Ted Perkins

Experience

1. Dam Safety Engineer

   Fema

   Aug 2023 — Present · Lynnwood, WA, US

   FEMA Region 10 provides grant funding to the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington to support state programs that are intended to ensure dam safety, protect human life and property, and improve state dam safety programs. In addition, FEMA provides grant funding to the states to rehabilitate High Hazard Potential dams that are in poor or unsatisfactory condition. These grant funds are to repair, remove, or rehabilitate these dams. I help oversee these programs and work with the states on ways to use these resources to improve dam safety across the region. I also will identify and assess high risk dams across the region irrespective of the regulatory authorities and develop strategies to address and communicate these risks to those that need this information to keep their communities safe. I am also the dam safety technical expert for the region during response and recovery activities.

Education

• Colorado College

  B. A., Mathematics

  1984 — 1988

• Washington State University

  M. S., Civil Engineering, Hydraulics

  1997 — 2000