Francine Locke leads Delaware County as their first Chief Sustainability Officer, serving 576,830 residents in 49 municipalities located in the 5th most populous county in Pennsylvania. Francine operationalizes sustainability through overseeing the Planning Department, Public Works, Facilities, Fleet Management, Parks & Recreation
Julianah is the Environmental Programs Superintendent at City of Frisco, where she’s been for the past 7 years. She has her Bachelor’s from University of Oregon (2013) in Environmental Studies. At College of Charleston she obtained her Masters in Public Administration with
Holding degrees in both interior design and architecture from Texas Tech University, Nicole has leveraged her background in design and systems thinking to launch a career building better, stronger, more prosperous communities. In 2007, she founded Uncommon LLC, a private consulting firm,
Ted Chung is a FUSE Executive Fellow working in the Office of Resiliency for the City of Austin. He leads coordination with external partners, like non-profits organizations, places of worship, and private businesses, to support and expand Austin’s Resilience Hub Network. He
Karen Burney-Green is a Chief Resilience Officer and Project Liaison with Charleston County Government. She is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and serves on the board for the Charleston Project Management Institute as the Vice President of Finance with a
Katherine Hagemann is the Climate Adaptation & Resilience Planner of the City of San Rafael. The majority of her work focuses on strengthening the city’s resilience to the impacts of climate change, such as sea level rise and extreme weather events, and on
Kelsey Rader is the City of Albuquerque’s first Sustainability Officer, leading City efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for changing climate conditions. Over the last several years, she has had the opportunity to work with many New Mexico-based organizations and
Julia Chase is the City of San Diego’s first Chief Resilience Officer where she oversees the implementation of its climate adaptation and resilience plan, Climate Resilient SD. Julia is a certified sustainability practitioner with over eight years of experience in climate and natural resource
Erin Garnaas-Holmes leads climate adaptation planning for the District of Columbia with the Department of Energy and Environment’s Urban Sustainability Administration. He coordinates implementation of Climate Ready DC, the District’s plan to prepare for the impacts of a changing climate, and Keep
Adrion Perez is formerly a Federal Funds Recovery Coordinator & Capital Projects Fund Manager for the New Jersey Governor’s Disaster Recovery Office, from January 2022 to May 2023. Adrion served in this role during two active Presidential declarations of a major disaster