LAUREL, MD – July 15, 2009 – Engineering consulting firm Greenhorne & O'Mara (G&O) announces the hiring of William Zung, CFM.  Mr. Zung will manage a new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Regional Support Center in Kansas City, MO, in conjunction with the Strategic Alliance for Risk Reduction (STARR) Joint Venture team, of which G&O is a partner.  STARR is assisting the FEMA Risk Mapping, Assessing, and Planning (Risk MAP) project for FEMA Region VII (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska).

G&O will be involved in collecting new digital flood hazard data, creating maps and other Risk MAP products, and promoting partnerships with local communities, states, and other groups to help reduce the risk of floods and improve flood planning in Region VII and across the country.

Mr. Zung has more than 10 years of private sector hydrologic and hydraulic engineering experience. During that time, he has worked on several projects for FEMA, including the Map Modernization (MapMod) program, National Flood Insurance program, and MapMod Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map program.

"Having Will head up our new Kansas City office is a great benefit to G&O. He has worked in the area for more than 10 years and knows the challenges the region faces," said Vince DiCamillo, CFM, Senior Vice President, Water and Environment (W&E).

Mr. Zung earned a M.S. degree in Water Resources Science from the University of Kansas, and a B. S. degree in Geology from the University of Missouri-Rolla. He is a member of the Association of State Floodplain Managers, the Kansas Association of Floodplain Managers, and the Missouri Floodplain and Stormwater Managers Association.

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 18 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.