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. . o the demolition of 417 homes for the University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. Within hours of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina he was on site in Louisiana leading the project in East Baton Rouge. Mr. Wilson has since and is currently working on the Louisiana DOTD project and is responsible for the management ofthe project for debris removal that encompasses thirteen parishes. He has personally overseen the management of this project that accounts for the recovery of 2.2 million cubic yards of debris. Mr. Wilson has international project management experience that extends as far as Nogliki, Russia where he served as Civil Engineering Consultant to Exxon Mobil in the building of an airport, a project valued at $58 million. He was the Construction Manager managing and overseeing the installation of water and sewer infrastructure for an entire country in Central America o Eli Zatezalo is Director of Marine Services. Prior to joining DRC, Mr. Zatezalo was the Managing Partner of Blake Marine Group LLC, a marine based company specializing in salvage and brokerage as well as a partner in Gulf Coast Marine Recovery LLC. Mr. Zatezalo was residing in Biloxi, Mississippi when Hurricane Katrina made landfall. After surveying the extent of the damage he immediately went to work securing salvage, demolition and marine debris removal contracts. These included the opening/demolition of the Highway 90 Bascule Bridge in Bay St. Louis for the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), the marine based demolition and salvage contract for Harrah's Casino - Lake Charles and numerous salvage contracts for commercial vessels and barges. Mr. Zatezalo has been instrumental in the recovery of vessels in need of salvage due to past hurricanes. Before entering the salvage business, Mr. Zatezalo specialized in marine transportation of vessels via the load on / load off method utilizing ship based cranes. Previously he was a captain and engineer on vessels ranging in size from 72ft. to 211 ft. Since joining DRC, he has managed and supervised all marine debris projects including those in Monroe County, Florida and Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana as well as our extensive participation in U.S. Coast Guard projects on the Gulf Coast. He is also a veteran of the US Anny. Dr. Walter Maestri is Emergency Management Consultant. Dr. Maestri served for over a decade as Director of Emergency Management for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, playing a key role in preparation and evacuation planning for Louisiana's largest suburban parish. His expertise and experience have been utilized by federal and state emergency planners as well as nationwide news networks over the past ten years. Most recently, Dr. Maestri served the citizens of his parish and state with distinction during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, the nation's worst-ever natural disaster. He has authored over a dozen publications and presentations on emergency management, has ten different certifications from the Emergency Management Institute and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and holds a bachelors degree from Spring Hill College in Mobile, as well as a doctorate from the University of Southern Mississippi. Q Daniel Craig is Federal Emergency Management Consultant. Mr. Craig most recently served as Director of the Recovery Division for the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. He was appointed by President Bush in 2003 as the Director of the Recovery Division and was responsible for 4