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
Heather Repenning serves as Executive Officer of Sustainability Policy at LA Metro, where she helps direct a team focused on reducing climate emissions and supporting sustainable communities at an agency serving a population of 10 million and investing $52 billion throughout LA
With over 20 years of service to the City of LA, Aaron became the City’s Chief Resilience Officer in March, 2019. In that role, he is charged with helping to implement Resilient LA, the City’s robust resilience plan by working with City
Tao Wang is Senior Climate Change and Environmental Specialist at the World Bank. He brings over 20 years of experience on climate change policy, strategy and finance. Mr. Wang is currently leading climate change engagements in Southeast Asia countries: advising governments to develop long term low emission
John McAuliff is the Senior Climate Advisor for the Rural Business-Cooperative Service. Prior to joining Rural Development, he served as a policy advisor at Clean Virginia, a clean energy thinktank and utility watchdog in Charlottesville, Virginia, and several years as a Chief
Aaron Fuller graduated in 1996 from Howard University with a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, focusing on Environmental Engineering. In 2000, he obtained an M.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Clemson University. At the University of Stuttgart, in Stuttgart, Germany, Mr. Fuller graduated with