Speakers and Presenters

Daniel Aldrich, Northeastern University

• Building Social Capital to Reduce Disaster Risk and Promote Resilience

William Anderson, Transportation Research Board at the National Academies

• Paving the Way to Community Resilience: The Role of Transportation

David Applegate, U.S. Geological Survey

• Plenary: Funding Evidence-Based and Action-Oriented Initiatives
• Grand Challenges for Disaster Reduction

Sudha Arlikatti, Rabdan Academy

• Changing Contexts, Changing Climates

Katie Arrington, Boulder County

• Building Social Capital to Reduce Disaster Risk and Promote Resilience

Kayode Atoba, Texas A&M University

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks

Lauren Alexander Augustine, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

• Plenary: Communicating Knowledge. Sparking Action?

Gonzalo Bacigalupe, CIGIDEN

• Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes

Mary Baker, Nebraska Emergency Management Agency

• Just Keep Learning: Schools and Education During Disasters

Debra Ballen, Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety

• Overcoming Obstacles, Incentivizing Action

Chris Barth, U.S. Bureau of Land Management

• WiRē: Uniting Research and Practice to Address “Last-Mile” Wildfire Problems

Daniel Bass, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Learn, Plan, Build, Mitigate: Reduce the Risk

Rebecca Beavers, National Park Service

• Changing Contexts, Changing Climates

Julia Becker, Massey University

• International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction
• Large-Scale Disasters: Planning, Response, and Recovery

Doug Bellomo, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Mitigation Investments and Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program
• Natural Defenses: Ecological Approaches to Hazards Mitigation

DeeDee Bennett, University of Nebraska Omaha

• Taking Stock: The Gender and Disaster Network Turns Twenty

Ellen Berggren, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Collaborating for Community Resilience

Chad Berginnis, Association of State Floodplain Managers

• Mitigation Investments and Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program

Philip Berke, Texas A&M University

• A Guidebook + A Scorecard = An Integrative Framework for Community Resilience

Cherrie Black, Idaho National Laboratory

• Collaborating for Community Resilience

Neil Blais, Blais & Associates

• Overcoming Obstacles, Incentivizing Action

Nicole Boothman-Shepard, AECOM

• Paving the Way to Community Resilience: The Role of Transportation

Dana Brechwald, Association of Bay Area Governments

• Changing Contexts, Changing Climates

Hannah Brenkert-Smith, University of Colorado Boulder

• WiRē: Uniting Research and Practice to Address “Last-Mile” Wildfire Problems

R. J. Briggs, Praedicat

• When the Ground Shakes: Induced Seismicity in the United States

Bill Brown, Association of State Floodplain Managers

• Natural Defenses: Ecological Approaches to Hazards Mitigation

Katherine Browne, Colorado State University

• Who Lives Here? Locating and Leveraging Culture to Support Community Resilience

Jon Caime, Laurens County, South Carolina

• Collaborating for Community Resilience

Erin Capps, H2O Partners, Inc.

• Learn, Plan, Build, Mitigate: Reduce the Risk

Stephen Cauffman, National Institute of Standards and Technology

• A Guidebook + A Scorecard = An Integrative Framework for Community Resilience

Veronica Cedillos, Applied Technology Council

• Just Keep Learning: Schools and Education During Disasters

Arrietta Chakos, Urban Resilience Strategies

• Disaster Spending and Budgeting in the United States

Robert Chen, Columbia University

• Keeping Count: Deaths, Damage, and Dollars Lost from Disasters

Ryan Colker, National Institute of Building Sciences

• Overcoming Obstacles, Incentivizing Action

Santina Contreras, University of Southern California

• First-Timers’ Orientation

John Cooper Jr., Texas A&M University

• Planning for More Just, Resilient, and Vibrant Communities

Shannon Cunniff, Environmental Defense Fund

• Natural Defenses: Ecological Approaches to Hazards Mitigation

Flozell Daniels, Foundation for Louisiana

• Plenary: Funding Evidence-Based and Action-Oriented Initiatives

Nicole Dash, University of North Texas

• Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves, Version 2.0

Magdalena Denham, Sam Houston State University

• Just Keep Learning: Schools and Education During Disasters

Sarah DeYoung, University of Georgia

• Gender and Disasters Roundtable

Alexa Dietrich, Wagner College

• Who Lives Here? Locating and Leveraging Culture to Support Community Resilience

