Speakers and Presenters

Olumide Abioye, Florida A&M University

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks Powered by PechaKucha

Omar Abou-Samra, American Red Cross

• Introducing Nature-Based Resilience

Nicole Aimone, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Opportunities, Challenges, and Resources for Integrating Drought into Multi-Hazard Planning

Norma Anderson, The Bill Anderson Fund

• Diversity and Inclusion in Hazards and Disaster Research

David Applegate, U.S. Geological Survey

• Indicators of Progress: Measuring Forward Movement Toward Disaster Risk Reduction

Lauren Alexander Augustine, The National Academies

• From Risk to Resilience: Effective Leadership for Building Community Resilience

Balakrishnan Balachandran, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• Cases of Convergence in Action

Jeff Baranyi, Esri

• Working Together to Improve Situational Awareness for First Responders
• Technology and Disasters Roundtable

Daniel Bass, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Disaster Deployment: How Federal Agencies Respond to Multiple Disasters

DeeDee Bennett Gayle, State University of New York at Albany

• Diversity and Inclusion in Hazards and Disaster Research

David Bennetts, Urban Drainage and Flood Control District

• Floods, Drought, and Water Resource Management

Karen Berchtold, City of Manitou Springs

• The Power of Partners: Supporting Communities Using the Planning for Hazards Project

Chad Berginnis, Association of State Floodplain Managers

• Hurricane and Flood Roundtable

Norman Bert, Texas Tech University

• After the Storm: A Dramatic Presentation About Recovery and Convergence After a Disaster

Lisa Blake, New York City Emergency Management

• Community Convergence

Allison Boyd, Multnomah County, Oregon

• Community Convergence

Devon Buckels, Greenway Foundation

• Floods, Drought, and Water Resource Management

Daniel Burger, The National Academies

• Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance: A Prototype for Multisector Collaboration

Shannon Burke, American Planning Association

• Opportunities, Challenges, and Resources for Integrating Drought into Multi-Hazard Planning

Michael Burns, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Converging “With”: Community-First Approaches to Disaster Resilience

Leslie Chapman-Henderson, FLASH

• No Code, No Confidence: Creating Public Awareness of the Power of Building Codes

Claudio Cioffi-Revilla, George Mason University

• Conceptual Convergence

Tim Cockerill, University of Texas at Austin

• Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) for the Nation

Joyce Coffee, Climate Resilience Consulting

• Shooting for the Moon: Quadrupling Mitigation Spending by 2022

Leremy Colf, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Sharing and Using Data to Solve Problems Across the Disaster Life Cycle

Rita Colwell, University of Maryland

• Call to Action: Collaborating to Advance Disaster Research

Christie Connolly, Union College

• After the Storm: A Dramatic Presentation About Recovery and Convergence After a Disaster

Tim Cook, Washington State Emergency Management

• Opportunities, Challenges, and Resources for Integrating Drought into Multi-Hazard Planning

John Cooper, Texas A&M University

• Plenary: Texas Target Communities—Planning with Purpose, Principles, and Passion

Alexis Cordova, Texas A&M University

• Plenary: Texas Target Communities—Planning with Purpose, Principles, and Passion

Erin Coryell, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

• Conceptual Convergence

Dontá Council, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks Powered by PechaKucha

Caroline Cunningham, Stantec

• Cases of Convergence in Action

Lindsay Davis, U.S. Geological Survey

• Career Kickstarter

Julie Dennis, OVID Solutions

• Plenary: Mobilizing Research to Encourage Equitable Disaster Recovery Programs and Policies

Maria Dillard, National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Diversifying Response: Coming Together to Improve Communication and Disaster Science in Puerto Rico

