Patricia Skinner
Pat Skinner is a Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Specialist with the LSU AgCenter Cooperative Extension. She began working with Extension during an HMGP-funded Amite River Basin project to demonstrate elevation of homes with their slabs, and continues to develop disaster preparedness, recovery and mitigation educational materials. She advocates better risk education for people who live and work in levee-protected areas and areas that will see increased hazards through climate change and sea level rise. She authored the “Levees” article for PERI’s 2006 Yearbook.
Skinner is a member of the Louisiana Floodplain Management Association, co-chaired the ASFPM Floodproofing and Retrofitting Committee for 15 years, and is past chair and current web manager for the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN). Her educational programs are delivered primarily through interagency networking, the Louisiana House Resource Center on campus, and through a series of LSU AgCenter websites, including the “Rebuilding” section of LSUAgCenter.com/Home, which doubled as The Road Home’s rebuilding information resource for Katrina/Rita recovery. Her most recent developments are in the interactive mapping for flood and wind hazards as those affect home construction. These sites can be found at www.lsuagcenter.com/floodmaps and maps.lsuagcenter.com.
Skinner’s bachelor's and master's degrees are in Biochemistry and Zoology (Genetics), respectively, both conferred by Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