Jerome Dinakar, FEMA Youth Preparedness Council

• Plenary: Taking Action in Communities Vulnerable to Disaster

Renee Domingo, Kaiser Permanente

• Large-Scale Disasters: Planning, Response, and Recovery

Simone Domingue, University of Colorado Boulder

• Student Orientation
• What’s it Worth? Assessing Social Return on Investment

Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times

• Plenary: Communicating Knowledge. Sparking Action?

Michelle Dovil, Howard University

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks

Asia Dowtin, University of Delaware

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks

Skip Edel, National Park Service

• Plenary: Jumping Across the Digital Divide—Innovative Approaches for Action

David Eisenman, University of California, Los Angeles

• Big Lights, Big Cities, and Big Plans for Disaster Resilience

Stuart Ellsworth, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

• When the Ground Shakes: Induced Seismicity in the United States

Chris Emrich, University of Central Florida

• Advancing Research and Applications to Improve Risk Reduction

Ann-Margaret Esnard, Georgia State University

• Plenary: Taking Action in Communities Vulnerable to Disaster

Eliot Evans, U.S. Air Force

• Large-Scale Disasters: Planning, Response, and Recovery

Jonathan Eyer, University of Southern California

• Managing Disaster-Related Migration: Lessons from Katrina and Fukushima

Shirley Feldmann-Jensen, California State University, Long Beach

• Teaching and Learning Roundtable

Woodrow Fields, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Public Alerts and Warnings for Dam and Levee Emergencies

Colin Foard, The Pew Charitable Trusts

• Disaster Spending and Budgeting in the United States

Maureen Fordham, University College London

• Taking Stock: The Gender and Disaster Network Turns Twenty

Suzanne Frew, The Frew Group

• Social Media and Disasters Roundtable
• Serious Games: Community Priorities for Rebuilding

Melanie Gall, Arizona State University

• Keeping Count: Deaths, Damage, and Dollars Lost from Disasters

Gerald Galloway, University of Maryland

• Large-Scale Disasters: Planning, Response, and Recovery

Emel Ganapati, Florida International University

• Building Social Capital to Reduce Disaster Risk and Promote Resilience

Philip Ganderton, University of New Mexico

• Overcoming Obstacles, Incentivizing Action

Patricia Gavelda, Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

• Planning for More Just, Resilient, and Vibrant Communities

Brandi Gilbert, Urban Institute

• Big Lights, Big Cities, and Big Plans for Disaster Resilience

Duane Gill, Oklahoma State University

• Methods and Ethics for All Roundtable

Denise Gilliam, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Plenary: Funding Evidence-Based and Action-Oriented Initiatives

June Gin, Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center

• LA SAFE: Louisiana’s Strategic Adaptations for Future Environments

Jonathan Godt, U.S. Geological Survey

• Advancing Research and Applications to Improve Risk Reduction

Jennifer Goldsmith-Grinspoon, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves, Version 2.0

Jamie Gomez, West Region Wildfire Council

• WiRē: Uniting Research and Practice to Address “Last-Mile” Wildfire Problems

Sophie Guilbault, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

• Large-Scale Disasters: Planning, Response, and Recovery

Eleanore Hajian, Department of Homeland Security

• A Guidebook + A Scorecard = An Integrative Framework for Community Resilience

Tim Haney, Mount Royal University

• Teaching and Learning Roundtable

Edward Hecker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Collaborating for Community Resilience

Marccus Hendricks, University of Maryland, College Park

• In Need of Repair: Aging Infrastructure, Growing Demands

Jaimie Hicks Masterson, Texas A&M University

• A Guidebook + A Scorecard = An Integrative Framework for Community Resilience

Lori Hodges, Larimer County Office of Emergency Management

• Building Social Capital to Reduce Disaster Risk and Promote Resilience

Susanna Hoffman, Hoffman Consulting

• Taking Stock: The Gender and Disaster Network Turns Twenty

William Hooke, American Meteorological Society

• Keeping Count: Deaths, Damage, and Dollars Lost from Disasters

Tom Hughes, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

• Partnering with Practitioners Roundtable
• Planning for More Just, Resilient, and Vibrant Communities