Robin Dillon-Merrill, Georgetown University

• Hazards Research by New Professionals

Paul Doherty, NAPSG Foundation

• Working Together to Improve Situational Awareness for First Responders

Shannon Dosemagen, Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science

• Converging “With”: Community-First Approaches to Disaster Resilience

Oronde Drakes, U.S. Geological Survey

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks Powered by PechaKucha

Frannie Edwards, Mineta Transportation Institute

• Student Orientation

Esther Ellis, U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health

• A Coordinated Public Health Response for the U.S. Virgin Islands

Christopher Emrich, University of Central Florida

• Plenary: Mobilizing Research to Encourage Equitable Disaster Recovery Programs and Policies

Diego Fernandez Otegui, Imara International Humanitarian Group

• International Collaborations Roundtable

Lori Foley, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Coming Together to Save Cultural and Historical Resources

Tim Frankenberger, TANGO International

• Working Together to Build the Resilience of Vulnerable Populations

Carol Freeman, Argonne National Laboratory

• Sharing and Using Data to Solve Problems Across the Disaster Life Cycle

Steven French, Georgia Institute of Technology

• Sharing and Using Data to Solve Problems Across the Disaster Life Cycle

Suzanne Frew, The Frew Group

• First-Timers’ Orientation

Edward Gabriel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Disaster Deployment: How Federal Agencies Respond to Multiple Disasters

Melanie Gall, Arizona State University

• Indicators of Progress: Measuring Forward Movement Toward Disaster Risk Reduction

Ivis García, Texas A&M University

• Diversifying Response: Coming Together to Improve Communication and Disaster Science in Puerto Rico

April Geruso, Hagerty Consulting

• Navigation Needed: Cooperating for Community Resilience and Planning

Denise Gilliam, Hagerty Consulting

• Navigation Needed: Cooperating for Community Resilience and Planning

Angela Gladwell, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Shooting for the Moon: Quadrupling Mitigation Spending by 2022

Jonathan Godt, U.S. Geological Survey

• Disaster Deployment: How Federal Agencies Respond to Multiple Disasters

Natalie Grant, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Collectively Improving the Health and Safety of Vulnerable Populations

Peter Gregory, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission

• From Risk to Resilience: Effective Leadership for Building Community Resilience

Sean Michael Griffin, Disaster Intelligence, Inc.

• Navigation Needed: Cooperating for Community Resilience and Planning

Michael Grimm, U.S. Geological Survey

• From Risk to Resilience: Effective Leadership for Building Community Resilience

Abby Hall, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Wildfire Roundtable

Tobias Halvarson, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

• Plenary: Under Fire—Public Officials and Disaster Policy Action

Sara Hamideh, Stony Brook University

• Diversifying Response: Coming Together to Improve Communication and Disaster Science in Puerto Rico

Maiana Hanshaw, Center for Severe Weather Research

• Technology and Disasters Roundtable

Laura Hanson, Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization

• Navigation Needed: Cooperating for Community Resilience and Planning

Jennifer Helgeson, National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Hurricane and Flood Roundtable

Marccus Hendricks, University of Maryland, College Park

• Plenary: Texas Target Communities—Planning with Purpose, Principles, and Passion

Sarah Henly-Shepard, Mercy Corps

• Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance: A Prototype for Multisector Collaboration

Eugene Henry, Hillsborough County, Florida

Jaimie Hicks Masterson, Texas A&M University

• Plenary: Texas Target Communities—Planning with Purpose, Principles, and Passion

William Hooke, American Meteorological Society

• Conceptual Convergence

Gloria Horning, Anthropocene Alliance

• Converging “With”: Community-First Approaches to Disaster Resilience

Des Hosie, Fire and Emergency New Zealand

• Lessons Nerds Unite! Crossing Boundaries to Learn from Disaster

Patrick Howell, Institute for Building Technology and Safety

• Community Convergence

Thomas Hughes, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

• Partnering with Practitioners Roundtable

Lisa Marie Jackson, Emergency Management Victoria

• Lessons Nerds Unite! Crossing Boundaries to Learn from Disaster

Hannah-Beth Jackson, California State Senate

• Plenary: Under Fire—Public Officials and Disaster Policy Action

Fayola Jacobs, University of Minnesota

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks Powered by PechaKucha

Andrew Jahier, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Lessons Nerds Unite! Crossing Boundaries to Learn from Disaster

