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Appendix A Committee Biographies
Pages 65-70

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... In 2006, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society. Arrietta Chakos is project director of the Harvard Kennedy School's Acting in Time Disaster Recovery Research Project and previously served as assistant city manager in Berkeley, California, directing innovative hazard mitigation initiatives.
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From page 66...
... . She has written on topics that include vulnerability assessments of coastal and flood hazards, population displacement vulnerability, quality of life and holistic disaster recovery, environmental justice, spatial analysis, GIS education, and public participation GIS,.
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... Dr. Lesnick facilitated the White House Hurricane Katrina Stakeholder Summit as well as interagency and stakeholder processes in the development of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan and the National Response Framework.
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... Ms. Pearce is president of the Disaster Resistant Business Toolkit Workgroup, a 501c-3 public charity, which provides a comprehensive tool designed to assist small businesses create and implement improving their disaster readiness plans; the Contingency Planning & Recovery Management group; and on the Board of the Cascadia Regional Earthquake Workgroup.
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From page 69...
... Her current and recent research includes projects focusing on warning systems for extreme weather events; disaster preparedness among community-based and faith-based organizations serving vulnerable populations; the structure of local inter-organizational networks for terrorism preparedness; vulnerability analyses of interdependent critical infrastructure systems in California's Northern Delta; and flood hazard vulnerability and preparedness in the Netherlands. Tierney has served as a member of the National Academies/National Research Council Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences and the Panel on Strategies and Methods for Climate-Related Decision Support.
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... Brent's domestic response efforts include the 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles followed by the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Oklahoma City bombing, 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, Hurricane Katrina and multiple flooding, wind, fire, and seismic events. In 1998, Brent was appointed by Federal Energency Management Agency Director James Lee Witt to serve on a U.S.
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