Bob Freitag is a Senior Instructor and Director of the Institute for Hazards Mitigation Planning and Research (IHMP). The University of Washington Institute for Hazards Mitigation is an interdisciplinary academic Institute housed in the Department of Urban Design and Planning within the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington. He is the past Executive Director of the Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup and past member of the Association of State Floodplain Managers’ Board of Directors. Bob is also a Certified Floodplain Manager. He has published many articles and written courses for FEMA and others concerning hazards mitigation and floodplain management, and was lead author of “Floodplain Management: a new approach for a new era” (Island Press 2009). Before coming to the University, he had a 25-year career with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) serving as Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO); Public Assistance, Mitigation and Education Officer. Prior to FEMA he was employed by several private architectural and engineering consultant firms in Hawaii and Australia, and taught science as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines. Freitag received his Master of Urban Planning degree from the University of Washington.
Research Theme: Design & Building
Built environment scholarship at the scales of the interior space to the building
Roark Congdon
Roark Congdon is an instructor of technology, drawing, and art history at several colleges and universities in Seattle. He has taught 3D modeling, rendering, sculpture, drawing, art history, and design at the university and high school levels in both in the U.S. and China for over 15 years.
Congdon is a McNeel certified Rhinoceros trainer, and the author of Architectural Model Building, Tools, Techniques, and Materials.
H. Pike Oliver
H. Pike Oliver focuses on advancing sustainable development. Early in his career, Pike worked for public agencies, including the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research where he was principal contributor to An Urban Strategy for California (1978.) For the next three decades, he worked on master-planned communities at the Irvine Ranch in Southern California and other properties in western North America and abroad. Prior to relocating to Seattle in 2013, Pike taught real estate development at Cornell University and directed the undergraduate program in urban and regional studies. He is a graduate of the urban studies and planning program at San Francisco State University and holds a master’s degree in urban planning from UCLA. Pike serves on the Thriving Communities Task Force of the Urban Land Institute’s Northwest District Council.