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The Association of State Floodplain Managers began in 1977 as the supporting organization
of professionals involved in floodplain management, flood hazard mitigation, flood
preparedness, and flood warning and recovery. The mission of the Association is
to mitigate the losses, costs and human suffering caused by flooding and to promote
wise use of the natural and beneficial functions of floodplains. Today the ASFPM
is the premier voice in floodplain management practice and policy throughout the
nation.
The Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) Program was established by the Association
of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) in 1999. The emphasis of the program is on
knowing the fundamentals of flood mapping, managing floodplain development, and
national and state standards, and how to apply them to a locally administered floodplain
management programs.
Recently seven individuals took the CFM exam at the 4th Annual Hawaii Floodplain
Manager’s Conference in Lihue, Kauai and successfully passed !!!
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Congratulations to Hawaii’s newest Certified
Floodplain Managers:
Luningning Arabiran, Civil Engineer
Lyon Associates, Inc.
Carolyn Cortez, Planner
County of Maui, Department of Planning
Sean Dunckel, Project Engineer
Lyon Associates, Inc.
Brandon Fujishige, Civil Engineer
Esaki Surveying & Mapping, Inc.
Jim Lyon, President
Lyon Associates, Inc.
Dominic Milles, Project Engineer
Lyon Associates, Inc.
Valentino Reyna, Civil Engineer
County of Kauai, Department of Public Works
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Newest Additions to the Flood Control/Dam Safety Section
 JOHN DAWLEY
Following the birth of his son in France, John Dawley and his family came to Hawaii fifteen
years ago after having spent winters and summers with his grandmother who was
a Maui resident in his youth. As a graduate in naval architecture and ocean engineering
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he has worked throughout the world
as an Aerospace Engineer and a Petroleum Engineer. After returning to Hawaii, he has
started several businesses including a fine wine wholesale business.
But his desire to return to the engineering field led him to the Department of Land and
Natural Resources in November 2007, where he is working as a Dam Safety Engineer
in the Flood Control / Dam Safety Section.
JIMMY M LEUNG, P.E.
After graduating from the University of Hawaii with degrees in Civil Engineering and
Meteorology, Jimmy started his engineering career at Fluor Corporation in Irvine, California.
In 1986 Jimmy started working for the New Hampshire Dam Safety Bureau as
a dam safety engineer. Together with a team of 3 engineers, Jimmy was responsible
for the inspection of over 3,000 dams in New Hampshire. Jimmy’s duties include visual
dam inspections, hydrology and hydraulic analysis of drainage areas, dambreak
analysis, inundation mapping, technical reports and emergency action plans for more than 250
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