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Geotechnical Engineers  | Ramin Golesorkhi, Treadwell & Rollo, San Francisco, CA
Registered civil and geotechnical engineer in California, principal at a 90-person geotechnical and environmental engineering firm with more than 20 years of experience in seismic analysis and foundation engineering. Developed seismic and geotechnical design criteria appropriate for industrial, residential, private and government office buildings, hospitals and healthcare facilities, bridges, elevated freeways and viaducts, base isolated structures, tunnels, and seismic strengthening of existing structures, including the new Asian Art Museum, Yerba Buena Tower, Pac Bell Park, and State office building in San Francisco. Significant experience with the development of ground motion design criteria in building codes. |  | Annie Kammerer, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC
Researcher in geotechnical engineering, engineering seismology, and soil-structure-interaction (SSI) issues in US NRC's Office of Research. Formerly seismic hazard specialist and geotechnical engineer in Arup's San Francisco and London offices. Manages and performs research in the US NRC's Seismic and Tsunami Research Program. Research topics include incorporating incoherency into SSI analyses, impact of very high-frequency seismic motions on nuclear plants, direct integration of site response into seismic hazard analyses, and determination of tsunami hazard on US East and Gulf coasts. |  | Faiz Makdisi, Geomatrix Consultants, Oakland, CA
Principal Engineer, 250-person geotechnical, earth sciences and environmental engineering firm, seismic evaluations of embankment dams, earthquake ground motions; dams and nuclear power plants. Been involved in studies of more than 40 dams, currently involved in incorporating non linear constitutive models in analytical procedures to simulate earthquake induced liquefaction and deformation of embankments, slopes and earth structures. |
Risk Analysis, Lifelines, and Industrial Facilities  | Ronald T. Eguchi, ImageCat Inc., Long Beach, CA
President and Chief Executive Officer, consulting firm. Over 25 years of experience in risk analysis and risk management studies, lifeline earthquake engineering, loss estimation. Directed major research and application studies in these areas for govenment agencies and private industry. Previously co-Director of Center for Advance Planning and Research in a 500-person engineering consulting firm. Chaired a FEMA and NIST panel to develop plan for adopting seismic design standards for public and private lifelines in the United States. |  | Stephanie A. King, Weidlinger Associates, Mountain View, CA & New York, NY
Director of Risk Analysis and Associate Principal, 320-person structural and civil engineering firm. Nearly 20 years experience in hazard and risk assessment for regional and site-specific applications. Active on several research, standards and code committees, providing expertise on risk-related issues. Currently leads the company's efforts in risk assessment for man-made, accidental, and natural hazards, for mitigation of existing facilities and development of performance-based design criteria for new infrastructure. |  | Douglas Nyman, D. J. Nyman & Associates, Houston, TX
Independent consulting engineer, seismic hazard mitigation for pipelines. Principal seismic engineering consultant to Trans-Alaska Pipeline System for 20 years; seismic consultant for major oil and gas pipeline projects on Sakhalin Island, Russia, and through Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Currently conducting fault crossing and landslide evaluations and designs for several oil and gas pipelines in the USA and South America. Served on various government panels addressing seismic design standards and research needs for lifeline systems. |
Structural Engineers  | Leo Argiris, Arup, New York, NY
Principal, multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm; high rise structures, long-span structures, architectural/mechanical components; LB Pearson International Airport, United States Air Force Memorial, Corning Glass Center, Austrian Cultural Institute, Chiesa Dell'Anno 2000 in Rome, Italy; also teaches at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture. |  | David Cocke, Structural Focus, Gardena, CA
President, 12-person firm. Experience includes new structural design, seismic evaluation, historic preservation, and retrofit design. Specializing in large and small historic landmark building strengthening and repairs such as the Hotel del Coronado, Fresno's Santa Fe Depot, Stanford buildings; and in renovations to and design of new studio production facilities including dozens of buildings at Warner Bros., Sony, Paramount Studios and others. Served as President of the USC Architectural Guild and Treasurer of California Preservation Foundation, and currently an Alternate Member on the CA. State Historical Building Safety Board. |  | Sigmund A. Freeman, Wiss, Janney, Elstner; Emeryville, CA
Principal, consulting engineering firm. Over 40 years of experience in structural design, analysis, research, and building code development, including seismic evaluations of existing buildings, testing full-scale model structures in the field, and testing building components in the laboratory. Known for introducing the Capacity Spectrum Method and the ADRS-format for response spectra. Active participant in developing guidelines for seismic design and evaluation, and the interpretation of recorded earthquake building motion. |  | David Friedman, Forell/Elsesser, San Francisco, CA
