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APPENDIX 1. BIOS OF REPORT PREPARERS
Timothy W. Kana, PhD PG – CSE – Project Manager and Principal Liaison – Senior Coastal Scientist –
Responsible for project direction, scoping, liaison with Town officials, plan development,
synthesis of historical data, and participation in community forums – 30 years of experience.
John B. “Bart” Sabine – Sabine & Waters – Registered Forester and Senior Environmental Scientist –
Responsible for directing forest and wetland habitat studies and classifying existing land cover
and forest management plan, participation in community forums – 30 years of experience.
Christopher J. Mack, PE – Dewberry – Coastal Engineer, Assistant Project Manager, and Local Liaison –
Responsible for hurricane surge simulation modeling, community liaison, and participation in
community forums – 16 years of experience.
John B. Sabine III – Sabine & Waters – Staff Ecologist – Responsible for delineation of critical area,
wetlands habitat, and protected species survey – 6 years of experience.
Elena Drei-Horgan, PhD, CFM – Dewberry – Coastal Engineer, National Expert, Lead Modeler –
Specializes in numerical modeling of storm surge, waves, and coastal hazard analysis for flood
insurance studies – 16 years of experience.
John J. “Trey” Hair III – CSE – Senior CADD/GIS Technician – Responsible for final map production,
ground photography, and file exchange among team members – 10 years of experience.
Diana R. Sangster – CSE – Senior Editorial and Administrative Associate – Responsible for report
production, editing, and contract administration – 30 years of experience.
Kenneth J. Smoak – Sabine & Waters – Senior Ecologist – Responsible for preparing summary of
wetland and forest ecology of the area and assisting with plans for forestry enhancement and
conservation – 20 years of experience.
Matthew T. Zielke – Sabine & Waters – GIS Specialist – Responsible for preparing GIS-based habitat,
wetlands and forest maps, and assisting with development of computer links for the draft plans –
7 years of experience.
Philip A. McKee – CSE – Senior Technical Associate – Responsible for ground truth topographic field
data collection in the AL and adjacent beach zone via RTK-GPS (Trimble Model R8 GNSS) – 15
years of experience.