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CwsterR Pompano eryManBeach,a WITT 1O'BRIEN'S Disaster Recovery Management Services Mr.Stanley previously worked as the Chief Planner with Chatham County Emergency Management Agency,gaining experience in coastal emergency planning.As the Chief Planner,Mr.Stanley regularly worked with local industry,the Ports Authority,the Army Corps of Engineers,US Coast Guard,and other local,state,and federal partners to ensure the community identified risk and mitigation actions through multi-jurisdictional all-hazard planning.He has extensive experience in Emergency Management and Fire Service Administration,is National Incident Management System (NIMS)certified,and has delivered hazard mitigation workshops at national emergency management conferences,local hurricane conferences,and the National Hurricane Conference. Public Assistance Consulting Witt O'Brien's specialized team of Public Assistance and grants management experts have demonstrated expertise in technical and strategic consulting services,project worksheet • formulation,and the appeals process. Vaiarie Philipp,Grants Project Manager Ms.Philipp is a Recovery Manager for Witt O'Brien's and assists governmental clients with contract maintenance activities,planning and training initiatives,appeals resolution and FEMA grant and disaster closeouts as well as many other grants management functions,She is also working with local and state governments to prepare and update their Disaster Debris Management Plans and to properly procure vendors for pre-disaster contracts in order to conform to the FEMA Pilot Program guidelines to receive financial incentives resulting from the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act.Ms. Ms.Philipp previously served as a Public Assistance Coordinator for the Florida Department of Transportation assisting with final inspections,appeals,grant reimbursements and DDIR preparation.She also represented the FDEM in Miami-Dade County for Public Assistance program activities for six disaster declarations which included 218 municipal and PNP Applicants with disaster finding needs totaling over 5560,000,000.In addition,Ms.Philipp assisted with the development of FEMA Public Assistance and FHWA Emergency Relief training materials for FDOT and Local Applicants,resulting in training over 3,000 local government representatives. As a FEMA Technical Assistance Contractor,Ms.Philipp performed building damage assessments, prepared cost estimates,wrote Project Worksheets and managed Building Assessment Team members for disaster declarations 1545 and 1561 in Palm Beach County.She also assisted Applicants in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties for disaster declaration 1602 with debris removal project eligibility and funding obligation and managed debris specialists. Vincent Giannoni,Senior Grants Management Specialist Mr.Giannoni is an Emergency Management Consultant with Witt O'Brien's who has been involved in a number of high value Public Assistance projects($1-$50 million)and responsible from project formulation with the applicant,to close-out. Prior to joining Witt O'Brien's Mr.Giannoni worked with FEMA and co-managed Orange County,NY,the fastest growing county in New York with 132 applicants,$80 million in damages following the effects of two disasters. During Mr.Giannoni's tenure with FEMA he led a team of 14 project specialists and two team leaders. Mr.Giannoni was responsible for analyzing data from Preliminary Damage Assessments,scheduling and managing .� • September 4,2014 Page 125