Samantha Medlock
Samantha A. Medlock, J.D., CFM, is Policy Counsel 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 in service to ASFPM’s members and mission. Sam has more than twenty years of experience in land use law, hazard mitigation, and environmental policy working with stakeholders, regulators, and utilities, and with disaster recovery teams in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua following Hurricane Mitch.
Prior to joining ASFPM staff, Sam led numerous initiatives to promote safer development standards and mitigate flood risk, including co-authoring the first law review article to tackle NAI legal issues, *Mitigating Misery: Land Use and Protection of Property Rights Before the Next Big Flood*. In 2010, Sam received the Army Commander's Award for Public Service in recognition of her service as member of the National Committee on Levee Safety, working to address levee challenges in an integrated risk management approach. She has provided invited testimony in Congress on the National Flood Insurance Program, flood risks associated with levees, and recent flood disasters. 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.
Sam is based in the Washington, DC area, where she has been serving ASFPM members and mission since 2008.
Related Resources from Samantha Medlock
Mitigating Misery: Land Use and Protection of Property Rights Before the Next Big Flood
With Edward Thomas
Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, 2008