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Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 65-68

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... hydraulic, and water resources engineering, and flood Recent completed projects include a comparison of the and floodplain management. He has more than 35 years differing damages in Haiti, Chile, and New ­ ealand Z of project management experience, including 23 as after similar earthquakes; risk communication for owner and president of David Ford Consulting Engi- seismic retrofit; and the development of a risk-based neers, Inc., and 12 as a senior hydraulic engineer at the decision methodology for transportation facility design.
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From page 66...
... , where he coordinates national flood University. At Stanford, he is a former chair of the and water resources policy development with state ­ ational Performance of Dams Program, which cre N and federal agencies, the Administration, and other ated a national network to report dam safety incipolicy groups and organizations.
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... Operations Research and the Management Sciences She is a member of the World Economic Forum's (INFORMS) , and president of the INFORMS Section Global Advisory Council on Measuring Sustainability on Public Sector Operations Research.
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... Ms. Voss has also represented management teams to assist Iowans with flood-related the United States and Iowa in meetings with foreign property ­ssues, including mitigation of homeowner i regulators and officials regarding insurance operations damage and flood insurance issues.
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