Daniel (Dan) Burger is a founder and chair of the Charleston Resilience Network (CRN). CRN is a collaboration of public, private, and nonprofit organizations seeking to enhance the capacity of individuals, communities, businesses and institutions within the Charleston region to survive, adapt, and grow despite episodic natural disasters and chronic climate hazards and disruptions. Inspired by opportunities to connect social and technical science with public policy, Burger is committed to developing solutions to complex resource management and inter-governmental planning challenges. Since 2004, Burger has served in senior leadership positions for the South Carolina coastal zone management program. Burger serves on numerous policy, science and academic advisory boards and was nominated to the National Academy of Sciences Resilient America Roundtable in 2018. Burger is also a member of the American Society of Adaptation Professionals and the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. Before his work in South Carolina, Burger worked to advance environmental public policy and build the capacity of nonprofit organizations in Maryland. He is an honors graduate of McDaniel College and holds a master’s of public administration in urban public affairs from the College of Charleston.