Board of Directors

	Kelly Cobeen, President Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Emeryville, California (Term: 2021-2027) Appointed by the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California Other Board Affiliations: None.
	Seth Thomas, Vice President KPFF Consulting Engineers Portland, Oregon (Term: 2022-2028) Appointed by the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations Other Board Affiliations: None.
	Thomas A. DiBlasi, Secretary/Treasurer DiBlasi Associates, P.C. Monroe, Connecticut (Term: 2023-2026) Appointed by the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations Other Board Affiliations: Connecticut Building Congress Scholarship Fund, Inc.
	Maria E. Moreyra Garlock, Past President Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey (Term: 2020-2026) Appointed by the ATC Board Other Board Affiliations: American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Engineering Institute, Board of Governors
	Negar Elhami-Khorasani, At Large Member of the Executive Committee University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York (Term: 2023-2026) Appointed by the ATC Board Other Board Affiliations: University at Buffalo, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
	Michael T. Braund Degenkolb Engineers San Diego, California (Term: 2025-2028) Appointed by the Structural Engineers Association of San Diego Other Board Affiliations: TBD
	David Cocke Structural Focus Gardena, California (Term: 2024-2027) Appointed by the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California Other Board Affiliations: California Historical Building Safety Board University of California Seismic Advisory Board National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction
	Elizabeth English Waterloo Climate Institute Ontario, Canada (Term: 2024-2027) Appointed by the ATC Board Other Board Affiliations: None.
	John Hooper Magnusson Klemencic Associates Seattle, Washington (Term: 2024-2027) Appointed by the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers Other Board Affiliations: Seattle University, College of Science and Engineering, Dean’s Leadership Council
	Tracy Kijewski-Correa University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana (Term: 2025-2028) Appointed by the ATC Board Other Board Affiliations: None.
	John O'Brien PES Structural Engineers Atlanta, Georgia (Term: 2023-2026) Appointed by the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations Other Board Affiliations: Structural Engineers Association of Georgia
	Ahmad Rahimian WSP New York, New York (Term: 2021-2026) Appointed by the Structural Engineers Association of New York Other Board Affiliations: None.
	Ali Sumer Department of Health Care Access and Information Sacramento, California (Term: 2025-2028) Appointed by the Structural Engineers Association of Central California Other Board Affiliations: None.
	Elaina J. Sutley University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas (Term: 2024-2027) Appointed by the ATC Board Other Board Affiliations: American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Engineering Institute, Board of Governors

The following links direct to complete lists of former and current ATC Board Directors and Past Presidents.

Welcome to the ATC Team!

Michael Valley

As a former Principal at Magnusson Klemencic Associates in Seattle, Mike Valley comes to ATC with more than 30 years of structural engineering experience in new design, evaluation and retrofit of existing buildings, applied research, and codes and standards development. Mike’s design experience includes the landmark Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, and his research and development experience includes the FEMA 356 Prestandard and Commentary for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings, FEMA P-2012 Assessing Seismic Performance of Buildings with Configuration Irregularities (ATC-123 Project), and NIST GCR 10-917-9 Applicability of Nonlinear Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Modeling for Design (ATC-76-6 Project).

Mike also has extensive experience as an ATC consultant serving as a reviewer, a technical contributor, and Project Director on multiple ATC projects. We look forward to how Mike’s unique experiences as a successful team member will contribute to ATC projects in the future.

Michael Mahoney

Retired from federal service as a Senior Geophysicist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mike Mahoney comes to ATC with more than 30 years of experience in hazard mitigation program management and policy development, post-disaster response and recovery, and problem-focused research and development in support of FEMA’s efforts under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). He has led FEMA’s earthquake-related work with the International Code Council and has been involved with the development of national model codes and standards since 1984.

In his career at FEMA, Mike has led the development of countless major FEMA publications, including: FEMA 350 Recommended Seismic Design Criteria for New Steel Moment-Frame Buildings and its series of companion reports (ATC-41 Project series), FEMA P-58 Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings, Methodology and Implementation (ATC-58 Project series), FEMA P-695 Quantification of Building Seismic Performance Factors (ATC-63 Project), FEMA P-2018 Seismic Evaluation of Older Concrete Buildings for Collapse Potential (ATC-78 Project), and FEMA P-2090/NIST SP-1254 Recommended Options for Improving the Built Environment for Post-Earthquake Reoccupancy and Functional Recovery Time (ATC-137 Project). With Mike’s extensive knowledge of federal government programs, and past collaboration with state and local agencies, hazard mitigation partners, and code development organizations, we look forward to how his unique experiences will help serve ATC’s client needs and objectives in the future.