Nicholas Jayanty, IBM

• New Ways to Connect: Not Your Ordinary Research to Practice

Jessica Jensen, North Dakota State University

• Conceptual Convergence

Alessandra Jerolleman, Jacksonville State University

• Conceptual Convergence
• Partnering with Practitioners Roundtable

Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications

• Sharing and Using Data to Solve Problems Across the Disaster Life Cycle

Georgina Jordan, FAST Consortium

• Working Together to Build the Resilience of Vulnerable Populations

Sissel Haugdal Jore, University of Stavanger

• International Collaborations Roundtable

David Judi, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

• Working Together to Improve Situational Awareness for First Responders

Shefali Juneja Lakhina, Wonder Labs

• Cases of Convergence in Action

Jim Kauahikaua, U.S. Geological Survey

• Scenes from an Eruption: A Special Session on Response to and Recovery from the Kīlauea Volcano

Yoshiaki Kawata, Kansai University

• Nankai Trough Earthquake Master Plan: Building Sustainability through Convergence

Joshua Kelly, Delaware Emergency Management Agency

• New Ways to Connect: Not Your Ordinary Research to Practice

Nim Kidd, Texas Division of Emergency Management

• From Risk to Resilience: Effective Leadership for Building Community Resilience

Jeeyon Kim, Mercy Corps

• Working Together to Build the Resilience of Vulnerable Populations

Karl Kim, University of Hawaii at Manoa

• A Coordinated Public Health Response for the U.S. Virgin Islands

Thomas Kirsch, National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health

• Call to Action: Collaborating to Advance Disaster Research

Waverly Klaw, Sonoran Institute

• The Power of Partners: Supporting Communities Using the Planning for Hazards Project

Jamie Kruse, East Carolina University

• Plenary: Coming Together to Build a Culture of Preparedness and Mitigation

Erica Kuligowski, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

• Diversifying Response: Coming Together to Improve Communication and Disaster Science in Puerto Rico

Edward Laatsch, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• No Code, No Confidence: Creating Public Awareness of the Power of Building Codes

Emily Landis, The Nature Conservancy

• Introducing Nature-Based Resilience

Linda Langston, Langston Strategies Group

• From Risk to Resilience: Effective Leadership for Building Community Resilience

Adriana Lard, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Cory Lawson, Texas Tech University

• After the Storm: A Dramatic Presentation About Recovery and Convergence After a Disaster

Mary Leinhos, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Collectively Improving the Health and Safety of Vulnerable Populations

Keri Lubell, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• New Ways to Connect: Not Your Ordinary Research to Practice

Kristin Ludwig, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

• Scenes from an Eruption: A Special Session on Response to and Recovery from the Kīlauea Volcano

TJ Lyon, Florida State Fire Marshal Division

• Working Together to Improve Situational Awareness for First Responders

Karen MacClune, ISET-International

• Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance: A Prototype for Multisector Collaboration

Annie Mack Vest, National Hazard Mitigation Association

• Partnering with Practitioners Roundtable

Norio Maki, Kyoto University

• Nankai Trough Earthquake Master Plan: Building Sustainability through Convergence

Matthew Marchetti, CrowdSource Rescue

• Community Convergence

Valerie Marlowe, University of Delaware

• Hazards Research by New Professionals

Atyia Martin, Next Leadership Development

• Plenary: Coming Together to Build a Culture of Preparedness and Mitigation

David Maurstad, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Plenary: Coming Together to Build a Culture of Preparedness and Mitigation

Keely Maxwell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Cultures with an “S”: Encouraging Grassroots Preparedness and Mitigation

Darion Mayhorn, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

• Opportunities, Challenges, and Resources for Integrating Drought into Multi-Hazard Planning

Pepper McClenahan, Town of Milliken

• The Power of Partners: Supporting Communities Using the Planning for Hazards Project

Todd McMahon, History Colorado

• Coming Together to Save Cultural and Historical Resources

Tony Mendes, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Floods, Drought, and Water Resource Management

