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
Allie Reilly
Lead Consultant, Climate, Resilience, and Sustainability, WSP USA
Allison Brooks
Executive Director, Bay Area Regional Collaborative (BARC)
Amanda Farris
Senior Program Manager, University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership
Ariane Laxo
Director of Sustainability, HGA Architects & Engineers
Ashlyn Shore
Science Editor, National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center
Beau Ryck
Consultant, Esri Inc.
Cameron Adams
Senior Policy Associate for Wildfire Resilience, The Nature Conservancy
Carmen Blackwood
Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute for Technology
Carol Considine
Director of Applied Projects, Old Dominion University/Institute for Coastal Adaptation & Resilience
Cynthia Naha
Environment Manager/Land Management Planner, NM TRAN and Pueblo of Isleta
Darren Long
Associate Director, Climate Resilience Fund
Debra Butler
Executive Director, American Society of Adaptation Professionals
Derek Kauneckis
Senior Resilience Analyst and Services Lead / Associate Research Faculty, ISeeChange / Desert Research Institute
Eliza Garcia
Program Coordinator, American Society of Adaptation Professionals
Heather Higinbotham Davies
Owner, Last Best Planet LLC
Jacob Blandford
Climate Adaptation Program Manager, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Jade Payne
Resilience Planning Project Manager, Dewberry
Jordan West
Senior Ecologist, EPA
Julie Conroy
Principal, Conroy Environmental
Karin Rogers
Director, UNC Asheville’s NEMAC
Kat Sisler
Health Scientist/Evaluator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kate Skaggs
Project Technical Lead/Climate Resilience Planner, CDM Smith – Climate Resilience Discipline
Kimberly Hall
Climate Change Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy
Kyla Bloyer
Communications Manager, American Society of Adaptation Professionals
Lara Hansen
Executive Director, EcoAdapt
Marc Coudert
Climate Resilience & Adaptation Manager, City of Austin Office of Resilience
Mark Rupp
Adaptation Program Director, Georgetown Climate Center
Maryellen Hearn
Resilience and Flood Risk Management Specialist, Pathways Climate Institute
Melissa Ocana
Climate Adaptation Coordinator, University of Massachusetts Amherst Extension
Michael Durglo
Historic Preservation Department Head, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Michelle Covi
Coastal Resilience DOD Liaison, University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
Olivia LeDee
Acting Federal Director, Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Pradeep Nair
Professor, Central University of Himachal Pradesh
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
Sherry Stout
Lab Program Manager, State Local Tribal Programs, NREL
Sienna Templeman
Senior Consultant – Climatology, WSP USA
Susan Asam
Vice President, Climate Planning, ICF
Susanne Moser
Director, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting
Vijaylaxsmi Kesavan
Climate Resilience Planner, Jacobs