Justin Casavant

Justin Casavant is a Staff Geographer at Dewberry with a B.S. in Geography conferred by The Pennsylvania State University.

Justin Casavant possesses over a decade of experience using ArcGIS. His experience at Dewberry is broad and diverse, supporting both riverine and coastal flood hazard studies from their origins in the field through post-production from New York to Florida. He was deployed to the field for high-water mark surveys and public assistance facilitation for federal disaster response and recovery missions after Tropical Storms Irene and Lee in 2011, and Hurricane Sandy in 2012. He has also supported other various hazard mitigation efforts, delivering mapping products for the Colorado Water Conversation Board and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission. Justin earned his accreditation as a Certified Floodplain Manager in 2009, demonstrating his knowledge of national standards and programs of floodplain management.

Staff Geographer at Dewberry

February 2008 - Present | Fairfax, VA

- Facilitates and reviews production of Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) products for National Flood Insurance Program - Assists with North Carolina LOMC (Letters of Map Change) Program, producing over 300 LOMRs (Letters of Map Revision) annually - Developed flood inundation zone maps and digital deliverables for Susquehanna River Basin Commission - Deployed for multiple coastal field reconnaissance missions throughout FEMA Regions II/III/IV - Surveyed and documented high water marks in New York after Tropical Storm Irene - Earned accreditation as Certified Floodplain Manager, demonstrating knowledge of national standards and programs of floodplain management - Participated in Partnership for Response and Recovery (PaRR) training for disaster recovery

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Intern at University of Pennsylvania

May 2002 - Present | Kennett Square, PA

- Maintained award-winning GIS database of over 1600 poultry farms and facilities - Worked with veterinary professionals and poultry industry executives - Ensured strict confidentiality of data in GIS - Asked to return for multiple summers

e-911 Geographic Information Systems Volunteer at Chester County DCIS/GIS

May 2003 - August 2003 | West Chester, PA

- Volunteered one day per week - Maintained GIS database of parcels for new e-911 system - Performed ground-truthing of addresses

Penn State University

2001 – 2007

B.S.

Concentration: Geography