Speakers and Presenters

Click on the names below to learn more about the our 2026 Natural Hazards Workshop Speakers and Presenters.

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Kayode Nelson Adeniji, East Carolina University

Supriya Akerkar, Oxford Brookes University

Maggie Allen, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Kate Allstadt, U.S. Geological Survey

Carlene Anders, Disaster Leadership Team

Deserai Anderson, University of Colorado Denver

David Applegate, U.S. Geological Survey

Katie Arrington, Boulder County

Yajaira Ayala, The Bill Anderson Fund

Mei Azaad, Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons

B. Kainoa Azama, Olohana Foundation

Sanchita Balachandran, Smithsonian Institution

Jeff Baranyi, Esri

Thomas Barnes, Arizona State University

Isabel Barrios, Greater New Orleans Foundation

Beth Bartel, U.S. Geological Survey

Hamilton Bean, University of Colorado Denver

Gina Belair, U.S. Geological Survey

Miriam Belblidia, Gulf Research Program

Noldy Belizaire, Stantec

Maraya Ben-Joseph, Olohana Foundation

Chad Berginnis, Association of State Floodplain Managers

Genevieve Biggs, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Thomas Birkland, North Carolina State University

Giovanna Biscontin, National Science Foundation

Lauren Bissonnette, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Charis Ford Morrison Boke, Dartmouth College

Ashley Bosa, Boise State University

Juan Bossano, KB Advising

Brittany Brand, Boise State University

Alonso Brenes, Network of Social Studies on the Prevention of Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean

Edith Bretherton, GNS Science

Garry Briese, Colorado State Fire Chiefs

Carla Brisotto, University of Florida

Valerie Brown, California Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster

Krystal Brown, Gunnison High School

Tanya Brown-Giammanco, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Lily Bui, SoCal Grantmakers

Daniel Burger, The National Academies

Courtney Byrd, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Michael Byrne, Deloitte

Debbie Cabrales, Centro De Servicios Para Campesinos

Nnenia Campbell, Natural Hazards Center

Hannah Campbell, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Terry Cannon, Institute of Development Studies

Divya Chandrasekhar, University of Utah

Mike Chard, Boulder Office of Disaster Management

Jennifer Charlton-Faia, Texas Division of Emergency Management

Denise Chavez Reyes, Kansas State University

Bhargavi Chekuri, University of Colorado Anschutz

Chen Chen, Oklahoma State University

Guangzhao Chen, Texas Tech University

Hannah Christen, American Red Cross

Carlo Chunga Pizarro, University of California, Irvine

David Ciplet, University of Colorado Boulder

Dana Clawson, New England Municipal Sustainability Network

Michael Clifton, University of Colorado Anschutz

Brian Collins, Earth Fire Alliance

Louise Comfort, University of Pittsburgh

Michèle Companion, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Santina L. Contreras, University of Southern California

Kara Cook-Schultz, Greater Houston Community Foundation

Erin Coryell, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

Tiffany Cousins, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Liz Cox, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies

Shane Crawford, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Allison Crimmins, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

BJ Cummings, University of Washington

Susan Cutter, University of South Carolina

Isabella Cámara Torres, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez

Mike Dacey, Community Resilience for the Waterbury Area

Yvonne Dadson, State University of New York at Albany

Imani Daniel, Virgin Islands Institute for Social Impact, Opulence, and Noetics

Cassandra Davis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lindsay Davis, U.S. Geological Survey

Julie Demuth, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Katherine Dickinson, University of Colorado Anschutz

Maria Dillard, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Amite Dominick, Texas Prison Community Advocates

Annika Doneghy, Case Western Reserve University

Jennifer Dopkowski, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Noah Dormady, The Ohio State University

Christopher Emrich, University of Central Florida

Nicole Errett, University of Washington

Monica Farris, University of New Orleans

Shirley Feldmann-Jensen, California State University, Long Beach

Brian Fennessy, United States Wildland Fire Service

Aaron Flores, Arizona State University

Lawrence Frank, AtkinsRéalis

Suzanne Frew, The Frew Group

Carol Friedland, Louisiana State University

Jack Friedman, U.S. Geological Survey

Melanie Gall, Arizona State University

N. Emel Ganapati, Florida International University

America Gaviria Pabón, The Bill Anderson Fund

Brian Gerber, Arizona State University

Jeffrey Giering, Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

David Gilkeson, Community Foundation of South Alabama

Jeremiah Goulka, Northeastern University

Bill Hahnenberg, Fire Adapted Colorado

Sara Hamideh, Stony Brook University

John Hammond, U.S. Geological Survey

Cat Hebson, Footprint Project

Jennifer Helgeson, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Rodolfo Hernandez Perez, Howard University

Emily Himmelstoss, U.S. Geological Survey

Lori Hodges, Larimer County Office of Emergency Management

Susanna Hoffman, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences

Timothy Hoheneder, Heartland Consulting

Amelia Hoppe, Emergency Legal Responders

Nicholas Hoskins, Texas A&M University

Nyla Howell, Rutgers University

Bryan Hubbel, Resources for the Future

Heidi Huber-Stearns, University of Oregon

Tom Hughes, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

Daire Jansson Glanville , Lincoln Memorial University

Steven Jensen, California State University, Long Beach

Alessandra Jerolleman, Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network

Chris Jones, Conversa Corps

Susanne Jul, Creative Crisis Leadership

Shefali Juneja Lakhina, Wonder Labs

Rhea Katsanakis, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Sandra Katz, Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains

Amanda Keen-Zebert, Desert Research Institute

Sayma Khajehei, Towson University

Karl Kim, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Shunichi Koshimura, Tohoku University

Alison Krepp, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Randall Kuhn, University of California, Los Angeles

Rebecca Laberenne, U.S. Green Building Council

Megan Lacey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Shirley Laska, Lowlander Center

Jennifer Lawrence, University of Virginia

Ronald (Ronnie) Leeper, North Carolina State University

Rebecca Leitschuh, Stantec

Judanne Lennox-Morrison, Texas A&M University

Eric Letvin, Tidal Basin Group

Connor Lewis, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Maggie León-Corwin, Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis

Joel Lisonbee, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Paulina Lopez, Duwamish River Community Coalition

Lindy Lowe, Eastern Research Group, Inc.

