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Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographies
Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographies
Pages 213-222
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He has been a member of the Inter-agency Task Force for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, a follow-on United Nations program to the IDNDR. He also chaired the Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction of the National Science and Technology Council.
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and former Executive Director of the California Seismic Safety Commission. He is the former Chair of NEMA's Private Sector Committee as well as a public-private task force formed to explore ways in which the Emergency Management Assistance Compact -- a congressionally ratified organization that provides form and structure to interstate mutual aid -- might be employed to more effectively use private-sector resources during major emergencies.
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In the course of her career, she directed the restructuring and streamlining of the agency, set policy and programmatic direction for the nation's emergency management systems, served as the agency's spokesperson, and worked with Congress and the nation's governors to enhance disaster management throughout the United States. She was chief architect of Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities, a nationwide, grassroots effort by communities and businesses to implement mitigation and risk reduction programs.
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In addition to traditional structural engineering design of build ings, Mr. Holmes' broad interests and experience include post-earthquake reconnaissance and analysis, post-earthquake response of hospitals, seis mic protection of nonstructural systems, fragility and retrofit standards for unreinforced masonry buildings, regional loss estimation, development of seismic standards for both new and existing buildings, research and development of seismic technology, seismic isolation, public policy, and performance-based seismic engineering.
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In 2006 and 2007, she was a lead author and disaster recovery expert on the development of a unified recovery and rebuilding plan for the City of New Orleans following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. She is also an International Research Collaborator at the Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute.
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Major findings from his research program have been reported in two books and articles in Sociological Theory, Annual Review of Sociology, American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, and many other basic and applied publications.
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, and on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Geographers Energy and Environment Specialty Group. He is the recipient of a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, East-West Center Fellowship, American Planning Association's Outstanding Program Planning Honor Award, EERI Special Service Recognition Award, and Applied Technology Council Outstanding Achievement Award.
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He currently is involved in projects advocating earthquake resilience and mitigation through land-use regulation and planning and by integrating seismic safety principles with his clients' ongoing activities. He is senior advisor at GeoHazards International, bringing resources and technical knowledge to developing countries to reduce earthquake risk, and vice chair of the Multihazard Mitigation Council.
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Prior to joining the NRC, he spent 15 years as a research scientist with the marine program at Geoscience Australia. During this time, he participated in numerous national and international research cruises to better understand the role of climate as a primary control on carbonate reef formation and to improve understanding of cool-water carbonate depositional processes and controls.
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