You are certainly correct! KC, with his systems engineering expertise and concern about the recovery, is a great contributor to CHAT and to the State of Louisiana during its reconstruction. We are very lucky to have him too!

Moreover, all the hard-core CHAT members have worked so diligently and well as a team to make these CHAT-recommended improvements in the Road Home Program accepted by RH officials. It takes a team of talented and dedicated people to do what CHAT has been doing. What’s most impressive is that y’all are doing this despite all the stresses, burdens, and extra tasks in your post-Katrina life.

My great thanks to all of you,

Melanie

Congratulations to KC, to Melanie Ehrlich for her continued contributions to this cause, and to Ed Krause for his work as well. Congrats CHAT!

However, the original idea came from Ed Krause. Ed Krause is an executive with Louisiana Deloitte Services (formerly worked with Bearing). Recently, Ed has given me permission to mention his role in this initiative. Ed is the one who approached CHAT in March after hearing Frank Silvestri and me on a radio show sounding so hopeless about needed reforms of the Road Home Program. He then met with us and gave us the idea of an in-flight review, the blueprint for it, and the assurance that the in-flight could be a strong remedy for RHP ills. He never pushed his industry connections on us in any way.

Ed Krause made a choice to stay in NO rather than leave when his former company left LA. He was happy to learn that the in-flight review has started at last. He is a committed and sincere individual. We need more industry people like him in LA.

Melanie Ehrlich
Co-Chairman, Citizen’ Road Home Action Team (CHAT)

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