Alessandra Jerolleman

Alessandra Jerolleman is the Disaster Resilience and Adaptation senior fellow at the Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network and the part-time director of Research for the Center for Environment, Land and Law, at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. She previously served as an Associate Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program in Emergency Management at Jacksonville State University. Jerolleman supported the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Climate Adaptation Science Centers as the National Climate Justice Lead from 2023-2025. She is a community resilience specialist and applied researcher at the Lowlander Center with expertise in disaster recovery, risk reduction, and hazard policy. She has published several books and articles including: The Relationship between Persons and Property: Implications for Climate Change and Resettlement. She has a long history of working with the public, private, and nonprofit sectors; as well as tribal nations. Her experience includes: independent research on disaster risk reduction and hazard mitigation; lead grant writer and emergency planner for the First Peoples’ Conservation Council; community based resilience planning across the United States; working with Save the Children USA following hurricanes and tornadoes, on a resilience initiative; hazard mitigation planning at the local, state and campus level; community education and outreach regarding mitigation measures and preparedness; development of collaborative networks among practitioners; and, delivery of training and education.