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Newport News Program for Public Information
Name Background/Relation to City
Realtor with VA Peninsula Association of
Susan Soaper Gaston
Realtors.
Construction community, technical background
Zach Emerson with experience in flood prevention, stormwater
infrastructure, and other resilience measures.
Resident of Salters Creek Repetitive Loss
Linda Chambers
neighborhood.
Owner of local Insurance Agency. Has sold and
Nelson Kelley services flood insurance on the peninsula since
1992.
Local resident and Coastal Resiliency Specialist
Olivia Askew
professional in neighboring community.
The five City staff shown in Table 2 also have representation on the PPI committee.
Table 2. Internal Committee Members
Name Department
Hai Tran Engineering/Floodplain Administrator
Kim Lee/Elizabeth Barber Department of Communications
Gerald (Kenny) Hackworth Code Enforcement
Emergency Management/ Acting Emergency
Jeff Senter
Operations Center Chief
Toluwalase Ibikunle/Ely
Planning
Zarka
In addition to the individuals identified in Tables 1 and 2, the supporting personnel
shown in Table 3 participated in committee meetings and helped bring local
insights and regional perspective to the planning effort.
Table 3. Supporting Personnel
Name Affiliation
Executive Director of Wetlands Watch, provides
Mary-Carson Stiff regional perspective
Chief Resilience Officer of Hampton Roads
Ben McFarlane
Planning District Commission
Local resident, Newport News Planning
Sharyn Fox
Commission & Green Foundation member
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