President, 40-person structural and earthquake engineering firm. Served as Principal-in-Charge on new design and retrofit projects, including University complexes, community and civic facilities, research laboratories and transit facilities. Projects include the seismic isolation retrofit of San Francisco City Hall and the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, and currently working on the modernization and seismic strengthening of California Memorial Stadium at the University of California Berkeley, which straddles the active Hayward Fault. Topics he has previously presented on: The Practice of Structural and Earthquake Engineering Today; Base Isolation--Why, Where, When, How?; High Performance and Performance-Based Design and Contemporary Architecture. |  | Nathan C. Gould, ABS Consulting, St. Louis, MO
Chief of Technology for the ABS Consulting Extreme Loads and Structural Risk Division, also serves as the General Manager of the St. Louis office of ABS Consulting. Practicing structural engineer with over 17 years of experience in the design, construction and rehabilitation of major structures in all regions of the United States. Active in the utilization of performance based seismic design criteria and methodology for the design of new buildings and the retrofit of existing structures. Technical leader for ABS Consulting in the development and implementation of Progressive Collapse analysis, design and retrofit for major structures in all regions of the country. |  | William T. Holmes, Rutherford & Chekene, San Francisco
Executive Principal at Rutherford & Chekene. Over 40 years of experience in the design of structures. Principal-in-Charge of a broad range of engineering projects for business, public and institutional clients. Member of numerous professional committees and engineering organizations, actively participates in the development of new approaches to seismic design. Served as Chair of the California Building Safety Board (consults on seismic protection of hospitals in CA), Chair of the Provisions Update Committee (develops the NEHRP Provisions that serves as a resource document for US seismic codes), and was Senior Technical Advisor for development of FEMA 273, "NEHRP Guidelines for Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings". |  | John Hooper, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Seattle, WA
John Hooper, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Seattle, WA Principal and Director of earthquake engineering, 160-person structural engineering and civil engineering firm. Over 26 years experience in seismic renovation, seismic design of new buildings, structural analysis, building code development. Active on numerous research, standards and code committees. Recent projects include major healthcare facilities, high-rise buildings, emergency operations centers, and structures with unique architecture. |  | Ronald Mayes, Simpson, Gumpertz, Heger, San Francisco, CA
Staff Consultant of 250 + person consulting firm. Prior to joining SGH he was a pioneer, designer and supplier of seismic isolation systems; applications in over 30 buildings and 90 bridges, including USC Hospital, Oakland and San Francisco City Halls. He leads SGH work in areas of base isolation and energy dissipation systems, testing programs and research and development activities. He has lead most of FHWA's efforts over the past 25 years in developing seismic design provisions for highway bridges. Early in his career he was heavily involved in major test programs of masonry construction and their implication on design codes. |  | Farzad Naeim, John A. Martin and Associates, Los Angeles, CA
Vice President and Director of Research and Development. Leads a team of experts in research and development activities, special seismic studies, and design of specialized computer applications. His deparment has a national reputation for cutting edge engineering and computer technology. Editor of Seismic Design Handbook. Performed static and dynamic nonlinear analysis for several landmarks, including Los Angeles City Hall, UCLA's Royce Hall and Knudsen Hall. |  | Thomas A. Sabol, Englekirk and Sabol, Los Angeles, CA
President, consulting structural engineering firm. Licensed as architect and structural engineer. Lead guideline writer for Design Recommendations, Analysis, Design and Rehabilitation of Existing Welded Steel Moment Frame Structures, principal investigator for project on repair and rehabilitation of concrete structures with the University of Texas, Austin. At UCLA, teaches graduate level classes in structural steel design and undergraduate classes in tall building design. |  | Mason Walters, Forell/Elssesser, San Francisco, CA
Principal and Technical Director, 40-person structural engineering firm, more than 25 years experience with emphasis on rehabilitation, seismic upgrade and seismic isolation of historic and non-historic structures, and long-span bridge design. Recent projects include Oakland City Hall, Coronado Bridge Seismic Isolation, and Utah Capitol seismic isolation retrofit. Managed 6-firm team to structurally engineer 900' long, 3-level rail/auto/pedestrian structure at San Francisco Airport. |
Emergency Management  | Richard Eisner, the Fritz Institute, San Francisco, CA
Recently retired as Administrator of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) Coastal Region, and now works for the Fritz Institute on a Bay Area earthquake preparedness initiative. Managed the California Integrated Seismic Network. Served as founding Director of the Bay Area Regional Earthquake Preparedness Project. An architect, urban planner, and urban designer, a key element of his work is integration of knowledge from the earth and social science communities into mitigation and preparedness programs. Member of EERI's Board of Directors, member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects, and currently serves on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Advisory Board. |
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