Speakers and Presenters

Mason Alexander-Hawk, Texas A&M University

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks

Norma Anderson, The Bill Anderson Fund

• The Bill Anderson Fund 10th Anniversary Celebration: Stories of the Past, Present, and Future

Shayla Anderson, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Listening Session: Community Disaster Resilience Zones—Shaping Project Certification and Examining Implementation

Jonathan Asher, Colorado Office of Climate Preparedness and Disaster Recovery

Lauren Alexander Augustine, The National Academies

• Laughing Matters: Humor, Satire, and Comedy in Disaster

Yajaira Ayala, University of Delaware

• The Bill Anderson Fund 10th Anniversary Celebration: Stories of the Past, Present, and Future

Amy Bailey, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

• Cross-Sector Climate Tools: Collaborating for Planning and Resilience

Dare Baldwin, University of Oregon

• ShakeAlert: A Five-Year Retrospective of the USGS Social Science Working Group

Melinda Baldwin, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Joshua Barnes, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• What’s in the Box: Designing Tools to Be Used

Beth Bartel, U.S. Geological Survey

• The Language of Disasters

Tyler Barton, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Daniel Bass, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Listening Session: Designed to Protect—Human Dimensions of Sheltering

Zuben Bastani, ReachWell

• Preparedness in Your Pocket: Developing Apps for Disaster Awareness

Hamilton Bean, University of Colorado Denver

• Preparedness in Your Pocket: Developing Apps for Disaster Awareness

Jonathan Beard, University of California, Los Angeles

• Plenary: Tempo—Using Music to Communicate Risk and Drive Climate Action

Joshua Behr, Old Dominion University

• Safe Havens: Ensuring Housing Recovery for Those At-Risk

Gabriella Bellows, Tulane University

• Hazards and Disaster Research by New Professionals

Mark Benthien, Statewide California Earthquake Center

• Film Screening: Quake Heroes

Chad Berginnis, Association of State Floodplain Managers

• Beyond Buyouts: Stories of Community-Driven Relocation

Phil Berke, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• The Language of Disasters

Jamie Biglow, CNA Corporation

• Says Who? Strategies to Combat Disaster Misinformation

Brandy Bishop, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

• Plenary: Changing the Message—Effective Communication in a Changing Climate
• Knowing Through Story: Indigenous Disaster Communication and Knowledge

Ralph Bloemers, Green Oregon

• Now Streaming: Representations of Disasters in Film and Television
• Film Screening: Elemental

Evalyna Bogdan, York University

• Listening Session: Playing With Disaster—Games to Reduce Risk

Max Boykoff, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

• Laughing Matters: Humor, Satire, and Comedy in Disaster

Kate Brady, University of New South Wales

• Communicating Disaster Down Under: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand

Jordan Branham, Argonne National Laboratory

• Listening Session: Tool Time—Equip Yourself to Manage Disaster

Kyle Breen, Texas A&M International University

• Training Session: Storytelling for Effective Science Communication

Garry Briese, Colorado State Fire Chiefs

• Emergency Messaging for All: Making Alert Systems Inclusive

Gardiner Brown, University of California, Berkeley

• Hazards and Disaster Research by New Professionals

Tiffany Brown, Lane County Emergency Management

• Improving Communities and Ecosystems: The Coastlines and People Program

Mike Brown, The Shop Hair Spa

• Plenary: Developing Research-to-Action Partnerships—Stories from the Pandemic

Elizabeth Bubel, American Red Cross

• Preparedness in Your Pocket: Developing Apps for Disaster Awareness

Daniel Burger, The National Academies

• Compounding Disasters in the Gulf: A National Academies Study

Debra Maria Butler-Ulloa, American Society of Adaptation Professionals

John Bwarie, Stratiscope

• Plenary: Tempo—Using Music to Communicate Risk and Drive Climate Action

Michael Byrne, Deloitte

• New Wildfire Narratives: Partnering with At-Risk Communities

Nnenia Campbell, Natural Hazards Center

• The Bill Anderson Fund 10th Anniversary Celebration: Stories of the Past, Present, and Future
• Student Orientation

John Carr, Argonne National Laboratory

• Now Streaming: Representations of Disasters in Film and Television

Giovanna Carriero-Contreras, Cesco Linguistic Services

• Emergency Messaging for All: Making Alert Systems Inclusive

Bradford Case, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Continuous Progress: Implementing Equity in Federal Programs

