In 2011, Mr. Berginnis joined the staff of the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM). For more than 30 years, his work has focused on floodplain management, hazard mitigation, and land use planning at the state, local and private sector levels. As a state official, Chad worked in the Ohio Floodplain Management Program and was Ohio’s State Hazard Mitigation Officer. As a local official, he administered planning, economic development and floodplain management programs in Perry County, Ohio. In the private Sector, he was the national Practice Leader in hazard mitigation for Michael Baker Jr. Inc. Chad has served in an ASFPM volunteer leadership capacity for over a decade as ASFPM as Insurance Committee Chair, Mitigation Policy Committees’ Coordinator, Vice Chair, and Chair. He has a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources from Ohio State University.