Laura E. Hromadka
President

Professional Profile

Ms. Hromadka holds the position of President of the forensic engineering firm Hromadka & Associates. Her duties there include oversight of all corporate administration issues, policy decisions and strategic planning. She serves as a voting member of the Board of Directors, and is party to all company goals and objectives. Ms. Hromadka also serves as the Quality Control Manager. Additionally, she represents the firm for projects involving public information programs.

Until November, 2002, Ms. Laura Hromadka also served as the Executive Director of the Floodplain Management Association, a non-profit professional society representing the states of California and unofficially, Nevada in the promotion of flood safety, the reduction of flood loss, and the education of floodplain managers in all floodplain and watershed issues. In this capacity, she interacted with federal, state, and local agency representatives, such as FEMA, EPA, the California Department of Transportation, the Corps of Engineers, California Department of Water Resources, California Office of Emergency Services, and many local flood control and water districts, in addition to consultants and vendors.

Previously, Ms. Hromadka was employed by several engineering firms, where she provided public involvement program support and served as a quality control representative. Her public involvement experience includes the planning, coordination, and implementation of more than 10 public involvement or information programs involving public agencies, consultants, and the public. These projects include Master Plans of Drainage involvement programs, stormwater channel and drainage facility involvement programs, and reservoir and pump station projects. Ms. Hromadka also has extensive experience preparing technical reports and proposals, having served as the marketing associate for the water resources division in previous positions.

Ms. Hromadka is also the coordinator for the new journal sponsored by the Floodplain Management Association, the Journal of Floodplain Management, serving as copy and content editor. She is a contributor of articles to the Journal and several other professional publications.

Education

M.S., Environmental Studies, California State University, Fullerton, 1999
B.A., Communications (public relations emphasis), California State University, Fullerton, 1992

Memberships

International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2)
Floodplain Management Association (FMA)

Project Summary

Stormwater Information Management Systems/GIS
Santa Clarita Master Plan of Drainage and Environmental Systems (1997).

Computerized City MPDs
South Laguna Beach (1993)
Apple Valley (1991)

City MPD Computer Modeling Services
Garden Grove City MPD

Other Drainage Master Plans
San Sevaine Creek (60 square miles, 1994)

Sediment Transport Studies, Debris, Mud Floods, Transport Processes in Fluids
2003 Blow sand atmospheric transport, drought conditions, water availability, Palm Desert, California.
2002 Sediment transport and erosion near Honolulu, Hawaii.
2002 Sediment transport and deposition at Kirkland, New York.
2002 Sediment transport and mud flood, debris flow, on Catalina Island.
2002 Debris and sediment flow in Duck Creek, Las Vegas, Nevada.
2002 Sediment transport and mud flood on Catalina Island.
1999-2002 Sediment transport analysis at Amtrak train derailment, Kingman, Arizona.
2000 HEC-6 and GSTARS analysis of Lobecks Pass, California near Needles.
1999-2000 Transport of DDT in surface, groundwater, and atmosphere, Montrose, California.
1998 Analysis of Catalina Island debris, overflow of dam.
1997-1998 Erosion Analysis of Gila River in Vicinity of Gillespie Dam.
1997-1998 Gila River (Gillespie Dam failure mechanisms due to scour).
1997 Failure of 5 concrete dams near Quebec, Canada.
1996 Murrietta Creek Sediment Transport and Flood of Temecula
1996 San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Runoff Management Plan (RMP), involving 42 streams and rivers of various sizes, including analysis of water quality, sediment transport, runoff and mitigation.
1995 San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Erosion and Sediment Transport Study.
1993 Apple Valley Dry Lake environmental impacts analysis; transport effects.
1993 Aliso Creek (20 mile stream study).

Water Quality Studies, SWPPP, Monitoring Plans, RMPs, NPDES
2002 Water Quality Loadings and Permit Compliance, Caltrans Freeway, City of Upland, and San Antonio Lakes, California. SWPP. Pollutant loadings. Impact Analysis. Mitigation Measures.
2000 Analysis of gasoline transport in Mission Valley, San Diego, California.
1997 Evaluation of BMP usage in Southern California (Struble).
1997 DHM analysis of Newport Bay circulation, Newport Beach, California.
1996 Disney WESTCOT RMP (Runoff Management Plan).

Groundwater and Contaminant Transport Studies (Also see prior sections)
2003 Water Supply, soil water saturation, landscape methodology review, moisture accumulation, percolation tests, in Anaheim Hills, California.
2003 Analysis of releases, BTEX, MTBE, lead, groundwater flow, plume evolution, soil gas, soil TPH, CPT/LIF, Hydropunch data, at Mission Valley, San Diego, California.
2002 Usage of groundwater in Palm Desert, California, for control of blow sand.
2002 Modeling and analysis of Kaiser TDS plume in Ontario, California. Mercury. Percolation ponds.
1988 Apple Valley MPD Water Conservation and water resources study.

Flooding/Floodplain Inundation Studies/Dam-Break Analysis
2003 Evaluation of multiple flood control basins in series, runoff, design storm centering, percolation, San Antonio Lakes, Upland, California.
2003 Hurricanes, flood history, channel/overland flow, 1000 square mile catchment at Driscoll, Texas.
1996-1998 Failure analysis of Gillespie Dam, Phoenix, Arizona.
1990 City of Garden Grove/Santa Ana River Breakout analysis near Santa Ana Freeway, levees, dam, channels.

Professional Experience

President

Hromadka & Associates, Costa Mesa, California, Jan 2002-Present

Vice President

Integral Consultants, Inc., Costa Mesa, California, June 2001-Dec 2001

Scientist

Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Inc., Costa Mesa, California, May 1996-Feb 2001

Engineering Technician

Boyle Engineering Corporation, Newport Beach, California, April 1992-May 1996

Consultant

Williamson and Schmid Civil Engineers, Inc., Irvine, California, March 1984-April 1992

Publications

Hromadka, Laura E. July, 1999. An Examination of the Role of Public Information Programs in the Reduction of Non-point Source Pollution in Santa Monica Bay. Master’s Degree Project, California State University Fullerton, Advisor Dr. M. Lauren Ficaro.

Hromadka, Laura E. 2000. Watershed Management in Lake County, California. Journal of Floodplain Management, Floodplain Management Association. Vol.1 (2), 85-94. Mission Viejo, California.