Kanako Iuchi, IRIDes

• Managing Disaster-Related Migration: Lessons from Katrina and Fukushima

Pamela Jenkins, University of New Orleans

• LA SAFE: Louisiana’s Strategic Adaptations for Future Environments

Sangman Jeong, Kongju National University

• International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction

Alessandra Jerolleman, Lowlander Center

• Partnering with Practitioners Roundtable

Sissel Jore, University of Stavanger

• Taking Stock: The Gender and Disaster Network Turns Twenty

Grace Kang, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center

• Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes

Jack Kartez, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• In Need of Repair: Aging Infrastructure, Growing Demands

James Kendra, University of Delaware

• The Legacy of Enrico L. (Henry) Quarantelli

John Kiefer, University of New Orleans

• Making the Case: Legal and Political Considerations in the New Administration

Kenji Koshiyama, Kansai University

• Managing Disaster-Related Migration: Lessons from Katrina and Fukushima

Paul Kovacs, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

• Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes

Richard Krajeski, Lowlander Center

• Gender and Disasters Roundtable

Shirley Laska, Lowlander Center

• Inclusion and Empowerment in Disaster Risk Reduction

William Leith, U.S. Geological Survey

• When the Ground Shakes: Induced Seismicity in the United States

Marc Levitan, National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Grand Challenges for Disaster Reduction

Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times

• Plenary: Communicating Knowledge. Sparking Action?

Mark Lorando, New Orleans Times-Picayune

• Plenary: Communicating Knowledge. Sparking Action?

Hans Louis-Charles, University of Nebraska Omaha

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks

William Lovekamp, Eastern Illinois University

• Inclusion and Empowerment in Disaster Risk Reduction

Timothy Lovell, Disaster Resilience Network

• What’s it Worth? Assessing Social Return on Investment

Michael Lowder, U.S. Department of Transportation

• Paving the Way to Community Resilience: The Role of Transportation

Allison Madera, University of Colorado Natural Hazards Center

• Student Orientation

Janiele Maffei, California Earthquake Authority

• Paving the Way to Community Resilience: The Role of Transportation

Mollie Mahany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Grand Challenges for Disaster Reduction

Julie Maldonado, Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network

• Who Lives Here? Locating and Leveraging Culture to Support Community Resilience

Anya Malkov, The Pew Charitable Trusts

• Disaster Spending and Budgeting in the United States

Forrest Masters, University of Florida

• Learn, Plan, Build, Mitigate: Reduce the Risk

Joel Max, Larimer County Office of Emergency Management

• A Guidebook + A Scorecard = An Integrative Framework for Community Resilience

Keely Maxwell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Plenary: Jumping Across the Digital Divide—Innovative Approaches for Action
• Who Lives Here? Locating and Leveraging Culture to Support Community Resilience

Miho Mazereeuw, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Plenary: Jumping Across the Digital Divide—Innovative Approaches for Action

Tony McAleavy, Rabdan Academy

• Hazards Research by New Professionals

Steven McCabe, National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Learn, Plan, Build, Mitigate: Reduce the Risk

Samantha Medlock, Willis Towers Watson

• Overcoming Obstacles, Incentivizing Action

James Meldrum, U.S. Geological Survey

• WiRē: Uniting Research and Practice to Address “Last-Mile” Wildfire Problems

David Mendonca, National Science Foundation

• Plenary: Funding Evidence-Based and Action-Oriented Initiatives

Michelle Meyer, Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center, Texas A&M University

• Building Social Capital to Reduce Disaster Risk and Promote Resilience

Dennis Mileti, University of Colorado Boulder

• Public Alerts and Warnings for Dam and Levee Emergencies

Aubrey Miller, National Institutes of Health

• Methods and Ethics for All Roundtable

Deborah Mills, Dewberry

• Changing Contexts, Changing Climates

Judith Mitrani-Reiser, National Institute of Standards and Technology

• In Need of Repair: Aging Infrastructure, Growing Demands

Robert Moore, Natural Resources Defense Council

• Mitigation Investments and Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program

