulf Resoration Network Jonathan Henderson Arthur Johnson KC King Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Shirley Laska Taylor Marshall Colleen Morgan Steve Picou Peggy Poche Julia Strasser Jeff Thomas Jessica Watts
Very Special Thanks:

Zak Fish Maura Wood
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ADAPTATION SPONSOR
Blue Moon Fund
INNOVATION SPONSORS
RenaissanceRe American Society of Civil Engineers Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Lousiana Oxfam America
MITIGATION SPONSORS
National Wildlife Federation Environmental Defense Fund Audubon Society
SUSTAINING SPONSORS
The Water Institute of the Gulf Dewberry CDM Smith The Idea Village

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BUILDING RESILIENCE WORKSHOP IV

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KEYNOTE - Implementing Social Change Moderator: Speaker: Ezra Boyd J. T. Lockman

Respondents: 3:15 - 3:30 PM 3:30 - 4:45 PM BREAK

Respondents: 4:45 - 5:00 PM

COMMENTS - Reections on Day 1 Shirley Laska Jeff Thomas

11:00 - 11:15 AM 11:15 - 12:15 PM

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CONCLUDING COMMENTS Miriam Belblidia Elizabeth English

Vicki Arroyo Georgetown Climate Center of Georgetown Law

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Len Bahr LA Coast Post

Robin Barnes Greater New Orleans, Inc.

Miriam S. Belblidia Water Works, L3C; BRW Steering Committee

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Karim Belhadjali Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA)

Ezra Boyd Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation

Michel Claudet Terrebonne Parish

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Morgan Crutcher Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL)

Melissa Daigle Louisiana Sea Grant Law & Policy Program

Reggie Dupre Terrebonne Levee & Conservation District

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Byron Encalade Louisiana Oystermen Association; BRW Board of Advisors

Jennifer Gerbasi Terrebonne Parish

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Joshua Gill Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services

Pat Gordon Terrebonne Parish

Alessandra Jerolleman Natural Hazard Mitigation Association; BRW Steering Committee

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Keven Lovetro USACE

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Jessica Ludy Independent Consultant; UNESCO-IHE

Sarah Mack Tierra Resources

Steve Mathies CARDNO; BRW Board of Advisors

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