Divya Chandrasekhar, University of Utah

• Making Maps Meaningful

Mike Chard, Boulder County

• What’s in the Box: Designing Tools to Be Used

William Chupp, U.S. Department of Transportation

• ShakeAlert: A Five-Year Retrospective of the USGS Social Science Working Group

Mary Anne Clive, GNS Science

• Communicating Disaster Down Under: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand

Craig Colten, Louisiana State University

• Compounding Disasters in the Gulf: A National Academies Study

Louise Comfort, University of Pittsburgh

• Student Orientation

Michèle Companion, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

• Knowing Through Story: Indigenous Disaster Communication and Knowledge

Santina Contreras, University of Southern California

Michele Cooke, University of Massachusetts Amherst

• ShakeAlert: A Five-Year Retrospective of the USGS Social Science Working Group

Noé Crespo, San Diego State University

• Plenary: Developing Research-to-Action Partnerships—Stories from the Pandemic

Deanne Criswell, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Plenary: Changing the Message—Effective Communication in a Changing Climate

Diamond Joelle Cunningham, Tulane University

• The Bill Anderson Fund 10th Anniversary Celebration: Stories of the Past, Present, and Future

Christine da Rosa, Portland State University

• Creating Transformative Change: The Disaster Resilience Network

Lindsay Davis, U.S. Geological Survey

• Career Kickstarter

Cassandra Davis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• The Language of Disasters

Angie Davlyn, Roaring Fork Wildfire Collaborative

• Film Screening: Elemental

Robert de Groot, U.S. Geological Survey

• ShakeAlert: A Five-Year Retrospective of the USGS Social Science Working Group

Leah De Hoet, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Listening Session: Tool Time—Equip Yourself to Manage Disaster

Sarah DeYoung, University of Delaware

• Improving Communities and Ecosystems: The Coastlines and People Program

Maria Dillard, National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Rethinking Resilience: Designing Disaster-Aware Communities

Krystina Dillard, North Carolina Community Action Association

• Improving Communities and Ecosystems: The Coastlines and People Program

Margaret Doherty, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Annika Doneghy, Case Western Reserve University

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks

Sarah Dryhurst, University College London

• Plenary: Tempo—Using Music to Communicate Risk and Drive Climate Action

Christopher Dunn, Oregon State University

• New Wildfire Narratives: Partnering with At-Risk Communities

John Eidleman, Legal Services Corporation

• Training Session: Leveling the Playing Field—Legal Services for Marginalized Communities

Emily Eisenhauer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Training Session: Trauma-Informed Storytelling Activities for Community Engagement

Christopher Emrich, University of Central Florida

• HazardAware: Effective and Affordable Risk Management and Mitigation Solutions

Nicole Errett, University of Washington

• Integrating Practitioners Into Public Health Preparedness Research

Monica Farris, University of New Orleans

• HazardAware: Effective and Affordable Risk Management and Mitigation Solutions

Shirley Feldmann-Jensen, California State University, Long Beach

• Plenary: From Ashes to Resilience—A Story of Collaboration and Culture Change

Marcelo Ferreira, Arkansas State University

• Networking Roundtable: Partnering with Practitioners

Maureen Fordham, Gender Etc.

• Networking Roundtable: Intersecting Inequalities and Climate-Related Disasters
• Listening Session: The RiskPACC Project—Closing Risk Perception and Action Gaps

Carol Friedland, Louisiana State University

• HazardAware: Effective and Affordable Risk Management and Mitigation Solutions

Rebecca Friedman, Florida International University

• Art and Disasters: Crafting Resilience and Recovery

Melanie Gall, Arizona State University

• HazardAware: Effective and Affordable Risk Management and Mitigation Solutions

Christina Gatsogianni, Center for Security Studies

• Listening Session: The RiskPACC Project—Closing Risk Perception and Action Gaps

Keegan Gibbs, Community Brigade

• Plenary: From Ashes to Resilience—A Story of Collaboration and Culture Change

Jeffrey Giering, Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

• HazardAware: Effective and Affordable Risk Management and Mitigation Solutions

June Gin, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

• Networking Roundtable: Community, Disasters, and Older Adults

Tara Goddard, California Polytechnic State University

• Leave No One Behind: Lessons for a More Inclusive Disaster Response

Michael Godesky, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Listening Session: Community Disaster Resilience Zones—Shaping Project Certification and Examining Implementation

