Gregory C. Rigamer

In 1979, Gregory C. Rigamer established GCR & Associates, Inc. as a full-service professional firm with expertise in urban and transportation planning, aviation and civil engineering, and managerial consulting. GCR employs a staff of over 100 professionals and specializes in building information management systems to support critical decision-making processes for an international client base. As CEO, Mr. Rigamer has diligently guided the expansion of the firm’s knowledge base to encompass such diverse areas as demographic analysis and forecasting, criminal justice reporting for courts and law enforcement agencies, information systems for broadcasting and reporting election results, process and chemistry data management for nuclear power plants, financial management applications for government and private entities, and large scale facility inventory systems for institutional property owners.

Mr. Rigamer and GCR have been intricately involved in both response and recovery initiatives throughout Louisiana since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Under his direction, GCR published early estimates of people, households, and communities impacted by storm surges and flood waters throughout Louisiana. Additionally, working in concert with the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency, FEMA, the Bring New Orleans Back Commission, and the Louisiana Recovery Authority, GCR established the financial impact to housing throughout Louisiana that was subsequently used to frame the housing recovery program funded by the Community Development Block Grant program. As a demographer, Mr. Rigamer was retained by the U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Louisiana to evaluate alleged disparities in the post-Katrina jury system. He also served as a strategic consultant for the Louisiana Secretary of State during the highly contentious 2006 New Orleans mayor’s race, the first election in the city after Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Rigamer’s demographic assessments and election models were used to demonstrate that a fair and equitable election could be held. The courts agreed, the election was held, and the process was as predicted. The outcome was not contested.

In the late 1990s, Mr. Rigamer began providing consulting services on local elections in New Orleans and the surrounding region. Under his direction, the firm built advanced technological tools to gather, manage, and evaluate constituent data for use in political campaigns and strategic civic initiatives. Within the State of Louisiana, Mr. Rigamer served as a key strategist for the 2002 campaign of US Senator Mary Landrieu, the 2003 campaign of Governor Kathleen Blanco, the 2004 campaign of US Senator David Vitter, and the 2007 campaign of Governor Bobby Jindal. Mr. Rigamer has also provided strategic advice and direction to many successful legislative and municipal campaigns.

VIDEOS

Greg Rigamer: Recovery of New Orleans 2009