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The Floodplain Management Team

Engineering, Project Management, and National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Coordination

 

Jamie Reinke, PE, CFM — Division Leader, Mapping Project Manager, Engineer & Interim State NFIP Coordinator

Jamie serves as the CTP project manager with FEMA and helps develop guidelines and procedures for mapping work. She completes project task reviews and conducts detailed and approximate hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, oversees engineering and mapping staff, prepares flood insurance studies, and reviews engineering and mapping submittals. Jamie also coordinates with consulting firms to complete Floodplain Management Divisionn’s contracted CTP projects and performs Technical Reviews submitted by local jurisdictions. Jamie also serves as the Interim NFIP Coordinator for the State of Nebraska.

Contact Jamie at (402) 471-3957 or Jamie.Reinke@nebraska.gov

 


Outreach

Chuck Chase, CFM  Outreach Coordinator & NFIP Specialist

Chuck serves as a point of contact for floodplain management questions. He assists with floodplain ordinance review and adoption, outreach events to help communities communicate flood risk, as well as outreach events related to mapping projects. Chuck provides floodplain management assistance through Community Assistance Visits (CAVs), Community Assistance Contacts (CACs), training sessions, and technical assistance phone calls and correspondence.

Contact Chuck at (402)471-9422 or Chuck.Chase@nebraska.gov

 

Elijah Kaufman, CFM  Outreach & CRS Coordinator

Elijah serves as a point of contact for floodplain management questions. He assists with floodplain ordinance review and adoption, outreach events to help communities communicate flood risk, as well as outreach events related to mapping projects. Elijah provides floodplain management assistance through Community Assistance Visits (CAVs), Community Assistance Contacts (CACs), training sessions, and technical assistance phone calls and correspondence. Elijah assists communities with joining, maintaining and advancing that status in the Community Rating System (CRS). 

Contact Elijah at (402) 471-0640 or Elijah.Kaufman@nebraska.gov

 

Anna Crist  Outreach & NFIP Specialist

Anna serves as a point of contact for floodplain management questions. She assists with floodplain ordinance review and adoption, outreach events to help communities communicate flood risk, as well as outreach events related to mapping projects. Anna provides floodplain management assistance through Community Assistance Visits (CAVs), Community Assistance Contacts (CACs), training sessions, and technical assistance phone calls and correspondence.

Contact Anna at (531) 510-2320 or Anna.Crist@nebraska.gov

 

Erin Wendt  Outreach & NFIP Specialist

Erin serves as a point of contact for floodplain management questions. She assists with floodplain ordinance review and adoption, outreach events to help communities communicate flood risk, as well as outreach events related to mapping projects. Erin provides floodplain management assistance through Community Assistance Visits (CAVs), Community Assistance Contacts (CACs), training sessions, and technical assistance phone calls and correspondence.
 
Contact Erin at (402) 471-0572 or Erin.Wendt@nebraska.gov
 
 


Engineering

Jared Ashton, PE, CFM — Engineer

Jared serves as a project manager and helps develop guidelines and procedures for mapping work. He conducts approximate and detailed hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for mapping, reviews and approves BFE determinations, prepares floodplain reports, and delineates floodplains. Jared also reviews engineering work developed during FEMA mapping projects and performs Technical Reviews submitted by local jurisdictions, to verify accuracy and that they follow FEMA guidelines.

Contact Jared at (402) 471-0500 or Jared.Ashton@nebraska.gov

 

Stefan Schaepe, PE, CFM — Engineer

Stefan serves as a project manager and helps develop guidelines and procedures for mapping work. He conducts approximate and detailed hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for mapping, reviews and approves BFE determinations, prepares floodplain reports, and delineates floodplains. Stefan also reviews engineering work developed during FEMA mapping projects and performs Technical Reviews submitted by local jurisdictions, to verify accuracy and that they follow FEMA guidelines.

Contact Stefan at (402) 471-0644 or Stefan.Schaepe@nebraska.gov

 

Deanna Ringenberg, PE, CFM — Engineer

Deanna serves as a project manager and helps develop guidelines and procedures for mapping work. He conducts approximate and detailed hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for mapping, reviews and approves BFE determinations, prepares floodplain reports, and delineates floodplains. Deanna also reviews engineering work developed during FEMA mapping projects and performs Technical Reviews submitted by local jurisdictions, to verify accuracy and that they follow FEMA guidelines.

Contact Deanna at (402) 471-1221 or Deanna.Ringenberg@nebraska.gov

 

Rebecca Podariu, EI, — Engineer

Rebecca conducts approximate and detailed hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for mapping and BFE requests, prepares floodplain reports, and delineates floodplains. She creates Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), Draft FIRM databases, metadata and FEMA submissions based on FEMA’s guidelines.

Contact Rebecca at (402) 471-0307 or Rebecca.Podariu@nebraska.gov

 


Mapping and Technical Assistance

Jeehoon Kim, CFM — GIS and Floodplain Mapping Specialist

Jeehoon delineates floodplains and produces flood risk products. He creates Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), Draft FIRM databases, metadata, Flood Risk Products, and FEMA submissions based on FEMA’s guidelines.

Contact Jeehoon at (402) 471-1223 or Jeehoon.Kim@nebraska.gov

 

Ryan Stastny, CFM — GIS and Floodplain Mapping Specialist

Ryan delineates floodplains and produces flood risk products. He creates Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), Draft FIRM databases, metadata, Flood Risk Products, and FEMA submissions based on FEMA’s guidelines.

Contact Ryan at (402) 471-2243 or Ryan.Stastny@nebraska.gov

 

Karl Merchant — GIS and Floodplain Mapping Specialist

Karl delineates floodplains, and he creates Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), Draft FIRM databases, metadata, Flood Risk Products, and FEMA submissions based on FEMA’s guidelines.

Contact Karl at (402) 471-2240 or Karl.Merchant@nebraska.gov

 

Harrison Jones — GIS and Floodplain Mapping Specialist

Harrison delineates floodplains, and he creates Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), Draft FIRM databases, metadata, Flood Risk Products, and FEMA submissions based on FEMA’s guidelines.

Contact Harrison at (402) 471-2242 or Harrison.Jones@nebraska.gov

 

Adele Phillips, CFM — GIS and Floodplain Mapping Specialist, Flood Mitigation Planner

Adele delineates floodplains, and she creates Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), Draft FIRM databases, metadata, Flood Risk Products, and FEMA submissions based on FEMA’s guidelines.

Contact Adele at (402) 471-9252 or Adele.Phillips@nebraska.gov

 


Administrative Services​

Michele York — Administrative Programs Officer

Michele assists with outreach event preparation and scheduling, verifies contact information for communities, reviews documents for accuracy prior to distribution, assists with preparing FEMA reporting documents, and various other tasks related to the Floodplain Management Division’s responsibilities.

Contact Michele at (402) 471-1214 or Michele.York@nebraska.gov

 

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