Jonathan Godt, U.S. Geological Survey

• Listening Session: Tool Time—Equip Yourself to Manage Disaster

James Goltz, University of Colorado Boulder

• ShakeAlert: A Five-Year Retrospective of the USGS Social Science Working Group

Daniel Green, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• What’s in the Box: Designing Tools to Be Used

Himanshu Grover, Alabama A&M University

• New Home, New Risk: Preparedness and Resilience for Immigrant Communities

Carina Guzman, Oregon Health Authority

• Creating Transformative Change: The Disaster Resilience Network

Margot Habets, University of South Carolina

• Hazards and Disaster Research by New Professionals

Cynthia Harris, National Congress of American Indians

• Networking Roundtable: Community, Disasters, and Older Adults
• Knowing Through Story: Indigenous Disaster Communication and Knowledge

Eleanor Hasenbeck, National Integrated Drought Information System

• A Roadmap for Connecting Drought and Public Health Impacts

Jennifer Helgeson, National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Tailored Resilience: Creating Community-Engaged Climate and Hazard Plans

Felicia Henry, American University

• The Bill Anderson Fund 10th Anniversary Celebration: Stories of the Past, Present, and Future
• The Language of Disasters

Patty Hernandez, Headwaters Economics

• Safe Havens: Ensuring Housing Recovery for Those At-Risk

Amelia Hertzberg, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Training Session: Trauma-Informed Storytelling Activities for Community Engagement

Derrick Hiebert, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Tailored Resilience: Creating Community-Engaged Climate and Hazard Plans

Shelby Hines, Esri

• Training Session: Telling Disaster Stories with ArcGIS StoryMaps

Heidi Huber-Stearns, University of Oregon

• New Wildfire Narratives: Partnering with At-Risk Communities

Thomas Hughes, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

• Making Maps Meaningful

Pamela Jenkins, University of New Orleans

Steven Jensen, American Red Cross

• Plenary: From Ashes to Resilience—A Story of Collaboration and Culture Change

Alessandra Jerolleman, Loyola University

• Continuous Progress: Implementing Equity in Federal Programs

MJ Johns, University of California, Santa Cruz

• Serious Games: Building Disaster Skills in Playful Ways
• Listening Session: Playing With Disaster—Games to Reduce Risk

Blythe Johnston, Colorado State University

• Cross-Sector Climate Tools: Collaborating for Planning and Resilience

Lucy Jones, Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society

• Plenary: Tempo—Using Music to Communicate Risk and Drive Climate Action

Chanel Jones, Lioness: Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance

• Leave No One Behind: Lessons for a More Inclusive Disaster Response

Carl-Philippe Juste, Little Haiti Cultural Center

• Art and Disasters: Crafting Resilience and Recovery

Dayo Kadree, Legal Services Corporation

• Training Session: Leveling the Playing Field—Legal Services for Marginalized Communities

Yoshio Kajitani, Kagawa University

• Partnering to Reduce Disaster Risk: The U.S.-Japan Collaboration

Ginny Katz, HazAdapt

• Preparedness in Your Pocket: Developing Apps for Disaster Awareness

Katherine Keegan, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment

• Building Colorado’s Climate Preparedness Roadmap

James Kendra, University of Delaware

• Now Streaming: Representations of Disasters in Film and Television

Tracy Kijewski-Correa, University of Notre Dame

• Compounding Disasters in the Gulf: A National Academies Study

Karl Kim, University of Hawaii at Manoa

• Leave No One Behind: Lessons for a More Inclusive Disaster Response
• Plenary: Changing the Message—Effective Communication in a Changing Climate

Shawn Kirchner, Los Angeles Master Chorale

• Plenary: Tempo—Using Music to Communicate Risk and Drive Climate Action

Sarah Konradi, Design Workshop Foundation

• Rethinking Resilience: Designing Disaster-Aware Communities

Shunichi Koshimura, Tohoku University

• Partnering to Reduce Disaster Risk: The U.S.-Japan Collaboration

Shrushti Kothari, Legal Services Corporation

• Training Session: Leveling the Playing Field—Legal Services for Marginalized Communities