Aubrey Miller, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

• Call to Action: Collaborating to Advance Disaster Research

Anne Miller, Colorado Department of Local Affairs

• Coming Together to Save Cultural and Historical Resources

Garret Milton, Texas Tech University

• After the Storm: A Dramatic Presentation About Recovery and Convergence After a Disaster

Judith Mitrani-Reiser, National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Disaster Deployment: How Federal Agencies Respond to Multiple Disasters

Nancy Mock, Tulane University

• Working Together to Build the Resilience of Vulnerable Populations

Monica Mota, HORNE

• Plenary: Mobilizing Research to Encourage Equitable Disaster Recovery Programs and Policies

Shingo Nagamatsu, Kansai University

• Nankai Trough Earthquake Master Plan: Building Sustainability through Convergence

David Nash, Z Zurich Foundation

• Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance: A Prototype for Multisector Collaboration

Ali Nejat, Texas Tech University

• After the Storm: A Dramatic Presentation About Recovery and Convergence After a Disaster

Laura Olson, Jacksonville State University

• Cultures with an “S”: Encouraging Grassroots Preparedness and Mitigation

Juan Ortiz, Austin Office of Homeland Security

• Navigation Needed: Cooperating for Community Resilience and Planning

Maggie Ortiz-Millan, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

• Earthquake and Landslide Roundtable

Sarah Pacheco, Earth Force

• Floods, Drought, and Water Resource Management

Raj Pandya, AGU Thriving Earth Exchange

• Converging “With”: Community-First Approaches to Disaster Resilience

Brittney Parker, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Opportunities, Challenges, and Resources for Integrating Drought into Multi-Hazard Planning

Juan Parras, t.e.j.a.s

• Plenary: Texas Target Communities—Planning with Purpose, Principles, and Passion

Joy Pauschke, National Science Foundation

Alice Pennaz, U.S. Geological Survey

• Indicators of Progress: Measuring Forward Movement Toward Disaster Risk Reduction

Sally Phillips, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Disaster Deployment: How Federal Agencies Respond to Multiple Disasters

Geoff Plumlee, U.S. Geological Survey

• Call to Action: Collaborating to Advance Disaster Research

Keith Porter, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

• Indicators of Progress: Measuring Forward Movement Toward Disaster Risk Reduction

Roger Pulwarty, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Floods, Drought, and Water Resource Management

Carlee Purdum, University of Houston

• Hazards Research by New Professionals

Julio Ramirez, Purdue University

• Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) for the Nation

Dave Ramsey, U.S. Geological Survey

• Scenes from an Eruption: A Special Session on Response to and Recovery from the Kīlauea Volcano

Lydia McBee Reed, Texas Tech University

• After the Storm: A Dramatic Presentation About Recovery and Convergence After a Disaster

Antoine Richards, Jacksonville State University

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks Powered by PechaKucha

Jay Roth, U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health

Andrew Rumbach, Urban Institute

• The Power of Partners: Supporting Communities Using the Planning for Hazards Project

Mayumi Sakamoto, Nagoya University

• Nankai Trough Earthquake Master Plan: Building Sustainability through Convergence

Rebecca Scheurer, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center

• Introducing Nature-Based Resilience

Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, Columbia University

Amy Helene Schnall, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• A Coordinated Public Health Response for the U.S. Virgin Islands

Shaila Shahid, GenderCC Global Network for Climate Justice

• Gender and Disasters Roundtable

Danielle Sharpe, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Hazards Research by New Professionals

William Siembieda, California Polytechnic State University

• Diversifying Response: Coming Together to Improve Communication and Disaster Science in Puerto Rico

Larry Sigler, Waffle House, Inc.

