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<br />~i~9 <br /> <br />THE MITIGATION ASSISTANCE CORPORATION <br />Post Office Box 19645 <br />Boulder, Colorado 80308.2645 <br />(303) 494-4242 . FaxfModem (303) 494.3071 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />BIOGRAPHY <br />Clancy Philips born, President <br />The Mitigation Assistance Corporation, and <br />The Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Partnership, Inc, <br /> <br />Clancy has been involved with disaster research, mitigation, preparedness, response, and <br />recovery since 1975, In 1985, Clancy founded and became President of The Mitigation <br />Assistance Corporation (TMAC); the nation's premier firm specializing in disaster loss reduction <br />through pre-disaster planning and training for post -disaster recovery and redevelopment. <br /> <br />Clancy has been involved in projects following 97 presidentially declared disaster areas, and in <br />47 states, 2 U,S. Territories, and 5 foreign nations, including providing assistance to the United <br />Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); the Alaska Oil Spill <br />Commission; the Central United States Earthquake Consortium; the National Academy of <br />Sciences; the National Research Council; FEMA; EPA; and several national engineering firms. <br />The scopes of TMAC's responsibilities have included training, planning, public education, <br />floodplain management, disaster recovery, hazard mitigation project management and research. <br /> <br />TMAC is currently involved in efforts with FEMA, the Natural Hazards Research Applications <br />and Information Center, URS-Greiner-Woodward-Clyde, Inc., RC Quinn Consulting., <br />Greenhome & O'Mara; and the states of Colorado, Delaware, Florida, and Mississippi. <br /> <br />Clancy developed his interest in natural hazards while working under the direction of Dr. Gilbert <br />White at the University of Colorado/Boulder. He then served FEMA for nine years as a Hazard <br />Mitigation Officer and Interagency Hazard Mitigation Team Leader for Region VIII in Denver. <br /> <br />Clancy also started and was appointed President of a second company, The Hazard Mitigation <br />Technical Assistance Partnership, Inc., in 1994. HMTAPi is jointly owned by three mitigation <br />specialty firms that, together, provide emergency and floodplain management, seismic safety, <br />and benefit-cost services. HMTAPi is part of the standby Hazard Mitigation Technical <br />Assistance Program team serving FEMA through 2004. As of August I, 2000, HMT APi is <br />working on 3 separate Task Orders, TMAC has four additional concurrent contracts. <br /> <br />In the past two work-years alone, Clancy completed a flood hazard mitigation plan for Vassar, <br />MI; an acquisition and relocation project of 30 residential structures for Boone, NC; disaster <br />response plans for 3 rural Minnesota communities; mitigation training for EMI, each FEMA <br />training "territory," FEMA Region IV, and state and local governments in Wyoming, Michigan, <br />South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Delaware. Clancy was also the 1999 Program Chair <br />for the national conference of the Association of State Floodplain Managers, <br /> <br />Due to recent studies undertaken as a result of the University of Colorado purchasing 300+ acres <br />offloodprone land in Boulder, Clancy's house is likely to be included in an "A-Zone" pending <br />current efforts to institute map revisions, The City of Boulder is concurrently examining <br />mitigation options for the affected neighborhoods. Flood insurance may be in my future! <br /> <br />. Pre/Post Disaster Planning and Training. <br />. Mitigation Program Development and Implementation. <br />. Stand-by Disaster Response and Recovery . <br /> <br />o Printed on recycled paper. <br /> <br />08/0 I 100 <br />