Paul Kovacs, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

• Rethinking Resilience: Designing Disaster-Aware Communities

Joseph Kunkel, MASS Design Group

• Rethinking Resilience: Designing Disaster-Aware Communities

Sharon Kushnir, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Evidence and Evaluation in Disaster Plans and Programs

Betty Lai, Boston College

• Training Session: Storytelling for Effective Science Communication

Shirley Laska, Lowlander Center

Erica Ledesma, Coalición Fortaleza

• Creating Transformative Change: The Disaster Resilience Network

Judanne Lennox-Morrison, Texas A&M University

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks

Claire Leppold, University of Melbourne

• Communicating Disaster Down Under: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand

Eric Letvin, Tidal Basin Group

• Cross-Sector Climate Tools: Collaborating for Planning and Resilience

Maggie León-Corwin, University of Oklahoma

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks

Yolanda Lin, University of New Mexico

• Art and Disasters: Crafting Resilience and Recovery
• Listening Session: Playing With Disaster—Games to Reduce Risk

Zoë Linder-Baptie, Rutgers University

• Improving Communities and Ecosystems: The Coastlines and People Program

Angela Lindsey, University of Florida

• Says Who? Strategies to Combat Disaster Misinformation

Honggao Liu, Texas A&M University

• CyberTraining: Broadening Adoption of Cyberinfrastructure in Disaster Management

Rachel Lookadoo, University of Nebraska Medical Center

• A Roadmap for Connecting Drought and Public Health Impacts

Kristin Ludwig, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

• Listening Session: Hazards Account Implementation Plan

Jeffrey Lusk, U.S. Small Business Administration

• Finding Funds and Filling Gaps: Improving Disaster Assistance

Matt Lyttle, Guidehouse

• Serious Games: Building Disaster Skills in Playful Ways

Carson MacPherson-Krutsky, Natural Hazards Center

• Emergency Messaging for All: Making Alert Systems Inclusive
• Listening Session: Designed to Protect—Human Dimensions of Sheltering

Norio Maki, Kyoto University

• Early Reconnaissance Research: The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake

Marcus Martin, Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management

• Training Session: Trauma-Informed Storytelling Activities for Community Engagement
• The Language of Disasters

Andrew Martinez, U.S. Department of the Treasury

• Listening Session: Hazards Account Implementation Plan

Frank Matranga, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Anna Matsukawa, University of Hyogo

Sara McBride, U.S. Geological Survey

• ShakeAlert: A Five-Year Retrospective of the USGS Social Science Working Group
• Laughing Matters: Humor, Satire, and Comedy in Disaster

Stephanie McClure, The University of Alabama

• Plenary: Developing Research-to-Action Partnerships—Stories from the Pandemic

Joshua McDuffie, Vanderbilt University

• The Bill Anderson Fund 10th Anniversary Celebration: Stories of the Past, Present, and Future

Shannon McLachlan, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Tailored Resilience: Creating Community-Engaged Climate and Hazard Plans

Danielle McNutt, City of Boulder Fire-Rescue

• Film Screening: Elemental

Samantha Medlock, Federal Emergency Management Agency (Former)

• Listening Session: Community Disaster Resilience Zones—Shaping Project Certification and Examining Implementation

Hunter Merritt, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Serious Games: Building Disaster Skills in Playful Ways

Jacqueline Meszaros, National Science Foundation

• Partnering to Reduce Disaster Risk: The U.S.-Japan Collaboration
• Hazards and Disaster Research by New Professionals

Michelle Meyer, Texas A&M University

• First-Timers’ Orientation

Henry Mitchell, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

• Building Colorado’s Climate Preparedness Roadmap

Cee Cee Molineaux-Burrows, IEM International, Inc.