• Plenary: Coming Together to Build a Culture of Preparedness and Mitigation

Amanda Siok, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Earthquake and Landslide Roundtable

Gavin Smith, North Carolina State University

• Plenary: Coming Together to Build a Culture of Preparedness and Mitigation

Adam Smith, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Indicators of Progress: Measuring Forward Movement Toward Disaster Risk Reduction

Stetson Smith, Texas Tech University

• After the Storm: A Dramatic Presentation About Recovery and Convergence After a Disaster

Serena Sowers, Swiss Re

• Shooting for the Moon: Quadrupling Mitigation Spending by 2022

Tom Spangler, Save the Children

• Working Together to Build the Resilience of Vulnerable Populations

Eric Stern, State University of New York at Albany

• Cultures with an “S”: Encouraging Grassroots Preparedness and Mitigation

Carl Stewart, University of Colorado Boulder

• Coming Together to Save Cultural and Historical Resources

Anna Stull, U.S. Geological Survey

• Scenes from an Eruption: A Special Session on Response to and Recovery from the Kīlauea Volcano

April Surprenant, County of Hawaii

• Scenes from an Eruption: A Special Session on Response to and Recovery from the Kīlauea Volcano

Elaina Sutley, University of Kansas

• Cases of Convergence in Action

Jeannette Sutton, State University of New York at Albany

• New Ways to Connect: Not Your Ordinary Research to Practice

Michael Szönyi, Zurich Insurance Company

• Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance: A Prototype for Multisector Collaboration

Shigeo Tatsuki, Doshisha University

• Nankai Trough Earthquake Master Plan: Building Sustainability through Convergence

Charis Taylor, JESIP UK

• Lessons Nerds Unite! Crossing Boundaries to Learn from Disaster

Jill Techel, City of Napa

• Plenary: Under Fire—Public Officials and Disaster Policy Action

Dana Thomas, University of Michigan

• A Coordinated Public Health Response for the U.S. Virgin Islands

Dale Thomure, Insurance Services Office

• No Code, No Confidence: Creating Public Awareness of the Power of Building Codes

Joseph Trainor, University of Delaware

• New Ways to Connect: Not Your Ordinary Research to Practice

Emily Troisi, Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network

• Lessons Nerds Unite! Crossing Boundaries to Learn from Disaster

Robert Troy, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Scenes from an Eruption: A Special Session on Response to and Recovery from the Kīlauea Volcano

Renee Turchi, Drexel University

• Collectively Improving the Health and Safety of Vulnerable Populations

Natasha Udu-gama, AGU Thriving Earth Exchange

• Converging “With”: Community-First Approaches to Disaster Resilience

Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University

• Plenary: Mobilizing Research to Encourage Equitable Disaster Recovery Programs and Policies

Kanmani Vetekateswaran, ISET-International

• Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance: A Prototype for Multisector Collaboration

Karina Vielma, University of Texas at San Antonio

• Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) for the Nation

Amanda Wallis, Umbrella Wellbeing Ltd

• Student Orientation

Wendy Walsh, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Cultures with an “S”: Encouraging Grassroots Preparedness and Mitigation

Jason Warzinik, Boone County Fire Protection District

• Working Together to Improve Situational Awareness for First Responders

Maria Watson, Texas A&M University

• Hazards Research by New Professionals

Steven Weatherbee, Texas Tech University

• After the Storm: A Dramatic Presentation About Recovery and Convergence After a Disaster

Scott Weaver, National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Diversifying Response: Coming Together to Improve Communication and Disaster Science in Puerto Rico

Elizabeth Weight, National Integrated Drought Information System

• Opportunities, Challenges, and Resources for Integrating Drought into Multi-Hazard Planning

Dennis Whalen, Peak to Peak Housing and Human Services Alliance

• Community Convergence

Darien Alexander Williams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks Powered by PechaKucha

Jay Wilson, Clackamas County Disaster Management

• Cases of Convergence in Action
• First-Timers’ Orientation

Amy Wolkin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Collectively Improving the Health and Safety of Vulnerable Populations

Scott Wollek, The National Academies

• Call to Action: Collaborating to Advance Disaster Research

Brent Woodworth, Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness Foundation

• Wildfire Roundtable

Amy Zimmer, Colorado Department of Education

• Coming Together to Save Cultural and Historical Resources