Meeting/Event Information

Description: 

This session will provide an overview of substantial improvement and substantial damage, defining both terms, discussing the NFIP requirements, the roles and responsibilities of the local official during permit review and after disasters or damaging events impacting the floodplain. 

Instructors: 

John D. Brubaker, PE, CFM, and Celinda Adair, CFM.

Celinda is a Senior Planner and the National Flood Risk Solutions Led for AtkinsRéalis. She has 19 years of experience in floodplain management, CRS, outreach and training, community planning, federal and state grant support, BCAs, and hazard mitigation. She is a former State NFIP Coordinator for the State of Oregon, FEMA Risk MAP program coordinator for the State of Montana, and CRS Coordinator and Planner for Thurston County, Washington. She has extensive experience providing technical assistance to local communities and state floodplain management programs.

Dan is an Engineer IV with the King County Water and Land Management Division. He has worked at King County since June 2020. Dan manages capital projects related to floodplain management along King County’s major river basins. Prior to that, Dan served as the National Flood Insurance Program Engineer and later State NFIP Coordinator for North Carolina.  He graduated from the University of South Florida in 1991 and has enjoyed a diverse career in private consulting, serving with the U S Navy Civil Engineer Corps, and reviewing permits and managing capital projects for the City of Raleigh.