• Leave No One Behind: Lessons for a More Inclusive Disaster Response

Samantha Montano, Massachusetts Maritime Academy

• Now Streaming: Representations of Disasters in Film and Television

Elaine Montes, City of Philadelphia

• Improving Communities and Ecosystems: The Coastlines and People Program

Lori Moore-Merrell, U.S. Fire Administration

• Plenary: Changing the Message—Effective Communication in a Changing Climate

Cristy Morales Muñoz, United Way of the Columbia-Willamette

• Creating Transformative Change: The Disaster Resilience Network

Rachel Morineau, City of Chula Vista

• Plenary: Developing Research-to-Action Partnerships—Stories from the Pandemic

Sayanti Mukherjee, State University of New York at Buffalo

• Add-On Meeting: Equitable Wildfire Emergency Management and Critical Infrastructure Systems

Femke Mulder, University College London

• Listening Session: The RiskPACC Project—Closing Risk Perception and Action Gaps
• Networking Roundtable: Intersecting Inequalities and Climate-Related Disasters

Julia C. Munsaka, Colorado State University

• Hazards and Disaster Research by New Professionals

María G. Méndez Guijarro, Puerto Rico Science, Technology, & Research Trust

• Listening Session: Connecting With Communities—Moving Federal Science Into Action

Shingo Nagamatsu, Kansai University

• Early Reconnaissance Research: The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake

Nicole Nation, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Evidence and Evaluation in Disaster Plans and Programs

Raven Nee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Training Session: Trauma-Informed Storytelling Activities for Community Engagement

Ali Nejat, Texas Tech University

• Continuous Progress: Implementing Equity in Federal Programs

Sydney Neugebauer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• Listening Session: Connecting With Communities—Moving Federal Science Into Action

Michael Newman, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety

• Cross-Sector Climate Tools: Collaborating for Planning and Resilience

Jane Nguyen, Boat People SOS

• Beyond Buyouts: Stories of Community-Driven Relocation

Megan Nibley, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Continuous Progress: Implementing Equity in Federal Programs

Katelyn Noland, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• Evidence and Evaluation in Disaster Plans and Programs

Yuichi Ono, Tohoku University

• Partnering to Reduce Disaster Risk: The U.S.-Japan Collaboration

Monica Owens Doyle, American Red Cross

• Listening Session: Tool Time—Equip Yourself to Manage Disaster

Robert O’Connor, National Science Foundation

• Improving Communities and Ecosystems: The Coastlines and People Program

Aaron Parker, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Making Maps Meaningful

Szymon Parzniewski, Dalhousie University

• New Home, New Risk: Preparedness and Resilience for Immigrant Communities

Tony Passino, Change the Chamber* Lobby for Climate

• Training Session: Changemakers—Building Skills to Create Environmental Change

Resham Patel, University of Washington

• Integrating Practitioners Into Public Health Preparedness Research

Annette Patton, Sitka Sound Science Center

• The Federal Science Behind Volcano and Landslide Risk Reduction

Walter Gillis Peacock, Texas A&M University

Lori Peek, Natural Hazards Center

• Wrap-Up and Call to Action
• Briefing on the Launch of the Third Assessment of Natural Hazards
• Welcome and Self-Introductions

Kristina Peterson, Lowlander Center

Rosina Philippe, First Peoples' Conservation Council

Marja Possner, DOVE

• Emergency Messaging for All: Making Alert Systems Inclusive

Rob Pudim, Independent Cartoonist

• Laughing Matters: Humor, Satire, and Comedy in Disaster

Dave Ramsey, U.S. Geological Survey

• The Federal Science Behind Volcano and Landslide Risk Reduction

Katrina Randolph, Tre Shadez Hair Studio

• Plenary: Developing Research-to-Action Partnerships—Stories from the Pandemic

Kristin Raub, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.

• Listening Session: Connecting With Communities—Moving Federal Science Into Action
• Tailored Resilience: Creating Community-Engaged Climate and Hazard Plans

Sylvia Reeves, National Integrated Drought Information System

• A Roadmap for Connecting Drought and Public Health Impacts

Jagruti Rekhi, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Safe Havens: Ensuring Housing Recovery for Those At-Risk

Shannon Rhoten, U.S. Small Business Administration

• Finding Funds and Filling Gaps: Improving Disaster Assistance

Marianne Riggins, City of Malibu

• Plenary: From Ashes to Resilience—A Story of Collaboration and Culture Change

Jenny Riker, U.S. Geological Survey

• The Federal Science Behind Volcano and Landslide Risk Reduction

Liesel Ritchie, Virginia Tech

• Leave No One Behind: Lessons for a More Inclusive Disaster Response

Fernando Rivera, University of Central Florida

• New Home, New Risk: Preparedness and Resilience for Immigrant Communities

Josh Roberts, Larimer County Office of Emergency Management

• Networking Roundtable: Partnering with Practitioners

Marisol Rodriguez, Civic Consulting Collaborative

Emiliano Rodriguez Nuesch, Pacifico Risk Communications

• Plenary: Tempo—Using Music to Communicate Risk and Drive Climate Action

Katherine Rowden, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• The Federal Science Behind Volcano and Landslide Risk Reduction

