Working Towards Sustainability: Bringing Mitigation Practitioners Together Across Disciplines

Ed Thomas, Esq., Michael Baker Jr., Inc.,

Vice President, NHMAAlessandra Jerolleman, MPA, CFM,

Executive Director, NHMA

Agenda

What is NHMA?Update on

activities

What is NHMA?

NHMA WAS CREATED IN 2008 TO BRING TOGETHER THE VARIOUS

INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF HAZARD

MITIGATION.

NHMA Membership IncludesPeople wanting to make a difference and

work towards reducing losses from disasters

Engineers, planners, floodplain mangers, government officials, community activists, academics, practitioners, students, etc.

People involved in building resilient organizations and communities

NHMA GoalsTo create a forumTo establish

Hazard Mitigation as a profession

To serve as source for training

To function as a unified voice

To achieve greater awareness

To develop more effective mitigation programs

To help ingrain Hazard Mitigation in our culture

What does NHMA offer?Access to a knowledge baseCommunity Learning LabFacilitation of DialogueOpportunity to Network Resources for continuity of Government, Business and CommunityPublic Information/OutreachEducation to local policy makers 

Update on ActivitiesCreation of Advisory CommitteeJoining the Sustainable Urban Forestry

CoalitionNational Mitigation Collaborative AllianceAdd-On to the Natural Hazards WorkshopGrowing and diversifying membershipWorking on partnerships with several

organizations

Contact Info:Natural Hazard Mitigation Association

616 Solomon DriveCovington, Louisiana 70433

504-914-6648www.nhma.info

nathazma@gmail.com