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Leading the Way: A Texas-Sized Flood Planning Effort
Tuesday January 28, 2025 1:15pm - 2:15pm CST
Amphitheater 204, Meeting Level 2
(1 hour CEC available, approved by the TFMA)

Texas leads the nation with its groundbreaking inaugural state flood plan. The unique, bottom-up process has revealed important data about flood risk, solutions, and implementation costs. This panel will discuss the plan’s flood risk management recommendations aimed at reducing loss of life and property due to flooding and will compare practices from other states and abroad.
Speakers
avatar for Travis Pruski

Travis Pruski

Chief Operations Officer, Nueces River Authority
Travis Pruski has experience as a public official and a public administrator. After graduating with a bachelor of arts in economics from the University of Texas in 2002, Travis returned home to Poth, Texas, where he served as mayor from 2004 to 2013. In 2017, he was appointed by the... Read More →
avatar for Tina Petersen, Ph.D., P.E.

Tina Petersen, Ph.D., P.E.

Executive Director, Harris County Flood Control District
Dr. Tina Petersen is the executive director for the Harris County Flood Control District, serving the nation's third-largest county with a population of more than 4.5 million residents. She has served in this role since January 2022, when she was unanimously appointed to the position... Read More →
avatar for Bee Kothuis

Bee Kothuis

Chief Representative, Netherlands Business Support Office, Texas
Bee Kothuis is a design anthropologist serving as the Netherlands Business Support Office chief representative for the Netherlands, which is based in Houston. Before moving to Texas in 2021, Bee facilitated multidisciplinary collaborative projects focusing on water management, hydraulic... Read More →
avatar for Jack Krolikowski

Jack Krolikowski

Flood Planning Director, American Flood Coalition
Jack Krolikowski is the flood planning director for the American Flood Coalition, where he works to promote risk-informed flood planning at all levels of government. Jack was previously the deputy state hazard mitigation officer in Georgia, where he coordinated natural hazard mitigation... Read More →
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Reem Zoun, P.E.

Director of Flood Planning, Texas Water Development Board
Reem is the assistant deputy executive administrator of the office of planning at the Texas Water Development Board, and she led the effort to develop Texas’ first state flood plan that was adopted in August 2024. She has more than 23 years of private and public sector experience... Read More →
Tuesday January 28, 2025 1:15pm - 2:15pm CST
Amphitheater 204, Meeting Level 2
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