Jack Rozdilsky, York University

• Now Streaming: Representations of Disasters in Film and Television

Andrew Rumbach, Urban Institute

• Safe Havens: Ensuring Housing Recovery for Those At-Risk

Elizabeth Safran, Lewis & Clark College

• Serious Games: Building Disaster Skills in Playful Ways
• Listening Session: Playing With Disaster—Games to Reduce Risk

Victoria Salinas, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Evidence and Evaluation in Disaster Plans and Programs

Rosie Sanchez, University of California, Irvine

• Bill Anderson Fund Lightning Talks

Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University

• Partnering to Reduce Disaster Risk: The U.S.-Japan Collaboration

Amanda Savitt, Argonne National Laboratory

• What’s in the Box: Designing Tools to Be Used

Monica Schoch-Spana, Texas A&M University

• Plenary: Developing Research-to-Action Partnerships—Stories from the Pandemic

Merritt Schreiber, University of California, Los Angeles

• Listening Session: Tool Time—Equip Yourself to Manage Disaster

David Schwartz, Rochester Institute of Technology

• Listening Session: Playing With Disaster—Games to Reduce Risk

Pataya Scott, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Listening Session: Designed to Protect—Human Dimensions of Sheltering

Manushi Sharma, Change the Chamber* Lobby for Climate

• Training Session: Changemakers—Building Skills to Create Environmental Change

Zhuping Sheng, Morgan State University

• CyberTraining: Broadening Adoption of Cyberinfrastructure in Disaster Management

Manuela Sifuentes, City of Boulder

• New Home, New Risk: Preparedness and Resilience for Immigrant Communities

Gavin Smith, North Carolina State University

• Beyond Buyouts: Stories of Community-Driven Relocation

Drew Smith, Los Angeles County Fire Department

• Plenary: From Ashes to Resilience—A Story of Collaboration and Culture Change

Hollie Smith, University of Oregon

• New Wildfire Narratives: Partnering with At-Risk Communities

Adam Smith, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Former)

• Listening Session: Hazards Account Implementation Plan

Amanda Snook, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Evidence and Evaluation in Disaster Plans and Programs

Austin Snowbarger, Center for Disaster Philanthropy

• Finding Funds and Filling Gaps: Improving Disaster Assistance

John Ben Soileau, The National Academy of Sciences

• Beyond Buyouts: Stories of Community-Driven Relocation

Robin Soler, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Integrating Practitioners Into Public Health Preparedness Research

Sophia Soudani, County of Los Angeles

• Plenary: From Ashes to Resilience—A Story of Collaboration and Culture Change

Susan Spierre Clark, State University of New York at Buffalo

• Add-On Meeting: Equitable Wildfire Emergency Management and Critical Infrastructure Systems

Alex Steely, Washington State Geological Survey

• The Federal Science Behind Volcano and Landslide Risk Reduction

Rachel Steratore, RAND

• Evidence and Evaluation in Disaster Plans and Programs

Danielle Sumy, National Science Foundation

• Preparedness in Your Pocket: Developing Apps for Disaster Awareness

Elaina Sutley, University of Kansas

• Safe Havens: Ensuring Housing Recovery for Those At-Risk

Brenna Sweetman, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Listening Session: Connecting With Communities—Moving Federal Science Into Action

Summer Sylva, U.S. Department of the Interior

Tomohiro Tanaka, Kyoto University

• Partnering to Reduce Disaster Risk: The U.S.-Japan Collaboration

Eric Tate, Princeton University

• Making Maps Meaningful

Shigeo Tatsuki, Doshisha University

• Early Reconnaissance Research: The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake

Tammy Terwelp, KUNC Radio

• Says Who? Strategies to Combat Disaster Misinformation

Stephen Thomas, University of Maryland

• Plenary: Developing Research-to-Action Partnerships—Stories from the Pandemic

Aaron Titus, Crisis Cleanup

• Finding Funds and Filling Gaps: Improving Disaster Assistance

Zach Tolby, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• New Wildfire Narratives: Partnering with At-Risk Communities

