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Micahel F. Park
Chief of Task Force Hope
Michael F. Park became the Chief of Task Force Hope in Louisiana, part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division in January 2011. He is responsible for overseeing the Corps’ $14.6 billion Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System work in New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana, and the long-term planning of coastal restoration and hurricane damage reduction.
Prior to this position, Park served as the Deputy Director of Task Force Hope, exercising programmatic oversight and management of the hurricane system for the Greater New Orleans area.
In October 2005 Park joined the executive team for the Louisiana Recovery Field Office (LA-RFO) for the response and recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and served as the Director of the LA-RFO from June 2006 to July 2007. In this role Park led a $2.9 billion Public Works and Engineering response and recovery program in a 40-parish area of South Louisiana.
Park earned a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a master’s degree in Engineering Management, both from the University of New Orleans. Park has worked for the Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans since 1985. He served 20 years in the New Orleans District Operations Division, where he occupied several key positions, including Acting Chief of Operations Division.
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