The Planning Committee leads the strategic direction of the Forum and shapes the Forum program. Specifically, the Planning Committee develops themes and topics for the Call for Proposals, reviews proposal submissions, recruits speakers and attendees, develops the final program, assists with fundraising and sponsor recruitment, and recruits plenary speakers. The Planning Committee can be considered a combination of the previous Forum Steering and Program Committees.
Members are listed alphabetically by first name.
Addison Houston
Climate Adaptation Strategist, Seattle & King County – Public Health
Aimee Delach
Senior Policy Analyst, Defenders of Wildlife
Amanda Farris
Associate Director, University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership
Ariane Laxo
Director of Sustainability, HGA Architects & Engineers
Ashlyn Shore
Science Editor, National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center
Cameron Adams
Climate Adaptation and Marine Policy Advisor, The Nature Conservancy
Carmen Blackwood
Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute for Technology
Carrie Brown-Lima
Regional Administrator, Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
Carol Considine
Director of Applied Projects, Old Dominion University/Institute for Coastal Adaptation & Resilience
Heather Higinbotham
Owner, Last Best Planet LLC
Jade Payne
Resilience Planning Project Manager, Dewberry
Jordan West
Senior Ecologist, EPA
Julie Ulrich
Director of Urban Conservation, The Nature Conservancy
Karen Wolfgang
Executive Director, CO2 Foundation
Karin Rogers
Director, UNC Asheville’s NEMAC
Kat Sisler
Program Officer, Environment, The Kresge Foundation
Kate Skaggs
Project Technical Lead/Climate Resilience Planner, CDM Smith – Climate Resilience Discipline
Kelsey Irvine
Energy Programs Specialist, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Kendra White
Climate Resilience Planner, Cambridge Office of Sustainability
Kimberly Hall
Climate Change Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy
Lauren Miller
Vice President, Climate Resilience Practice leader, CDM Smith
Lara Hansen
Executive Director, EcoAdapt
Marc Coudert
Climate Resilience & Adaptation Manager, City of Austin Office of Resilience
Maryellen Hearn
Resilience and Flood Risk Management Specialist, Pathways Climate Institute
Melissa Ocana
Climate Adaptation Coordinator, University of Massachusetts Amherst Extension
Michelle Covi
Coastal Resilience DOD Liaison, University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
Sanjay Rajan
Co-founder, Climate Resilience Earth
Sascha Petersen
Director, Adaptation International
Scott Laursen
Climate Change Adaptation Extension Specialist, Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center
Sebastian Malter
Climate Resiliency Expert and Water Resources Engineer, CDM Smith
Sienna Templeman
Senior Consultant – Climatology, WSP USA
Susan Asam
Vice President, Climate Planning, ICF
Susanne Moser
Director, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting
Tamera Breidenbach
Independent Contributor
Tricia O’Keefe
Co-founder, Climate Resilient Earth
Vidya Balasubramanyam
Program Director, Coastal States Organization
Vijaylaxsmi Kesavan
Climate Resilience Planner, Jacobs