Amber Topoleski-Richards, Southern California Edison

• Evidence and Evaluation in Disaster Plans and Programs

Roy Torbert, Third Derivative

Lauren Traczykowski, Aston University

• Listening Session: Playing With Disaster—Games to Reduce Risk

Joseph Trujillo-Falcón, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Emergency Messaging for All: Making Alert Systems Inclusive

Jeff Underwood, California State University, Chico

• Listening Session: Playing With Disaster—Games to Reduce Risk

Matthew Van, University of Delaware

• Networking Roundtable: Community, Disasters, and Older Adults

Bethany Van Brown, Sacred Heart University

• Says Who? Strategies to Combat Disaster Misinformation

Carolina Van Horn, Colorado Office of Climate Preparedness and Disaster Recovery

• Building Colorado’s Climate Preparedness Roadmap

Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University

• Safe Havens: Ensuring Housing Recovery for Those At-Risk

Elizabeth Velasco, Colorado House of Representatives

• Emergency Messaging for All: Making Alert Systems Inclusive

Melissa Villarreal, Natural Hazards Center

• Student Orientation

Jason von Meding, University of Florida

• Laughing Matters: Humor, Satire, and Comedy in Disaster

John Voorheis, U.S. Census Bureau

• Listening Session: Hazards Account Implementation Plan

Tricia Wachtendorf, University of Delaware

• Art and Disasters: Crafting Resilience and Recovery

Courtney Wald-Wittkop, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

• Beyond Buyouts: Stories of Community-Driven Relocation

Luke Wallace, Tempo Music

• Plenary: Tempo—Using Music to Communicate Risk and Drive Climate Action

Jose Walteros, State University of New York at Buffalo

• Add-On Meeting: Equitable Wildfire Emergency Management and Critical Infrastructure Systems

Shaowen Wang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• CyberTraining: Broadening Adoption of Cyberinfrastructure in Disaster Management

Marcie Washington, Florida International University

• Art and Disasters: Crafting Resilience and Recovery

Ada Webb, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Plenary: Developing Research-to-Action Partnerships—Stories from the Pandemic

Nate Weed, Washington State Department of Health

• Integrating Practitioners Into Public Health Preparedness Research

Anne Wein, U.S. Geological Survey

• Listening Session: Playing With Disaster—Games to Reduce Risk

Anke Wellmann, University of Stuttgart

• Says Who? Strategies to Combat Disaster Misinformation

Janna Wilkinson, Utah Division of Emergency Management

• What’s in the Box: Designing Tools to Be Used

Jolie Wills, Hummingly

• Communicating Disaster Down Under: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand

Jamila Wilson, United Way of the Columbia-Willamette

• Creating Transformative Change: The Disaster Resilience Network

April Wood, National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster

Michele Wood, California State University, Fullerton

• Film Screening: Quake Heroes
• Plenary: Changing the Message—Effective Communication in a Changing Climate

Brent Woodworth, Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness Foundation

• Plenary: From Ashes to Resilience—A Story of Collaboration and Culture Change

Roy Wright, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety

• Compounding Disasters in the Gulf: A National Academies Study

H. Tristan Wu, University of North Texas

• Early Reconnaissance Research: The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake
• First-Timers’ Orientation

Haorui Wu, Dalhousie University

• Training Session: Storytelling for Effective Science Communication

Tamar Wyte-Lake, Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center

• Networking Roundtable: Community, Disasters, and Older Adults

Ming Xie, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

• New Home, New Risk: Preparedness and Resilience for Immigrant Communities

Yi-Chen Yang, Lehigh University

• Partnering to Reduce Disaster Risk: The U.S.-Japan Collaboration

Jungwon Yeo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

• Add-On Meeting: Equitable Wildfire Emergency Management and Critical Infrastructure Systems

Teye Yevuyibor, Louisiana State University

Camila Espina Young, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Siyu Yu, Texas A&M University

• Tailored Resilience: Creating Community-Engaged Climate and Hazard Plans

Zhe Zhang, Texas A&M University

• CyberTraining: Broadening Adoption of Cyberinfrastructure in Disaster Management

Casey Zuzak, Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Listening Session: Community Disaster Resilience Zones—Shaping Project Certification and Examining Implementation