Sam Riley-Medlock
Sam Riley Medlock is Policy and Partnerships Program manager for the Association of State Floodplain Managers, serving dual roles for the Association and the ASFPM Foundation to provide leadership in national flood policy initiatives and foster partnerships with allied agencies, organizations, and academia. Medlock has more than 18 years of experience in land use law, hazard mitigation, and environmental policy working with stakeholders, regulators, and utilities. She has served as supervisor of floodplain programs for the Lower Colorado River Authority; director of planning for Flower Mound, Texas; environmental planner with the North Central Texas Council of Governments; and with disaster recovery teams in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua following Hurricane Mitch.
Medlock received the Army Commander’s Award for Public Service in recognition of her service as member of the National Committee on Levee Safety where she worked to address levee challenges with an integrated risk management approach. Sam is a Juris Doctor graduate of Vermont Law School, has a Bachelor of Science in Government summa cum laude from Texas Woman’s University, and has been a Certified Floodplain Manager since 2001.