Shingo Nagamatsu, Kansai University

• Managing Disaster-Related Migration: Lessons from Katrina and Fukushima

William Nicholson, Emergency Law Consultants

• Making the Case: Legal and Political Considerations in the New Administration

Rachel Norton, University of Colorado Denver

• Hazards Research by New Professionals

Caela O'Connell, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

• Who Lives Here? Locating and Leveraging Culture to Support Community Resilience

Michele Olson, University of Kentucky

• Hazards Research by New Professionals

Rebekah Paci-Green, Western Washington University

• Just Keep Learning: Schools and Education During Disasters

Debra Parkinson, iiNet Limited

• Taking Stock: The Gender and Disaster Network Turns Twenty

Scott Parr, California State University, Fullerton

• Paving the Way to Community Resilience: The Role of Transportation

Lori Peek, University of Colorado Natural Hazards Center

• Welcome and Self-Introductions
• Wrap-Up and a Call to Action

Victor Perez, University of Delaware

• Inclusion and Empowerment in Disaster Risk Reduction

Kristina Peterson, Lowlander Center

• Taking Stock: The Gender and Disaster Network Turns Twenty

Nicholas Pinter, University of California, Davis

• Mitigation Investments and Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program

Keith Porter, University of Colorado Boulder

• Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes
• Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves, Version 2.0

Lars Powell, University of Alabama

• Overcoming Obstacles, Incentivizing Action

David Prevatt, University of Florida

• Plenary: Jumping Across the Digital Divide—Innovative Approaches for Action

Darrin Punchard, Punchard Consulting

• Big Lights, Big Cities, and Big Plans for Disaster Resilience

Sharyl Rabinovici, Sharyl Rabinovici Consulting

• Learn, Plan, Build, Mitigate: Reduce the Risk

Dave Ramsey, U.S. Geological Survey

• Advancing Research and Applications to Improve Risk Reduction

Tarek Rashed, Polis Center

• Planning for More Just, Resilient, and Vibrant Communities

Laura RidesHorse, Crow Nation

• Plenary: Taking Action in Communities Vulnerable to Disaster

Liesel Ritchie, University of Colorado Natural Hazards Center

• What’s it Worth? Assessing Social Return on Investment

Fernando Rivera, University of Central Florida

• Hazards Research by New Professionals

Patrick Roberts, Virginia Tech

• Making the Case: Legal and Political Considerations in the New Administration

Adam Rose, University of Southern California

• Managing Disaster-Related Migration: Lessons from Katrina and Fukushima

Nathanael Rosenheim, Texas A&M University

• In Need of Repair: Aging Infrastructure, Growing Demands

Claire Rubin, Claire B. Rubin & Associates

• Making the Case: Legal and Political Considerations in the New Administration

Andrew Rumbach, University of Colorado Denver

• First-Timers’ Orientation

Mathew Sanders, Louisiana Office of Community Development

• LA SAFE: Louisiana’s Strategic Adaptations for Future Environments

Wendy Saunders, GNS Science

• Inclusion and Empowerment in Disaster Risk Reduction

Philip Schneider, National Institute of Building Sciences

• Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves, Version 2.0

Julie Shemeta, MEQ Geo

• When the Ground Shakes: Induced Seismicity in the United States

Cheney Shreve, Gender, Etc.

