Kelly Klima

Kelly Klima serves as associate program director for RAND’s Acquisition and Development Program for the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center. Klima has more than ten years of experience in quantitative and qualitative decision analysis for risk reduction. Her research supports community resilience for extreme heat and flooding and has been applied in locations such as New York City and the City of Pittsburgh. She holds a certified floodplain manager designation from the Association of State Floodplain Managers and a certified cost estimator/analyst certification from the International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association.