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

Carol Considine
Director of Applied Projects, Old Dominion University/Institute for Coastal Adaptation & Resilience

Darren Long
Associate Director, Climate Resilience Fund

Heather Higinbotham Davies
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
Health Scientist/Evaluator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Kate Skaggs
Project Technical Lead/Climate Resilience Planner, CDM Smith – Climate Resilience Discipline

Kendra White
Climate Resilience Planner, Cambridge Office of Sustainability

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

Shamar Bibbins
Managing Director-Environment Program, Kresge Foundation

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