LAUREL, MD – June 5, 2009 – Expert floodplain mapping personnel from Maryland-based engineering consulting firm Greenhorne & O'Mara (G&O) are participating in the 33rd annual Association of State Floodplain Managers National Conference being held in Orlando, FL, June 7-12, 2009. This year's theme is "Green Works to Reduce Flood Losses."

This is viewed as the world's largest and most comprehensive floodplain management conference. Nearly 200 industry experts will conduct plenary and concurrent sessions and share state-of-the-art techniques, programs, and resources to accomplish flood mitigation, watershed management, and other community goals. Supplementary technical field tours and training workshops are also available.

G&O will be represented by 16 experts who will be presenting, moderating, or participating in the sessions. They are: Frank R. Finch, P.E., President and CEO; Vince DiCamillo, CFM, Senior Vice President, Water and Environment group; Brandon Smith, P.E.; Mary Searing, P.E., D.WRE, GISP; Scott Brookhart, P.E., CFM; Kevin Donnelly, P.E., CFM; Jimmy Yeung, Ph.D., P.E.; El Hadji Fall, CFM; Mike Gilliam, CFM; Alex Haptemariam, P.E., CFM; James Huffines, CFM, GISP; Tim Harper, P.E.; Brian Lee, Senior Project Manager; Sudhanshu Mishra, EIT, CFM; Scott Yi, CFM; and Hilary Stephens-Kendro.

Greenhorne & O'Mara (G&O) is a full-service engineering consulting firm that provides public and private sector solutions in the areas of civil, transportation, environmental, and water resources engineering; and information technology and GIS, and hazard mitigation and security services. G&O's 17 offices support projects located throughout the United States and overseas. Founded in 1950, G&O is an employee-owned firm that is consistently ranked by Engineering News Record among the top architectural/engineering design firms in the United States.