Credits - ABAG Tools for Businesses to Tame Disasters
Principal Authors

Jeanne B. Perkins - Earthquake Program Manager, Association of Bay Area Governments
Koji Peterson - Research Assistant - Association of Bay Area Governments (responsible for web page design of the Toolkit and development of the quizzes)

Technical and Programming Assistance
Brian Kirking - Senior Planner and Analyst, Engineer, Association of Bay Area Governments (responsible for JavaScript programming)

ABAG Management

Eugene Y. Leong - Executive Director
Gerald Raycraft - Planning Director
Earthquake Hazard Outreach Review Committee

Nancy Nadel - Committee Chair - Vice Mayor, City of Oakland
Scott Anderson / Tom Anderson - Anderson-Niswander Construction
Carrie Barnecut - California Office of Emergency Services, Earthquake Program (until July 2003)
Coleen Bell - City of Oakland Fire Department / Office of Emergency Services
Jack Boatwright - Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey
David Bonowitz - Structural Engineer
Pat Buscovich - Structural Engineer, Pat Buscovich and Associates
Arrieta Chakos - Chief of Staff, Office of the City Manager, Berkeley
Howard Cook - Bay Area Retrofit Construction
Dave Johnson / Jim Curtis - Oakland Commerce Corporation
Stephan Kiefer - Building Official, City of Livermore
Keith Knudsen - Geologist, California Geological Survey
Laurence Kornfield / Zan Turner - Dept. of Building Inspection, City & County of San Francisco
Dan Lunsford - Emergency Services Manager, City of San Leandro
James Russell - Codes Consultant
Doug Sandy / Amy Gaver - American Red Cross - Bay Area
William Schock - Building Official, City of San Leandro
Fred Turner - Structural Engineer, California Seismic Safety Commission
Frannie Winslow / Earl Stevens - Office of Emergency Services, City of San Jose
ABAG, the Association of Bay Area Governments, is the regional planning and services agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. The writing and production of the materials and reports of this page and the others in this section of the ABAG Earthquake Program web site were funded in large part by Grant No. 01-HQGR-0214 from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as well as by the Association of Bay Area Governments. Some additional funding related to retrofit of single-family homes was received from the American Red Cross Bay Area through a grant from the Allstate Foundaion. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors (as defined above) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies. Last updated 4/1/04 by jbp.