Acknowledgements

The Natural Hazards Workshop is special because of the people who so generously share their knowledge and experiences. Thank you to everyone who submitted ideas during the planning stage for the Workshop, as well as to those who are able to invest the time and resources to participate in the meeting in Colorado. We offer much gratitude to each of you.

Special Thanks

Natural Hazards Center Advisory Committee

The Natural Hazards Center team receives regular guidance from our Advisory Committee members. Their wisdom, thoughtful guidance, and ongoing support is gratefully acknowledged.

Additional Supporters

In planning this year’s Workshop and add-on meetings, we were uplifted and assisted by many people and organizations. We would like to extend additional thanks to:

• Bob Freitag, Michael Newman, and Roger Pulwarty, who provided detailed and thoughtful feedback on early drafts of the theme statement.
• Alece Birnbach of the Graphic Recording Studio for drawing the theme statement and capturing live recordings at this year’s Workshop.
• Chip Van Zandt of Van Zandt Visual for taking photos of the people and activities at this year’s Workshop.
• Kyle Breen of Texas A&M International University and Kristopher Young of the University of Utah for stepping into the chair roles for the Organizing Committee for the Researchers Meeting.
• Brad Bartholomew, Brandy Bones, Caroline Cunningham, Melanie Gall, Thomas Hughes, and Grace Olenzak of the National Hazard Mitigation Association, who led the planning for the Practitioners Meeting.
• The student volunteers who applied and were selected to support the Workshop and Researchers Meeting.
• The graduate student recorders who agreed to capture the key takeaways from the keynote, plenary sessions, and concurrent sessions.

Funding

The Workshop is paid for by the registration fees of participants and with the support of the following organizations:

• National Science Foundation
• U.S. Geological Survey