Brad Loar:
CLASS OF 1969
New Haven High SchoolClass of 1969
New haven, IN
Eastern Kentucky University - Graduate SchoolClass of 1974
Richmond, KY
University of Kentucky - Arts & SciencesClass of 1973
Lexington, KY
Brad's Story
Cuurently a member of the faculty at Georgia Gwinnett College teaching Geography.
Went to college in Kentucky and never really returned to Indiana except for a few summers. Spent a total of 10 years in Kentucky with college and my first job in my wife's hometown. My only child, a son, was born there. In 1979 left the comfort of a small eastern Kentucky town for the bustling area of Atlanta and a position with the National Flood Insurance Program. Formerly the Mitigation Division Director of the Federal Emergency Mgmt Agency (yes...that FEMA)managing a staff of 60 full time and over 200 disaster reservists; responsible for floodplain management, flood insurance, flood studies/mapping, grant programs, hurricane, environmental/historic compliance, earthquake, building science, hazard planning an...Expand for more
d dam safety programs in the southeast US. Recently became a grandfather for the second time. Retired from FEMA in January, 2014 after 35 years.
College
University of Kentucky 1969-73-a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Eastern Kentucky University 1973-74
Workplace
My Masters degree work got me interested in community planning, particularly locational and hazard analysis. I was fortunate to begin a regional planning job at the same time as the National Flood Insurance Program was beginning to take hold throughtout communities. I seized an opportunity to get in on the growing program at the federal level by relocating to the southeast and working an eight state area based in Atlanta. Flood mapping, floodplain management, and flood insurance both riverine and coastal are a big deal.
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