Project Staff
The Planning for Hazards guide is managed by the Colorado Resiliency Office in the Department of Local Affairs in collaboration with the Steering Committee.
Steering Committee
The Planning for Hazards project is steered by expert planners from local, state, and federal government, academia, and the private sector.
- Anne Miller, AICP, Director, Colorado Resiliency Office
- Logan Sand, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Brandy DeLange, Colorado Counties, Inc.
- Daniel Beveridge, Colorado State Forest Service
- Brian Varrella, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)
- Dale Case, Boulder County
- Gretel Follingstad, University of Colorado Denver and University of Colorado Boulder
- Jennifer Tobin, Natural Hazards Center
- Nicole Aimone, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Patricia Gavelda, Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM)
- Susan Wood, Regional Transportation District (RTD)
- Tamra Allen, City of Grand Junction
- Tim Gelston, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- KC McFerson (DOLA, CDO senior planner)
Former Committee Members:
- Darrin Punchard, Punchard Consulting (2015-2017)
- Margaret Doherty, FEMA (2015-2017)
- Susan Daggett, Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute, University of Denver (2015-2017)
- Courtney Peterson, Colorado State Forest Service (2015-2017)
- Iain Hyde, Department of Local Affairs (DOLA)
- Kristin Garrison, Colorado State Forest Service
- Tareq Wafaie, Clarion Associates
- Karen Berchtold, City of Manitou Springs
Development Team
The Planning for Hazards guide was produced by the Department of Local Affairs, a consultant team led by Clarion Associates, and an advisory committee of local, state, and federal partners:
Department of Local Affairs
- Andy Hill
- Waverly Klaw
- Anne Miller
Consultant Team
- Clarion Associates
- Hawksley Consulting
- Link Walther Consulting
- University of Colorado Denver, Department of Urban & Regional Planning
- Urban Interactive Studio
- Wildfire Planning International
Advisory Committee
- Tamra Allen, Garfield County
- Karen Berchtold, Manitou Springs
- Karen Berry, Colorado Geological Survey
- Dale Case, Boulder County
- Cindy Cody, EPA/Sustainable Communities Partnership
- Jim Curnutte, Summit County
- Susan Daggett, Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute
- Margaret Doherty, FEMA
- Marilyn Gally, Colorado Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
- Rob Geislinger, Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control
- Rick Hanger, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Housing
- Lori Hodges, Larimer County
- Iain Hyde, Colorado Resiliency and Recovery Office
- Joni Marsh, Longmont
- Lisa Mason, Colorado State Forest Service
- Courtney Peterson, Colorado State Forest Service
- Jamie Prochno, Colorado Water Conservation Board
- Kathleen Tierney, University of Colorado Natural Hazards Center
- Brian Varrella, Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers
- Carole Walker, Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association
The guide was funded by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs with a Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Resilience Planning grant.