Dr. MARY FRAN MYERS

Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center
Campus Box 482
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0482
TEL:303-492-2150 - FAX: 303-492-2151
Email: myersmf@colorado.edu

Mary Fran Myers has been the Project Manager of the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder, since 1988. The Center serves as a national clearinghouse for research data and information dealing with the social, political, economic, and behavioral aspects of natural disasters and programs to reduce damage from them. Prior to the Center, Myers worked in the state water resource agencies of both Illinois and North Dakota and helped coordinate the National Flood Insurance Program in those states. She was appointed by Governor Romer to serve on the Colorado Natural Hazards Mitigation Council's Executive Committee in 1991. Myers has been an active member of the Association of State Floodplain Managers since 1982 and has served as an officer, committee chair, and annual conference program chair for that group. She holds a Masters degree in Public Administration from the University of Illinois.

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

"The Challenge of the Mississippi Floods," with Gilbert F. White. Environment, Vol. 35, No. 10, December, 1993, pp. 6-9 and 25-35.

"Coping with Flood: The Next Phase" co-editor with Gilbert F. White. Water Resources Update, Universities Council on Water Resources, Issue No. 95: Spring, 1994.

"Floods . . . and Floods of Studies" with Gilbert F. White. Natural Hazards Observer, 18(2):1-2, November 1993.

"Challenges for the Floodplain Manager of Tomorrow." Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Association of State Floodplain Managers, Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, S.P. #30, pp. 340-345, Boulder, Colorado, 1994.

"The Great Flood of 1993: Legacy for the Future," Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, in press.