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1 . KATHERINE C. STEVENS 1 919-508-7917 I katie.stevens37@gmail.com • I Katherine Stevens has spent her professional career within the field,of emergency management.Since receiving her master's degree, Ms. Stevens has rapidly become a dedicated leader and manager within the field of disaster recovery planning (mitigation and preparedness), operations (response), and grant management (recovery). Ms. Stevens' experience in all four phases of emergency management has provided her with a unique prospective and comprehensive knowledge of FEMA rules and regulations that is an Iinvaluable asset in every emergency management position in which she serves,but especially in grant management.Furthermore,her engineering educational background allows her to read and understand construction specifications and more thoroughly review detailed procurement documents,contract documents,as well as technical requests for reimbursements. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE FLORIDA DISASTER CONSULTANTS,INC. (STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA) August 2017—November 2017 IProject Specialist Ms.Stevens was charged with developing and writing new projects,creating new amendments to projects,and preparing projects for closeout. In this role, she coordinated with SCEMD, FEMA, and sub-grantees to develop prioritization protocols for DR 4241, Iwhich had had little attention since DR 4286 Hurricane Mathew had been declared. As most of the projects, Ms. Stevens was assigned included little documentation or notes from previously assigned project specialists, she created detailed requests for documentation, coordinated and collected the required information,and then,wrote the project worksheet or amendment. She also Icreated detailed notes and project requirement summaries for a seamless transition to SCEMD in case the sub-grantees were not able to comply with the RFIs within Ms. Stevens' contract period. Furthermore, Ms. Stevens consulted with SCEMD in regards to policy issues and trained SCEMD employees to write project worksheets. FLORIDA DISASTER CONSULTANTS,INC. (State of Colorado) October 2014—December 2016 Supervisory Reviewer Ms. Stevens conducted QA/QC reviews of level one (Ll) requests for reimbursements for the State of Colorado concerning IDisaster 4145 - Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. She provided detailed feedback to Ll reviewers to augment their training and development as thorough, efficient reviewers and their urili7ation of MB3's EMGrantsPro system. As a supervisory reviewer, Ms. Stevens also helped to coordinate communications between the Ll/L2 review team, the Applicant Assistance Team,Deloitte Team Leads and Colorado DHSEM. FLORIDA DISAS I ER CONSULTANTS,INC. (STAI E OF LOUISIANA) March 2016—July 2016 Team Lead/Disaster Recovery Specialist Ms.Stevens served as a Team Lead for the GOHSEP Strike Force Team tasked with backlog resolution for DR 1603 and DR 1607. She conducted QA/QC reviews for requests for reimbursements and provided detailed feedback to the Disaster Recovery Specialists to improve their Reimbursement Request Form (RRF) reviews. Additionally, Ms. Stevens provided assistance to sub- grantees in regards to RRF documentation and procedural requirements in order to expedite the.backlog resolution. 1 CERES ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES March 2014—August 2014 Project Superintendent IMs.Stevens served on the management team for Ceres Environmental in support of disaster debris removal for NCDOT following the ice storm in March of 2014. Ms. Stevens served as Ceres' initial contact with NCDOT and completed damage estimates in 4 counties to facilitate the bid process.After contract execution,Ms.Stevens worked with the management team to identify and secure a temporary debris staging area, expedite debris removal operations, and ensure quality control and safety. Along with operational Iduties, Ms. Stevens was tasked with database management and reconciliation with the monitoring firm on-site. With Ms. Stevens' help,Ceres Environmental successfully fulfilled their contract with the NCDOT before any other contractor in Division 7. FLORIDA DISAS ILR CONSULTANTS,INC. (STATE OFNEW JERSEY)I March 2013—July 2013 Planner Ms. Stevens worked with the Louis Berger Group to provide complex data analysis in support of waterway debris removal Ioperations within the State of New Jersey following the impact of Super Storm Sandy.This data analysis allowed the State to ensure costs associated with debris removal within selected areas were eligible for reimbursement.Ms. Stevens served as a primary point of contact for inquiries presented by senior state and federal officials. Through the preparation of detailed operational reports, Ms. I34 1