Stacey Lucason, Kawerak, Inc.

Kathleen Lynch, New York University

Carson MacPherson-Krutsky, Natural Hazards Center

Marísa Macías, U.S. Geological Survey

Julie Maldonado, Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network

Brigid Mark, University of Colorado Boulder

Jack Martin, Lowlander Center

Gari Mayberry, U.S. Geological Survey

Sara McBride, U.S. Geological Survey

Carrie McDougall, University of Colorado Boulder

Shelley McMullen, University of Colorado Denver

Kate McNeely, Natural Hazards Center

Danielle McNutt, City of Boulder Fire-Rescue

Mitchell Meads, Boise State University

Sara Meerow, Arizona State University

Haleh Mehdipour, University of Florida

Florian Meissner, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

Hannah Melville-Rea, Stanford University

Michelle Meyer, Texas A&M University

Anne Meyers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Kristy Mitchell, Huxly Global

Madison Mooney, Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network

Scott Morrill, West Region Wildfire Council

Johann Mortensen, Gunnison High School

Rubayet Bin Mostafiz, Louisiana State University

Cristina Muñoz De La Torre, Community Economic Environmental and Disaster Resilience Limited Liability Company

Robert Olshansky, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Yuichi Ono, Tohoku University

Mark Osler, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ufuoma Ovienmhada, University of Arizona

Monica Owens Doyle, American Red Cross

John O’Donnell, Baton Rouge Area Foundation

Geraldine O’Mahony, Guidehouse

Mary Angelica Painter, Natural Hazards Center

Lauren Palermo, U.S. Geological Survey

Brittney Parker, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Resham Patel, University of Washington

Walter Gillis Peacock, Texas A&M University

Lori Peek, Natural Hazards Center

Alice Pennaz, U.S. Geological Survey

Barry Periatt, Hawaii County Civil Defense

Kristina Peterson, Lowlander Center

Rosina Philippe, First Peoples' Conservation Council

Louisa Pitney, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Lisa Platt, University of Florida

Keith Porter, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Duane Poslusny, Wildfire Partners

Peter Powers, U.S. Geological Survey

Zachary Provant, Boise State University

Roger Pulwarty, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Prithila Datta Purkayastha, Boise State University

Omar Pérez-Figueroa, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ashlinn Quinn, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Dave Ramsey, U.S. Geological Survey

Elizabeth Reddy, Colorado School of Mines

Danielle Rivera, University of California, Berkeley

Josh Roberts, Larimer County Office of Emergency Management

Dinah Rode, Deutscher Wetterdienst, DWD

Anaís Delilah Roque, Duke University

David Roueche, Auburn University

Michelle Ruiz, University of Florida

Andrew Rumbach, Urban Institute

Suzue Saito, Columbia University

Maribel Sandoval Contreras, University of California, Irvine

Jenniffer Santos-Hernández, University of Delaware

Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University

Amanda Savitt, Argonne National Laboratory

Jackie Schaeffer, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Paul Schlatter, National Weather Service

Katya Schloesser, University of Colorado Boulder

Sarah Schoedinger, Thalassa Strategies

Jennifer Schroeder Tyson, Appalachian State University

David Schwartz, Rochester Institute of Technology

Justin Sefcik, Oceans and Wildlife Institute

Eileen Shader, American Rivers

Vivi Siegel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Virginia Silvis, Pennsylvania State University

Adam Smith, Climate Central

Austin Snowbarger, Center for Disaster Philanthropy

Oleg Sokolsky, National Science Foundation

Kelly Stettner, Black River Action Team

Wendy Stovall, U.S. Geological Survey

Mitchell Stripling, Columbia University

Patricia Stukes, Royal Roads University

Danielle Sumy, National Science Foundation

William Sweet, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Tomohiro Tanaka, Kyoto University

Shana Tarter, University of Colorado Anschutz

Hirokazu Tatano, Kyoto University

Shigeo Tatsuki, Doshisha University

Ramsay Taum, Life Enhancement Institute of the Pacific

Abdul-Hai Thomas, Youth Participatory Action Network

Issa Thullah, Virginia Commonwealth University

Kathleen Tierney, University of Colorado Boulder

Jenna Tilt, Oregon State University

Bill Tripp, Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources

Laura Twidle, Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc.

Matthew Van, University of Delaware

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

Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University

Karina Vielma, University of Texas at San Antonio

Melissa Villarreal, Natural Hazards Center

Olivia Vilá, Argonne National Laboratory

Jason von Meding, University of Florida

Tricia Wachtendorf, University of Delaware

Di Wang, University of Utah

Joseph Wartman, University of Washington

Maria Watson, University of Florida

Sarah Whitaker, Boise State University

Janna Wilkinson, Utah Division of Emergency Management

Jay Wilson, Clackamas County Disaster Management

Greg Witkowski, Kean University

Katy Wood, Independent

Haorui Wu, Dalhousie University

Yi-Chen Yang, Lehigh University

Tessa Yip, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources

Saki Yotsui, The University of Tokyo

McKenna Young, Gunnison High School

Jiang Zheng, Texas A&M University

Ariela Zycherman, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration