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mit/techbul.htm.


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APPENDIX 

Appendix
Members of the Building Performance 
Assessment Team for Hurricane Georges 

CLIFFORD OLIVER, CEM 
Project Officer and Team Leader 
Chief, Program Policy and Assessment Branch 
Mitigation Directorate 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 
Washington, DC 

JOHN GAMBEL 
Senior Technical Advisor 
Hazards Study Branch 
Mitigation Directorate 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 
Washington, DC 

CECELIA ROSENBERG 
Planner 
Program Planning Branch 
Mitigation Directorate 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 
Washington, DC 

MARIA HONEYCUTT 
Coastal Geologist 
Program Policy and Assessment Branch 
Mitigation Directorate 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 
Washington, DC 

SALLY MAGEE 
Water Resources Engineer 
Hazards Study Branch 
Mitigation Directorate 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 
Washington, DC 

MARK VIEIRA, P.E. 
Civil Engineer 
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Branch 

Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region IV 
Atlanta, Georgia 

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ERIC LETVIN 
Environmental Engineer 

Greenhorne & O.Mara, Inc. 
Greenbelt, Maryland 

E. SCOTT TEZAK, P.E. 
Structural Engineer 
Greenhorne & O.Mara, Inc. 
Greenbelt, Maryland 

ROBIN MUNNIKHUYSEN 
Environmental Scientist 

Greenhorne & O.Mara, Inc. 
Greenbelt, Maryland 

WILLIAM ANDREWS, P.E. 
BPAT Manager 
Senior Project Engineer 

URS Greiner Woodward Clyde Federal Services 
Mobile, Alabama 

SHEILA CHOPRA 
Technical Writer 
Assistant Project Scientist 

URS Greiner Woodward Clyde Federal Services 
Gaithersburg, Maryland 

VINCENT DICAMILLO 
Floodplain Management Specialist 
Water Resources Engineer 

PBS&J 
Bowie, Maryland 

NEIL HALL, Ph.D., P.E. 
Forensic Engineer 

Metairie, Louisiana 

GEORGE PORTER 
Manufactured Housing Specialist 

Manufactured Housing Resources 
Nassau, Delaware 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

Acknowledgments 

The BPAT team would like to thank the following people for their assistance and/or review of 
the BPAT report: 

Art Deakle, Town of Dauphin Island, Alabama 

Lois Forster, FEMA 

Brad Loar, FEMA Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer - Mitigation (DFCO . M) 

for Florida 

Lee Stubbs, FEMA (DFCO . M) for Mississippi 

William Phillips, AIA, Town of Dauphin Island, Alabama 

Bobby McMeans, Mobile Convention Center, Alabama 

Steve Foote, City of Gulf Shores, Alabama 

Dennis Krohn, Geologist, United States Geological Survey, Center for Marine Geology, 

St. Petersburg, Florida 

Teresa Embry, Water Resources District, United States Geological Survey, Tallahassee, 

Florida 

Jerry Giese and Leroy Pearman, Water Resources District, United States Geological 

Survey, Mobile, Alabama 
Wayne Lasch, P.E., PBS&J, Jacksonville, Florida 
Bruce Myhre, P.E., PBS&J, Jacksonville, Florida 
Phil Turnipseed, United States Geological Survey, Pearl, Mississippi 
Diane Bair, Monroe County, Florida 
Donald Horton, Monroe County, Florida 
Charles H. Speichts, Florida NFIP Coordinator 
Bob Boetler, Mississippi Department of Emergency Management 
Debby Perry, Alabama Emergency Management Agency 
Chuck Sanders, Alabama NFIP Coordinator 
Buster Case, Florida Department of Community Affairs 
Jim Austin, Florida Department of Community Affairs 
Joseph Johnson, Florida Department of Community Affairs 
David Ruschman, Florida Department of Community Affairs 
Gary Beeler, National Weather Service, Mobile, Alabama 
Lori Killinger, Florida Manufactured Housing Association, Tallahassee, Florida 

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