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