• Gender and Disasters Roundtable

Nick Shufro, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Grand Challenges for Disaster Reduction

William Siembieda, California Polytechnic State University

• Planning for More Just, Resilient, and Vibrant Communities

Steve Simoncic, Playwright

• Plenary: Taking Action in Communities Vulnerable to Disaster

Stacy Small-Lorenz, National Wildlife Federation

• Natural Defenses: Ecological Approaches to Hazards Mitigation

Henry Smart, Virginia Tech

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks

Ben Smilowitz, Disaster Accountability Project

• Inclusion and Empowerment in Disaster Risk Reduction

Gavin Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Big Lights, Big Cities, and Big Plans for Disaster Resilience

Jen Smith, Save the Children

• Just Keep Learning: Schools and Education During Disasters

Adam Smith, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Keeping Count: Deaths, Damage, and Dollars Lost from Disasters

Jacqueline Snelling, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• What’s it Worth? Assessing Social Return on Investment

John Sorensen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• Public Alerts and Warnings for Dam and Levee Emergencies

Tanya Stern, Washington, D.C. Office of Planning

• Big Lights, Big Cities, and Big Plans for Disaster Resilience

Karen Sudmeier, University of Lausanne

• Natural Defenses: Ecological Approaches to Hazards Mitigation

Emma Sun, Envision Utah Youth Council

• Changing Contexts, Changing Climates

Alex Sun, FEMA Youth Preparedness Council

• Just Keep Learning: Schools and Education During Disasters

Elaina Sutley, University of Kansas

• Keeping Count: Deaths, Damage, and Dollars Lost from Disasters

Jeannette Sutton, University of Kentucky

• Social Media and Disasters Roundtable

Hirokazu Tatano, Global Alliance for Disaster Research Institutes

• Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes

Shigeo Tatsuki, Doshisha University

• International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction

Justin Theal, The Pew Charitable Trusts

• Disaster Spending and Budgeting in the United States

Kathleen Tierney, University of Colorado Boulder

• The Legacy of Enrico L. (Henry) Quarantelli
• What’s it Worth? Assessing Social Return on Investment

Heidi Tremayne, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

• International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction

Natasha Udu-gama, American Geophysical Union

• Plenary: Jumping Across the Digital Divide—Innovative Approaches for Action

Bethany Van Brown, Loyola University, New Orleans

• Methods and Ethics for All Roundtable

Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University

• Planning for More Just, Resilient, and Vibrant Communities

John Vargo, University of Canterbury

• Keeping Count: Deaths, Damage, and Dollars Lost from Disasters

David Vaughn, Clemson University

• Collaborating for Community Resilience

Savin Ven Johnson, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Inclusion and Empowerment in Disaster Risk Reduction

Jamie Vickery, University of Colorado Natural Hazards Center

• Student Orientation

Gregory Vigneaux, California State University, Long Beach

• Hazards Research by New Professionals

Tricia Wachtendorf, University of Delaware

• The Legacy of Enrico L. (Henry) Quarantelli
• International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction

William Waugh, Georgia State University

• Making the Case: Legal and Political Considerations in the New Administration

Regine Webster, Center for Disaster Philanthropy

• Plenary: Funding Evidence-Based and Action-Oriented Initiatives

Anne Wein, U.S. Geological Survey

• Serious Games: Community Priorities for Rebuilding

Dennis Wenger, National Science Foundation, Retired

• The Legacy of Enrico L. (Henry) Quarantelli

Liz Williams, Foundation for Louisiana

• LA SAFE: Louisiana’s Strategic Adaptations for Future Environments

Brian Willsey, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• WiRē: Uniting Research and Practice to Address “Last-Mile” Wildfire Problems
• Natural Defenses: Ecological Approaches to Hazards Mitigation

Jay Wilson, Clackamas County Disaster Management

• Big Lights, Big Cities, and Big Plans for Disaster Resilience

Amy Wolkin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Plenary: Taking Action in Communities Vulnerable to Disaster

Molly Woloszyn, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant

• In Need of Repair: Aging Infrastructure, Growing Demands

Nathan Wood, U.S. Geological Survey

• Partnering with Practitioners Roundtable
• Advancing Research and Applications to Improve Risk Reduction

Roy Wright, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Mitigation Investments and Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program
• Large-Scale Disasters: Planning, Response, and Recovery

Tristan Wu, Oklahoma State University

• When the Ground Shakes: Induced Seismicity in the United States

Jie-Ying Wu, University of Taipei

• International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction

Yu Xiao, Texas A&M University

• Building Social Capital to Reduce Disaster Risk and Promote Resilience