Speakers

Norma Jean Mattei, PhD, PE, is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New Orleans. President Biden recently appointed Mattei to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC). She just completed ten years as one of two civilian civil engineer Commissioners on the Mississippi River Commission (MRC), nominated by President Obama. She was 2017 President of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), chairing that organization’s Board of Direction that year. She currently serves as the President, Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute (COPRI) and locally serves on the ASCE New Orleans’ Chapter of the Structural Engineering Institute, and several non-profit organizations such as the Water Institute of the Gulf and GNOSTEM. Norma Jean also has served in the past on several National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) committees and task forces, most recently serving as chair of the Board-level NCEES Education Committee and is an Emeritus Member of NCEES. She was named by the Governor of Louisiana to LAPELS, Louisiana’s licensing board for professional engineers, serving as Chairman of the LAPELS Board in 2011-12. She, her husband, two engineer daughters and engineer son-in-law all reside in New Orleans.