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
Deserai Anderson, University of Colorado Denver
Katie Arrington, Boulder County
Yajaira Ayala, University of Delaware
Mei Azaad, Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons
Thomas Barnes, Arizona State University
Hamilton Bean, University of Colorado Denver
Gina Belair, University of Montana
Thomas Birkland, North Carolina State University
Giovanna Biscontin, National Science Foundation
Charis Ford Morrison Boke, Dartmouth College
Ashley Bosa, Boise State University
Garry Briese, Colorado State Fire Chiefs
Valerie Brown, California Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster
Krystal Brown, Gunnison High School
Debbie Cabrales, Center for Farmworker Services
Isabella Camara Torres, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
Nnenia Campbell, Natural Hazards Center
Hannah Campbell, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Divya Chandrasekhar, University of Utah
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
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
Louise Comfort, University of Pittsburgh
- Student Orientation
- Publishing for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Women of Invention: Pioneering Contributions to Hazards Research and Its Applications
Michèle Companion, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Santina Contreras, University of Southern California
Erin Coryell, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies
- Harnessing Philanthropic Partnerships for Robust Disaster Planning
- Partnerships for the Long Haul: Lessons From Disaster Recovery Groups
Tiffany Cousins, Virginia Tech
Liz Cox, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies
Shane Crawford, Federal Emergency Management Agency
BJ Cummings, University of Washington
Susan Cutter, University of South Carolina
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
Lindsay Davis, U.S. Geological Survey
Cassandra Davis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Katherine Dickinson, University of Colorado Anschutz
Amite Dominic, Texas Prison Community Advocates
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 Fenessy, United States Wildland Fire Service
Carol Friedland, Louisiana State University
Jack Friedman, U.S. Geological Survey
- Improving Risk Communication Through Monitoring and Evaluation
- From Research to Real-World Resilience: Coalitions for a Hazard Ready Nation
Melanie Gall, Arizona State University
- Professional Pathways in the Hazards and Disaster Field
- Durable Disaster Resilience: Lessons From a 20-Year Collaboration
N. Emel Ganapati, Florida International University
Ivis García, Texas A&M University
America Gaviria Pabón, The Bill Anderson Fund
Brian Gerber, Arizona State University
Jeffrey Giering, Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
Jeremiah Goulka, Northeastern University
Sara Hamideh, Stony Brook University
John Hammond, U.S. Geological Survey
Jennifer Helgeson, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Establishing a Unified Approach for Disaster Data Collection
- International Practices to Estimate Hazards Losses
Rodolfo Hernandez Perez, Howard University
Susanna Hoffman, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
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, Lincoln Memorial University
Susanne Jul, Creative Crisis Leadership
Shefali Juneja Lakhina, Wonder Labs
Sandra Katz, Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains
Amanda Keen-Zebert, Desert Research Institute
Sayma Khajehei, Towson University
Shunichi Koshimura, Tohoku University
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
- Co-Producing Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction: Housing, Climate, and Health in Florida
- Sharing and Co-Creating Disaster Scholarship Through Zines
Ronald (Ronnie) Leeper, North Carolina State University
- Mapping Connections: Interactive Strategies for Coalition Building in Disaster Risk Reduction
- Filling Funding Gaps: Collaborations, Networks, and Private Support
Judanne Lennox-Morrison, Texas A&M University
Eric Letvin, Tidal Basin Group
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.
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
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
- Co-Producing Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction: Housing, Climate, and Health in Florida
- Game Night: Building Community and a Culture of Disaster Resilience Through Play
Florian Meissner, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
Hannah Melville-Rea, Stanford University
Michelle Meyer, Texas A&M University
- Partnerships for the Long Haul: Lessons From Disaster Recovery Groups
- From Perishable Data to Disaster Preparedness: Quick Response Research in Texas
Anne Meyers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Aubrey Miller, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Madison Mooney, Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network
Scott Morrill, West Regional Wildfire Council
Rubayet Bin Mostafiz, Louisiana State University
Njoki Mwarumba, Empire State University
Robert Olshansky, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ufuoma Ovienmhada, University of Arizona
Monica Owens Doyle, American Red Cross
Mary Angelica Painter, Natural Hazards Center
Lauren Palermo, U.S. Geological Survey
Resham Patel, University of Washington
Walter Gillis Peacock, Texas A&M University
Lori Peek, Natural Hazards Center
Alice Pennaz, U.S. Geological Survey
- Improving Risk Communication Through Monitoring and Evaluation
- From Research to Real-World Resilience: Coalitions for a Hazard Ready Nation
Kristina Peterson, Lowlander Center
- Rooted in People and Place: Lessons From Successful Disaster Nonprofits
- Women of Invention: Pioneering Contributions to Hazards Research and Its Applications
Rosina Philippe, First Peoples' Conservation Council
Lisa Platt, University of Florida
Keith Porter, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Peter Powers, U.S. Geological Survey
Zachary Provant, Boise State University
Prithila Datta Purkayastha, Boise State University
Omar Pérez-Figueroa, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dave Ramsey, U.S. Geological Survey
Elizabeth Reddy, Colorado School of Mines
Danielle Rivera, University of California, Berkeley
- Partnerships for Urban Transformation
- Co-Producing Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction: Housing, Climate, and Health in Florida
Josh Roberts, Larimer County Office of Emergency Management
Dinah Rode, Deutscher Wetterdienst, DWD
Anaís Delilah Roque, Duke University
David Roueche, Auburn University
Suzue Saito, Columbia University
Maribel Sandoval Contreras, University of California, Irvine
Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University
Amanda Savitt, Argonne National Laboratory
Paul Schlatter, National Weather Service
Katya Schloesser, University of Colorado Boulder
- Game Night: Building Community and a Culture of Disaster Resilience Through Play
- Disaster Risk Reduction From the Heart
Sarah Schoedinger, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jennifer Schroeder Tyson, Appalachian State University
David Schwartz, Rochester Institute of Technology
Eileen Shader, American Rivers
Vivi Siegel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Virginia Silvis, Pennsylvania State University
Arthur Simental, EM Disaster Gaming
Adam Smith, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Former)
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
- Strengthening Community and Volunteer Networks for Disaster Response
- Filling Funding Gaps: Collaborations, Networks, and Private Support
Patricia Stukes, Royal Roads University
Danielle Sumy, National Science Foundation
Tomohiro Tanaka, Kyoto University
Shana Tarter, University of Colorado Anschutz
Hirokazu Tatano, Kyoto University
Shigeo Tatsuki, Doshisha University
Abdul-Hai Thomas, Center for Children’s Rights
Issa Thullah, Virginia Commonwealth University
Kathleen Tierney, University of Colorado Boulder
Elan Tulberg, University of Texas at Austin
Laura Twidle, Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc.
Matthew Van, University of Delaware
Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University
- Partnerships for Urban Transformation
- Purpose and Pathways for More Impactful Natural Hazards Research
Nalini Venkatasubramanian, University of California, Irvine
Karina Vielma, University of Texas at San Antonio
Melissa Villarreal, Natural Hazards Center
Olivia Vilá, North Carolina State University
Jason von Meding, University of Florida
Joseph Wartman, University of Washington
Maria Watson, Texas A&M University
William Waugh, Georgia State University
Sarah Whitaker, Boise State University
Janna Wilkinson, Utah Division of Emergency Management
Jay Wilson, Clackamas County Disaster Management
Greg Witkowski, Kean University
Haorui Wu, Dalhousie University
Yi-Chen Yang, Lehigh University
Tessa Yip, Community Resilience for the Waterbury Area
Jiang Zheng, Texas A&M University
Ariela Zycherman, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration