Gary Heinrichs

Mr. Heinrichs is an experienced floodplain program manager with 28 years of proven success. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UW-Madison in natural resources communications and organizational management. Mr. Heinrichs has a demonstrated knowledge of state and federal regulations and organizational missions. He is a retired Wisconsin DNR Floodplain Management Team Leader and department representative on the state’s Hazard Mitigation Team. Mr. Heinrichs coordinated the federal National Flood Insurance Program in Wisconsin, and served as liaison to the FEMA Region V office and coordinated with FEMA regional staff and supervisors. He researched and prepared revisions to state statutes, administrative codes and model ordinances. Mr. Heinrichs wrote, edited and revised department training manuals, guidebooks, videos and other outreach materials. He provided training to department regional staff and other state staff. Mr. Heinrichs has worked successfully with a variety of professional organizations in the fields of floodplain management, flood insurance, zoning, planning and mitigation. He developed the administrative rules and structure for the state’s Municipal Flood Control Grant Program and served as technical review lead. Mr. Heinrichs served as past co-chair of ASFPM’s flood insurance committee. He’s currently an adjunct instructor for the federal Emergency Management Institute and a contract instructor for the Association of State Floodplain Managers.