Acknowledgments. FEMA Contributors

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1 Acknowledgments The Federal Emergency Management Agency would like to acknowledge the contributions of the following people to the Mitigation Assessment Team study of the areas affected in New Jersey and New York by Hurricane Sandy. FEMA Contributors Michael Byrne FEMA Headquarters; New York Joint Field Office; Disaster Recovery Manager James Cho FEMA Region III; New York Joint Field Office; Public Assistance Group Supervisor Scott Duell FEMA Region II; New Jersey Joint Field Office; Hazard Mitigation Branch Director Michael Foley FEMA Region II Mitigation; New Jersey Joint Field Office; Federal Disaster Recovery Coordination Mitigation Advisor Lois Forster FEMA Headquarters; Floodplain Management Branch; Senior Program Specialist Robert Fowler FEMA Region VI; New Jersey Joint Field Office; Public Assistance Coordinator Brian Geissler FEMA Region II; Historic Preservation Specialist John Grace, CFM FEMA Region I Mitigation; Coastal Engineer Alexander Greenburg FEMA Region II; New Jersey Joint Field Office; Infrastructure Branch Director HURRICANE SANDY IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK MITIGATION ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT A-1

2 Mike Hall FEMA Headquarters; New Jersey Joint Field Office; Federal Coordinating Officer Mike Hillenburg FEMA Region VIII; New Jersey Joint Field Office; Hazard Mitigation Program Support Manager Jena i R. Jordan FEMA Headquarters; New Jersey Joint Field Office; Hazard Mitigation Community Education and Outreach Specialist John Ketchum FEMA Headquarters; Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation; Federal Preservation Officer Ed Laatsch, PE FEMA Headquarters; Building Science Branch Chief William McDonnell FEMA Region II; New Jersey Joint Field Office; Deputy Hazard Mitigation Branch Director Thomas C. Pickering, PE FEMA Headquarters; Building Science Branch, Physical Scientist Ryan Pietramali FEMA Region VIII; New Jersey Joint Field Office; Mitigation Hazard and Performance Analysis Group Supervisor Cecelia Rosenberg FEMA Headquarters; Grants Policy Branch Chief Jonathan Ed Smith FEMA Headquarters; Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation; National Information Insurance Program Coordinator Rita Sowards FEMA Region VIII; New Jersey Joint Field Office; Hazard Mitigation Deputy Branch Director Ken Spedding FEMA Region II; New Jersey Joint Field Office; Floodplain Management and Insurance Specialist Alan Springett FEMA Region II; New York Joint Field Office; Hazard and Performance Analysis Task Force Lead Robert Tranter FEMA Region II Mitigation; New York Joint Field Office; Hazard Mitigation Branch Director Kevin Vienneau FEMA Headquarters; Grants Policy Branch; Emergency Management Specialist Jonathon Westcott FEMA Headquarters; Engineering Management Branch of New Jersey Joint Field Office; National Disaster Resiliency Center, Civil/Coastal Engineer A-2 MITIGATION ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT HURRICANE SANDY IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK

3 Other Contributors Joseph Ackroyd, PE New York City Department of Buildings, Technical Affairs; New York City, NY, Director of Engineering Steve Alexander Bellevue Hospital; New York City, NY; Chief Operating Officer Anthony Alfano New York Downtown Hospital; New York City, NY; Chief Operating Officer Charles Beckett Yonkers Wastewater Treatment Plant; White Plains, NY; Plant Superintendent Tom Di Benedetto National Association of Home Builders; West Nyack, NY; Professional Instructor Rich Cohen New York University Langone Medical Center; New York City, NY; Vice President, Facilities Operations Charles Ty Dickerson New Jersey Transit; Newark, NJ; Senior Program Manager Dan Eschenasy, PE New York City Department of Buildings; New York City, NY; Department Chief Structural Engineer Sgt. Michael Gallagher New Jersey State Police; West Trenton, NJ; Mitigation Unit, Office of Emergency Management Alicia Gould U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; New Jersey Joint Field Office; Recovery Support Function Infrastructure Coordinator Natalie N. Grant, MPH U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; New York Joint Field Office; Health and Social Services Recovery Support Function Field Coordinator Carrie Grassi New York City Mayor s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability; New York, NY; Senior Policy Advisor Peter Grieco, AIA, LEED AP URS Group, Inc.; New York City, NY; Architectural Department Manager Deborah Haffeman New York University Langone Medical Center; New York City, NY; Public Relations Coordinator Dorothy Harris International Code Council, State and Local Government Relations; Washington, DC; Vice President Joseph M. Krone Customs and Border Patrol; Ronkonkoma, NY; Aircraft Pilot HURRICANE SANDY IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK MITIGATION ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT A-3

4 Eric Letvin, PE, Esq. National Institutes of Standards and Technology; Gaithersburg, MD; Director of Disaster and Failure Studies Program Antonio Martin Bellevue Hospital Center; New York City, NY; Executive Senior Vice President / Chief Operating Officer Byron Mason, LVN U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; New Jersey Joint Field Office; Health and Social Services Recovery Support Function Field Coordinator Enrique E. Matheu, PhD U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Headquarters; Critical Lifelines Branch Chief Bridget M. McKenna Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission; Newark, NJ; Chief Operating Officer Doug Melzer Long Beach Medical Center; Long Beach, NY; Chief Executive Officer Jeffery Menkes New York Downtown Hospital; New York City, NY; President and Chief Executive Officer William Nechamen, CFM New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Floodplain Management Section; Albany, NY; Chief Rebecca Noe, MN, MPH, FNP Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Chamblee, GA; Epidemiologist Tom Nolter Ocean Beach, NY; Deputy Mayor Joseph Olidort URS Group Inc.; New York City, NY; Senior Project Engineer Lisa Plevin U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II; New York, NY; Chief of Staff David Prevatt, PhD, PE University of Florida; Gainesville, FL; Assistant Professor Mike Rawlins Bellevue Hospital; New York City, NY; Associate Executive Director Tim Reinhold, PhD, PE Institute for Business and Home Safety; Richburg, SC; Director of Engineering and Vice President Anthony Rinaldi Office of Emergency Management; Port Authority of New York/New Jersey; New York City, NY; Project Control Specialist Randy Shackelford, PE Simpson Strong-Tie; McKinney, TX; Engineer A-4 MITIGATION ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT HURRICANE SANDY IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK

5 Constadino Gus Sirakis, PE New York City Department of Buildings, Technical Affairs/Manhattan Deputy Borough Commissioner; New York City, NY; Executive Director Timothy Smail Federal Alliance for Safe Homes; Tallahassee, FL; Senior Vice President of Engineering and Technical Programs Harry Smith Office of Emergency Management; Port Authority of New York/New Jersey; New York City, NY; Regional Planner Chris Spillman Office of Emergency Management, Port Authority of New York/New Jersey; Jersey City, NJ; Security Analyst Eric S. Sullivan, CPA Dempsey Partners; San Francisco, CA; Partner-in-Charge Robert J. Szempruch Customs and Border Patrol; Ronkonkoma, NY; Air Interdiction Agent Jose Tirado New Jersey Transit Police Department, Emergency Management Unit; Newark, NJ; Police Officer Christopher Trask URS Group, Inc.; New York City, NY; Project Manager Shane Vilasineekul, PE Simpson Strong-Tie; Columbus, OH; Director of Engineering Hibba Wahbeh U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; New York Joint Field Office; Recovery Support Function Infrastructure Field Coordinator Zana Wolf URS Group, Inc.; Burlington, NJ; Senior Architectural Historian HURRICANE SANDY IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK MITIGATION ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT A-5

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