Committees

Executive Committee: Composed of the NHMA Board’s Officers and Past President, as well as Committee Chairs, as needed. Responsible for meeting monthly, as needed, to manage NHMA business and reporting back to full Board.

Membership and Marketing Committee: Responsible for increasing the membership and visibility of NHMA; includes managing NHMA Face Book and LinkedIn systems and listserv.
Chair: Bernard Ussher

Legislative and Policy Committee: Responsible for publishing newsletters about legislation pertinent to hazard mitigation as well as commenting on pending bills.
Chair: Jerry Graves

Conference Committee: Responsible for reaching out to existing conferences to see if NHMA can be included as presenters and participants.
Chair: Lori Peek

Education Committee: Responsible for developing a speakers bureau, best practices, public and professional education, continuing education credits and working with academia.
Chair: Roger Faris

Advisory Committee: Responsible for serving as the public face of NHMA at various events and functions, acting as a knowledge base in their particular area of expertise for the Board and organization at large, and recommendations for developing and improving the NHMA program.
Chair: Bill Hooke

Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee: Responsible for working to improve the nation’s hazard mitigation planning.
Co-Chairs: Ron Flanagan and Darrin Punchard

Public-Private Partnership Committee: Responsible for developing connections between public and private organizations to encourage a unified approach to hazard mitigation.
Chair: Tim Lovell