Areas of Expertise

• Organizational Management
• Project Management
• Interagency Coordination (federal programs)
• Interagency Coordination (state programs)
• FEMA HMA Grant Program Administration
• NFIP State Coordinator Role (and expected activities)
• CAP-SSSE Administration
• CRS Participation
• Floodplain Management Standards, Building Codes and Land-use Regulations
• Flood Hazard Mitigation Techniques (general)
• Post-Disaster Floodplain Management
• State Hazard Mitigation Planning
• Local Hazard Mitigation Planning

Participating Activities

• One-on-One Mentoring
• Group Mentoring
• Situational Mentoring
• Ask a Mentor

FEMA Region

Time Worked in State Floodplain Management

Total Time in Floodplain Management

Time Worked in State Hazard Mitigation

Total Time in Hazard Mitigation

Professional Biography

Joy Duperault is director of the Commonwealth’s Flood Hazard Management Program, overseeing the implementation of the National Flood Insurance Program in coordination with Massachusetts’ more than 340 NFIP communities. Her responsibilities include NFIP technical assistance, review of state floodplain projects, outreach and training for local officials, and general coordination with other state agencies and organizations on floodplain management issues. Joy is also the deputy State Hazard Mitigation Officer, working with the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency to implement federal disaster grant programs, as well as to integrate mitigation planning activities with local floodplain management practices. She has been a Certified Floodplain Manager since 2009, and is currently a co-chair for the ASFPM Flood Mitigation Committee.

Joy was formerly the state NFIP coordinator and deputy mitigation officer for the State of Florida, where she resided for 40 years. In that position, she also served as Secretary for the ASFPM Executive Board from 2012 until 2014. Joy has in-depth experience working on administrative and organizational tasks including policymaking, development of by-laws and strategic planning, program development and delivery, grant writing and management, and budget preparation and reports.

Her work in emergency management began in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley in 2004, and her background includes government and non-profit work in the fields of environmental education and human services.