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The NFIP: What’s Old is New Again

Over the past 2 years, New Jersey has relaunched their NFIP outreach program by going back to NFIP basics and utilizing key NFIP principles to address concerns identified by FEMA audits. This relaunch led to the development of a streamlined model ordinance process, a model permit, and a substantial damage template as well as an upcoming Floodplain Administrator Guidebook. In this webinar, Rebecca Jones and Kenya Lovill of New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection will give an overview of these work products and discuss key learnings from implementation.

Attendees will learn about applicable NFIP lessons learned that can assist local governments in meeting current and future floodplain challenges. Hopefully, this presentation will help reinvigorate an appreciation for how groundbreaking some of these rules are even though they date back 40 to 50 years.

Staff from Forerunner will facilitate a discussion with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection staff about lessons learned from the relaunch of their NFIP outreach program on September 2nd, 2021 at 1pm ET. This webinar will also offer 1 CEC for Certified Floodplain Managers.

Click here to register for the free webinar.

Speakers

Susanna Pho

Co-Founder @Forerunner

Susanna Pho will be facilitating the discussion in this webinar. She is a co-founder of Forerunner, a software company that builds tools to help governments streamline floodplain management workflows.

Rebecca Jones, CFM

Grants Manager & Floodplain Specialist @New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Rebecca Jones is Grant Manager and Floodplain Specialist for the NFIP Coordinator’s Office at NJDEP. She works as a liaison between FEMA and participating communities and manages a $50M Post-Sandy HUD grant that is financing infrastructure in 8 New Jersey communities. She has a B.S. in Geosciences from Penn State and an MBA from Rutgers.

Kenya Lovill

Environmental Engineer @New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Kenya Lovill is an Environmental Engineer at the NJDEP NFIP Coordinator’s Office. She works with the FEMA Community Assistance Program State Support Services Element program to assist municipalities in floodplain management. She has assisted many communities with ordinance adoptions and is currently working with communities to develop Substantial Damage Management Plans. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Drexel University in Environmental Engineering.