As a result of her passion for organization, creation, and purpose, Ms. Srinivasan founded her company in 2006, to provide personalized services to federal agencies, states, local governments, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations with the goal of improving preparedness, reducing risk, and enhancing response and recovery capabilities in communities across the United States.

Ms. Srinivasan brings over 30 years of experience in policy consultation, project development and implementation, community and land use planning, stakeholder engagement, and public outreach. Her expertise lies in managing complex programs with federal, state, and local clients with the goal of improving disaster resiliency in communities. She directs all planning, outreach, disaster management, and grants management projects for VPC, and oversees marketing, business development, internal organization, and accounting for the firm.

Certified Planner, American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) | Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) | Member, American Planning Association (APA) | Graduate, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program | Fellow, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) | M.S., City and Regional Planning | B.A., Architecture

Mr. Pathade serves as Chief Technology Officer and has over 35 years of experience of providing software solutions that leverage his strong engineering background. Pat has extensive experience in putting together teams, designing, and building IT systems, and managing technology projects from initial conception through final deployment and customer acceptance. His expertise stretches over a wide variety of leading-edge technologies and enterprise application development platforms.

He is a certified Salesforce Cloud Consultant and Drupal Consultant and specializes in enterprise architecture. He has developed a business practice to provide comprehensive business and technology consulting services including long and short-term IT planning and strategy development, workflow and business process optimization, requirements analysis, systems integration, project management, and systems and network assessment.

Mr. Pathade is an expert in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and multiple languages and platforms including Alfresco Digital Business Platform, Drupal, Salesforce, Talend, Open EdX, the semantic technology stack, and other open-source products.

Andrew Estrain, Senior Project Manager and Planner at VPC, has over ten years of experience supporting Federal, state, county, and local governments through comprehensive planning, hazard mitigation planning, resilience planning, disaster preparedness and recovery, strategic planning, historic preservation, and stakeholder and public outreach and engagement projects.

Mr. Estrain specializes in working with communities and agencies to develop FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plans that are developed through specialized engagement techniques, local knowledge and technical analyses. His expertise focuses on the development of resilience-focused planning strategies that integrate hazard risk reduction, emergency preparedness, infrastructure considerations, and longterm community goals. Mr. Estrain specializes in translating technical information into understandable planning products and actions that connect community planning efforts with resilience, mitigation, and adaptation.

M.S., Geography – Regional Planning | B.S., Geography – Land Use and Environmental Planning | Member, American Planning Association – Maryland Chapter

Mr. Henry serves as Planner and Business Operations Manager, specializing in emergency planning, staffing and organizational support, and stakeholder engagement, with a focus on meeting and workshop facilitation.

Mr. Henry has over six years of experience supporting the development of emergency management and technical plans, After-Action Reports, and HSEEP-compliant tabletop exercises. He supports management of VPC's Disaster Response and Recovery Cadre, a pool of more than 100 highly qualified personnel spanning nearly every discipline in response and recovery operations, and helps lead proposal research, writing, and submission. As Business Operations Manager, Mr. Henry oversees day-to-day business operations, supports organizational efficiency, and coordinates administrative, financial, and business development activities to help ensure the firm operates effectively and delivers high-quality services.

B.S., Emergency Management | HSEEP Certified | ICS-100, 200, 300, 400, 700, 800 | Several FEMA Independent Study certifications

Ms. McCaw has more than 15 years of experience leading post-disaster response, long-term recovery planning, and community resilience initiatives across the United States, Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia. Her background includes managing complex, multi-country disaster risk reduction programs; overseeing major donor-funded recovery efforts; and supporting communities rebuilding after wildfire, storms, and public health emergencies. As a certified planner (AICP) with a Master of Urban Planning from Columbia University, she brings deep technical expertise in hazard mitigation, community engagement, and resilience-focused urban planning.

Throughout her career, Ms. McCaw has led teams implementing housing, water infrastructure, and agricultural recovery programs valued at more than $3.5 million, while also managing U.S. government–funded response and resilience initiatives with budgets totaling over $10 million. She is highly skilled in grant management, regulatory compliance, and financial oversight, and has developed numerous donor-facing reports, budget analyses, and program evaluations. Her work also includes facilitating Community Wildfire Protection Plans, developing risk-focused public outreach campaigns, and strengthening the capacity of local governments through training, damage assessment guidance, and stakeholder coordination.