The Floodplain Management Team
Engineering/Project Management
Katie Ringland, PE, CFM – Chief, Mapping Project Manager & Engineer
Katie is the Chief of the Floodplain Management Section and develops program goals, priorities, objectives, and guidelines and procedures. She is the Coordinating Technical Partners (CTP) agreement project manager with FEMA and the grant manager for the section.
Contact Katie at (402)471-2094 or Katie.Ringland@nebraska.gov
Jamie Reinke, PE, CFM – Mapping Project Manager & Engineer
Jamie serves as the mapping project engineer responsible for reviewing and conducting detailed and approximate hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, overseeing engineering and mapping staff, preparing flood insurance studies, and reviewing all engineering and mapping submittals.
Contact Jamie at (402)471-3957 or Jamie.Reinke@nebraska.gov
Engineering
Jared Ashton, PE, CFM — Engineer
Jared conducts approximate and detailed hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for mapping and BFE requests, prepares floodplain reports, delineates floodplains and creates Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs), DFIRM databases, metadata and FEMA submissions based on FEMA’s guidelines.
Contact Jared at (402)471-0500 or Jared.Ashton@nebraska.gov
Stefan Schaepe, EI, CFM - Engineer
Stefan conducts approximate and detailed hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for mapping and BFE requests, prepares floodplain reports, delineates floodplains and creates Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs), DFIRM databases, metadata and FEMA submissions based on FEMA’s guidelines.
Contact Stefan at (402)471-0644 or Stefan.Schaepe@nebraska.gov
Outreach and Coordination
Mitch Paine, CFM – Flood Mitigation & State NFIP Coordinator
Mitch helps communities coordinate flood mitigation planning efforts, and serves as the Nebraska National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) State Coordinator.
Contact Mitch at (402)471-9252 or Mitch.Paine@nebraska.gov
Chuck Chase, CFM – Outreach Coordinator & NFIP Specialist
Chucks responsibilities include serving as a primary point of contact for floodplain management questions within the state, assisting with floodplain ordinance review and adoption, providing floodplain management assistance through Community Assistance Visits (CAVs), Community Assistance Contacts (CACs), and technical assistance phone calls and correspondence.
Contact Chuck at (402)471-9422 or Chuck.Chase@nebraska.gov
Mapping and Technical Assistance
Ryan Johnson, CFM — Floodplain Mapping Lead
Ryan conducts approximate hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for BFE requests and mapping, delineates floodplains, and creates Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs), DFIRM databases, and metadata based on FEMA’s guidelines.
Contact Ryan at (402)471-1221 or Ryan.P.Johnson@nebraska.gov
Ryan Werner, CFM — Floodplain Mapping Lead
Ryan conducts approximate hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for BFE requests and mapping, delineates floodplains, and creates Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs), DFIRM databases, and metadata based on FEMA’s guidelines.
Contact Ryan at (402)471-1223 or Ryan.Werner@nebraska.gov
Ryan Kelly — Floodplain Mapping Specialist
Ryan delineates floodplains, and creates Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs), DFIRM databases, metadata and FEMA submissions based on FEMA’s guidelines.
Contact Ryan at (402)471-8608 or Ryan.Kelly@nebraska.gov
Brandon Beethe — Floodplain Mapping Specialist
Brandon delineates floodplains, and creates Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs), DFIRM databases, metadata and FEMA submissions based on FEMA’s guidelines.
Contact Brandon at (402)471-1056 or Brandon.Beethe@nebraska.gov
Heather Hansen — Floodplain Mapping Assistant
Heather delineates floodplains, and creates Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs), DFIRM databases, metadata and FEMA submissions based on FEMA’s guidelines.
Contact Heather at (402)471-3952 or Heather.Hansen@nebraska.gov
