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Kelly Burris, AIA, is a licensed architect and
corporate facilities supervisor with State Farm Insurance, where
she specializes in supervision of construction projects at multiple
sites, contract administration of professional services contracts,
construction contracts, and service contracts, and implementation
of disaster recovery and emergency preparedness procedures for
Texas Zone.
David Dixon, AIA, is the 2007 winner the AIA
Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture for his achievements
in support of the public sector. He is leading a planning effort
for three districts as part of the Unified New Orleans Plan for
Recovery and Rebuilding (UNOP).
David Downey, Assoc. AIA, is the Managing Director
of the AIA Center for Communities by Design.
Andrew Goldberg, Assoc. AIA, is the Senior
Director of Federal Affairs at the AIA.
Laurie A. Johnson, AICP, is an internationally
recognized expert in disaster recovery, and was a lead author of
the citywide recovery and rebuilding plan of the Unified New
Orleans Plan. She has over 17 years of professional experience in
risk management and disaster recovery research and consulting, and
has written extensively about the economics of catastrophes, land
use and risk, and disaster recovery and reconstruction. She is a
member of the Board of Directors of the Earthquake Engineering
Research Institute, a multi-disciplinary professional organization
devoted to reduction of earthquake risk in the U.S.
Milagros Kennett, Architect/ Project Manager, Risk
Assessment Series, Mitigation Division, FEMA. Ms. Kennett possesses
a unique combination of natural and man-made disaster risk
assessment expertise. She has more than 15 years of experience in
Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Her main focus has
been natural disaster mitigation, preparation planning, and
execution of natural and man-made disaster programs. She was
formerly Deputy Director of the Ministry of Public Works in the
Dominican Republic and served as Dean of the School of Architecture
and Engineering at the Centro de Estudios
Tecnológicos.
Richard Kuchnicki is responsible for overseeing
and coordinating the International Code Council (ICC)'s
participation in designated programs and initiatives of the federal
government and those of other national organizations concerned with
the built environment. Prior to joining ICC, Dick served for 17
years as Chief Executive Officer of the Council of American
Building Officials and for 8 years as Director of Codes and
Standards for the National Association of Home Builders. He is a
former Chairman of the American National Standards Institute
Construction Standards Board and a member of the ANSI
Organizational Members Forum, was a founding member of the World
Organization of Building Officials (WOBO) Board of Governors and
helped organize the 1993 WOBO World Congress. Dick earned a degree
in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and served in
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers where he reached the rank of
Captain and served two tours of duty in Vietnam as an engineer
advisor.
Edward Laatsch is Chief, Building Science Section
of the Risk Reduction Branch within FEMA's Mitigation Division.
This section is responsible for several programs and initiatives
including: The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
(NEHRP); disaster-resistant building codes and standards
activities; technical and engineering support for earthquake,
hurricane, flood, physical security and other natural and man-made
hazards; and post-disaster forensic engineering studies through the
Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT) program. Prior to working with
FEMA, he was a Research Administrator and Loss Control
Superintendent for State Farm Insurance. He has also worked with
the National Association of Home Builders and the NAHB Research
Center, and in all has over twenty-five years of experience in
the areas of engineering design, housing research, project
management, and construction supervision. He holds an M.S. in
Architecture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a B.S. in
Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan, as well as being
a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Virginia.
Charles Setchell is the Shleter, Settlements,
and Hazard Mitigation Advisor for the USAID Office of US Foreign
Disaster Assistance (OFDA). The objectives of the USAID/OFDA’s
Shelter and Settlements strategy is designed to provide adequate,
habitable, safe, and secure shelter in an expeditious and
appropriate manner in countries affected by natural disasters and
humanitarian crises, cognizant of Sphere Project and USAID/OFDA
gudelines, and the related, possible need to engage in hazard
mitigation. His 30 years of experience includes assessment of
Bangkok’s slum housing market for the Government of Thailand
and design and construction of a new city in Indonesia.
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