Natural Infrastructure Program Advisory Board

The Natural Infrastructure Program Advisory Board assists the Division of Mitigation Services in science-based decisions concerning the development and implementation of a new flood storage capacity program. The board consists of 18 members appointed by the DMS director, who also chooses one member to serve as chair. Members include representatives from academic institutions, environmental organizations, technical professional organizations, NC state government agencies and local government agencies, and have expertise in diverse fields including agriculture, land management and preservation, flood mitigation, banking and transportation. A full list of board members can be viewed at the link below.

 

EVENT

DATE/TIME

MEETING DETAILS

NIFMP Advisory board meeting

10 a.m., May 18, 2023

Link to virtual meeting

Agenda

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Name Organization Contact

Bill Holman

The Conservation Fund

bholman@conservationfund.org

Will McDow 

Environmental Defense Fund

wmcdow@edf.orgwmcdow@edf.org

Keith Larick

NC Farm Bureau

keith.larick@ncfb.org

Amanda Martin

NC Office of Recovery and Resiliency

Amanda.Martin@ncdps.gov

Bill Swartley

NC Forest Service

bill.swartley@ncagr.gov

Matt Lauffer

NC Department of Transportation

mslauffer@ncdot.gov

Ken Ashe

NC Association of Floodplain Administrators

chair@ncafpm.org

Kayne Van Stell

NC Ecological Restoration
Association

kayne@waterlandsolutions.com

Byron Reeves

City of Fayetteville Stormwater

ByronReeves@fayettevillenc.gov

Bobby Croom

City of Goldsboro

bcroom@goldsboronc.gov

Sarah Collins

NC League of Municipalities

scollins@NCLM.ORG

Bill Hunt

North Carolina State University

bill_hunt@ncsu.edu

Randall Etheridge

ECU Water Resource Center

etheridgej15@ecu.edu

Coley Cordeiro

NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources

coley.cordeiro@deq.nc.gov

Dave Canaan

Mecklenburg County

Dave.Canaan@mecklenburgcountync.gov

Russ Harris

Southwest Commission Council of Governments

russ@regiona.org

Danica Schaffer-Smith

The Nature Conservancy

d.schaffer-smith@TNC.ORG

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