We welcomed OFMA members, local Floodplain Administrators, Stormwater Managers,

and guests to the 2025 Annual Conference, themed “Impacting Lives.”

This year’s event featured a dynamic lineup of plenary and concurrent sessions led by experts from 

Federal, State, and Local agencies, covering a wide range of topics relevant to floodplain and stormwater management.

Conference Presentations

Key Flood Warning Systems –  Can It Solve ALL of Your Problems –  Brandon Claborn PE, CFM, WSB LLC, and David Key, PE, CFM, ESP Associates

State Floodplain Management Update – Jon Phillips, CFM, OWRB

Policies, Programs and Resources:  What’s New in the World of Floodplain Management – Chad Berginnis CFM, AFSPM

Why Developments Flood – Grant Moore PE CFM – WSB LLC

Local Floodplain Management sans FEMA W.B. Smith PE, CFM

Floodplain Map Revisions and Hydraulic Modeling: Common Mistakes and Steps to Avoid, Sharmily Rahman, Ph.D., E.I., CFM, & Sushban Shrestha, P.E., CFM,
AECOM

Stormwater Utility Greg Simmons, PE, CFM, Freese & Nichols

Turbulent Waters A Case Study on Potential FEMA Violations, Mitchell Jensen, P.E., CFM, and  Trevor Holt – Kimley-Horn

GIS Presentation, Michael Couch GISP, CFM – WSB LLC

Detention Pond Basics, Alan Dennis PE, CFM – Garver