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About the officers of Vissering Pardue

Colin S. Vissering, AICP, CFM
President

Education
Bachelor of Arts, Soviet and Eastern European Studies, 1988, George Washington University.
Master of Community Planning, University of Maryland, 1994, concentration in physical and environmental planning.

Registration
American Institute of Certified Planners, 2000
Certified Floodplain Manager, Association of State Floodplain Managers, 2006

Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Planners
American Planning Association
National Association of Environmental Professionals
Association of State Floodplain Managers

Capabilities
Mr. Vissering has over 17 years of experience in environmental and urban planning, policy, and emergency management and hazard mitigation programs. In addition to running environmental and disaster services divisions in large engineering companies, he has managed mitigation, environmental and cultural resource activities for federal disaster programs, providing oversight for numerous NEPA Environmental Assessments and related natural resource studies. His experience includes development of hazard mitigation plans and grant applications, environmental training, federal environmental regulatory and policy development, and drafting and implementation of National Historic Preservation Act agreement documents. Mr. Vissering was formerly a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and a Senior Environmental Protection Specialist for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Professional Employment History
President, Vissering Pardue and Associates, Inc.
Vice President, Water and Environment Division, Mid-Atlantic, Greenhorne & O'Mara
Group Manager, Planning and Natural Resources Group, URS Corporation
Senior Program Specialist, FEMA, Washington, DC
Surface Warfare Officer, United States Navy

Representative Experience

• Technical Advisor for Mitigation, Office of Gulf Coast Recovery
• Senior Planner, ESF #14 Long-Term Recovery Planning
• Principal, Technical Assistance and Research Contract (TARC)
• Evaluation of Special Considerations for the World Trade Center Recovery Efforts
• Task Order Coordinator, FEMA How To Planning Guides
  Report to Congress on the Natural and Beneficial Functions of Floodplains
• NEPA Compliance Coordinator, FEMA Mitigation Directorate
  

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Steven E. Pardue, AICP, CFM
Chief Operating Officer

Education
Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Texas, 1989
Master of Community Planning, University of Maryland, 1994, concentration in land use planning

Registration
American Institute of Certified Planners, 2000
Certified Floodplain Manager, Association of State Floodplain Managers, 2006

Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Planners
American Planning Association
Association of State Floodplain Managers

Capabilities
Mr. Pardue has more than 15 years experience in land use planning, mitigation planning and risk assessment. He is an expert in risk assessment for natural hazards, and has been involved in numerous FEMA, local and state initiatives to study the cost effectiveness and feasibility of mitigation alternatives. Additionally, he has recently been involved in several risk assessments and planning processes related to manmade hazards, primarily terrorism. These include vulnerability studies at the Texas Medical Center, a manmade hazard mitigation plan for the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and development of prototype continuity of operations alternative site assessment tool for the DHS Office of National Security Coordination. He has been project manager for multiple DMA 2000-compliant hazard mitigation plans, and has been involved with the development and initiation of review protocols and standards for FEMA's Pre-Disaster Mitigation [PDM] program. In addition to these technical skills and experience, Mr. Pardue has experience in facilitating community planning processes, and in technical training for federal, state and local staff, including risk assessment and benefit-cost analysis.

Professional Employment History
Chief Operating Officer, Vissering Pardue and Associates, Inc.
Principal Planner, URS Corporation, Gaithersburg, MD
Program Specialist, FEMA, Washington, DC
Director of Development, Bacon & Company, Baltimore, Maryland
Field director, NIJ crime study, Baltimore, Maryland
Planner I, City of Grand Prairie, Texas
Planning and Zoning Coordinator, City of Carrollton, Texas

Representative Experience

• Technical lead, risk assessment for Emerald Coast Utility Authority, Pensacola, Florida.
• Project Manager, State Hazard Mitigation Plan, State of Alabama.
• Project manager COOP Alternative Site Assessment prototype software/protocol [FEMA ONSC].
• Project Manager, Hazard Mitigation Plan, St. Luke's Episcopal
• Hospital, Houston, Texas.
• Project Manager, Hazard Mitigation Plan, Texas Medical
• Center, Houston, Texas.
• Project Manager, Hazard Mitigation Plan, Baylor University Medical Center, Houston, Texas.
• Project Manager, all-hazard vulnerability assessment,
• Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas.
• Project Manager, manmade and technological hazard mitigation plan, City of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• Project Manager, water systems RAM-W assessment, Puerto Rico Water and Sewer Authority.
• Project Manager, FEMA PART [program assessment rating tool/OMB] analysis 2003.
• Trainer, BC analysis basic and intermediate courses, EMI.