Atkins’ Leadership Team Charles Dugger - Project Manager 18 years of extensive experience with the Stafford Act and application for federal grant requirements while working with local, state, and federal agencies As a FEMA Branch Director, deployed throughout U.S. on 50+ disaster declarations; managing up to 100 emergency staff per deployment; approving billions of dollars in federal grants David Bannett, PE - Client Liaison Located in Ft. Lauderdale 25 years of experience providing civil engineering and project management services within and for the County Humberto Alonso Jr., AIA – VP South Florida Senior Executive overseeing South Florida 40 years working in South Florida; 14 years working at Broward County Jennifer Sorenson, PE - Principal-in-Charge Nationally recognized expert in FEMA disaster recovery policy 20 years of experience in all phases of disaster recovery at local, state, and federal levels Deployed on 30+ disasters since 2005
Atkins’ Presence and Resources
Local Teaming Partners and Staff Florida Disaster Consultants, SBE – Ron Anderson Previous FDOT Emergency Management Coordination Officer responsible • for disaster response and recovery for all FDOT districts Florida-based teaming partner with a national cadre of disaster recovery • experienced staff; working with Atkins since the 2009 hurricane season Galt Group Inc., 8(a), SDB – Andre Cadogan Former FEMA Federal Deputy Director and Director of a FEMA Recovery Office • • Direct oversight of 1,000+ FEMA employees and disaster contractors across a five-office facility for federal disaster assistance (over $20 billion) for a statewide disaster recovery operation
2017 Disaster Recovery Experience 2017 Hurricane Season: 4,000 inspectors; 1M+ building inspections; deployed SDE experts FEMA IA Program: Provided 40,000 meals per day to Puerto Rico, starting 1 week after Maria; resulted in 1M+ meals served; currently managing the IA Permanent Housing Construction Program in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands FEMA PA/HMGP: Manages the FEMA 404 HMGP/PA 406 program for Hurricane Harvey; 17,000+ applications currently under review Puerto Rico Department of Housing: Implementation of FEMA’s Public Assistance STEP program; teamed with Adjustors International FEMA Mitigation Assessment Teams (MAT): Fielded MATs with all three major events in 2017; identified structural best practices for more resilient reconstruction
Local Surge Capacity
Why Atkins Local firm/local leadership Dedicated and accessible local project managers and committed to the County’s technical experts; local staff equals cost savings full recovery Disaster recovery experience from an Applicant, Deep understanding of Federal Grantee, and Federal perspective, including FEMA, disaster recovery policy FHWA, HUD (CDBG), and USACE funding sources Unique blend of full disaster Multidisciplinary technical experts support the full disaster services, experience, and recovery spectrum (infrastructure engineers, coastal engineers, feeding/sheltering missions, and reconstruction experts) capabilities Surge capacity with local Better safety and security for Broward County citizens DHS-cleared professionals
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