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
Senior Resilience Specialist, Arcadis

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