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StAFFING 75P261925RFQ # 26-07-01 • CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES (CCNA) Principal • Urban Design Director Total Years Experience / With Moffatt & Nichol 30 / 22 Education M. Arch, Tulane University Registration Professional Architect LA 10192, 2024 Certification LEED Accredited Professional (AP), 2004 Affiliation City of New Orleans Board of Zoning Adjustments member Board President, Groundwork New Orleans Trust For Public Land, Climate Smart Cities: Absorb Advisory Panel WEF National Green Infrastructure Certification Program Oversight Committee Little Library of Water (with New Orleans Public Library and Imagine Water Works) Jaime (Rami) Diaz AIA, LEED AP Waterfront Planning | Moffatt & Nichol Rami is a client liaison, visionary urban designer, senior architect, and collaboration leader for climate adaptation projects nationwide. A frequent lecturer and tour leader, they are an expert at integrating architecture, landscape, and water system challenges into pictures that suggest innovative solutions and capture the spirit of a place. Rami was a key part of the firm’s leadership in developing the Living With Water® movement in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. In the Dutch Dialogues New Orleans effort, Rami led site visits, research, and design workshops, collaborating with a large, international, multidisciplinary team of experts. Building on expertise developed in Dutch Dialogues, Rami helped lead research and authorship of the Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan, a regional-scale vision for sustainable and resilient water management for the metro area. The Plan catalyzed a paradigm shift in understanding risk, flooding, and how stormwater is managed. Rami also leads the firm’s Living With Water® effort on the East Coast. USACE Miami-Dade Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study, Miami, FL. Urban design lead, engaged since 2022 as an advisor to Miami-Dade County’s Office of Environmental Risk and Resilience, responsible for leading the development of design charrettes to develop integrated, place- based flood risk reduction solutions. Guided urban design strategy for storm surge mitigation infrastructure to protect the County while preserving its urban character and enhancing public space. Village of Key Biscayne Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Study, Key Biscayne, FL. Urban design lead who led creation of conceptual renderings scaled to represent the flood risk reduction measures being proposed by the USACE in various Village neighborhoods. Moffatt & Nichol is serving in a technical advisory role to support the Village with the USACE CSRM study for the development of shoreline stabilization and flood protection alternatives for the beaches and back bay as part of the Village’s Elevating Our Island Paradise Resilience Program with the goal of protecting the Village from the effects of flooding, sea level rise, and environmental changes. Developing alternative solutions for shoreline stabilization, working with USACE and Village to integrate nature-based solutions for shoreline stabilization. Chesapeake Industrial Waterfront Study, Chesapeake, VA. Resiliency and project lead for this study that will determine the highest and best use for waterfront lands, understand the impacts of coastal water hazards such as flooding and heavy rain events, and identify strategies to mitigate those issues. Living with Water® Master Plan (Battleship North Carolina), Wilmington, NC. Resiliency lead for the urban design vision and developed the Story Map for this project, which reimagined the USS North Carolina Battleship parking lot to address chronic tidal flooding. The work supported a resilient redesign using green infrastructure to improve water quality, enhance visitor experience, and create educational opportunities.