TIFF Structure
Steering Committee (SC)
TIFF is guided by a six-member SC composed of members from each partner agency. The TIFF SC enables access to accurate and reliable compound flood-related information for decision-makers at all levels through a collaborative planning approach and by utilizing quality data, robust models, and sound science.
Former Steering Committee Members:
- Samuel Rendon, Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
- Caimee Schoenbaechler, Manager, Coastal Science, TWDB
- Coraggio Maglio, P.E., Hydraulics and Hydrology Branch Chief, USACE-Galveston District (Currently at DCCM)
Technical Advisory Teams (TATs)
The TATs consist of groups of technical experts from academia, local, state, federal agencies and other organizations, which serve as the source of expertise guiding the TIFF project from vision to execution.
- Adaptation International
- AQUAVEO LLC
- Center for Space Research - UT Austin
- Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
- Coastal Emergency Risks Assessment - Louisiana State University
- DSI LLC
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Harris Country Flood Control District
- Harte Research Institute
- Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas, Texas A&M University-Galveston
- Iowa Flood Center
- January Advisors
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Weather Service
- National Weather Service - West Gulf River Forecast Center
- NOAA/National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
- Princeton University
- Region 5 Flood Planning Group (Neches River), Lamar University
- Seahorse Coastal Consulting
- Southwestern Division Office
- Texas A&M - Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas
- Texas A&M AgriLife/Community Health and Resource Management (CHARM)
- Texas A&M- College Station
- Texas A&M- Corpus Christi
- Texas A&M University- Kingsville
- Texas Advanced Computing Center
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Texas Department of Transportation
- Texas Disaster Information System
- Texas Division of Emergency Management
- Texas Floodplain Management Association
- Texas General Land Office
- Texas Natural Resources Information System
- Texas Spatial Reference Center, TAMU Corpus
- Texas Water Development Board
- The University of Iowa
- The University of Texas at Austin
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- The Water Institute of the Gulf
- United States Geological Survey
- United States Naval Academy
- University of Central Florida
- University of Georgia
- University of Houston
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of North Florida
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Texas - Arlington
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- US Army Corps of Engineers - Engineer Research and Development Center
- US Army Corps of Engineers - Fort Worth District
- US Army Corps of Engineers – Galveston District
- US Army Corps of Engineers - Hydrologic Engineering Center
- US Geological Survey
- Utah Water Research Laboratory - Utah State University
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- Virginia Tech
- West Consultants
Facilitation Team
The TIFF Project is supported by a facilitation team from The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment that provide pre- and post-meeting facilitation, support for offline collaboration, and stakeholder engagement.
