Workshop Participants

John Hall

Dr. Hall currently manages the Resource Conservation and Climate Change program area under both the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program…
United States Department of Defense
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Steve Shafer

"Dr. Shafer serves as Associate Administrator for National Programs in the USDA Agricultural Research Service. In this position, he is the senior leader and manager…
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Richard Birdsey

Dr. Birdsey received a Ph.D. degree in quantitative methods from the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He has a…
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Steven McNulty

McNulty studies how global warming will impact southern US forests, and he develops management tools for foresters to use in mitigating some of the negative…
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Carbon Cycle Science Program Office

Jim Prairie

Dr. Prairie is a Hydraulic Engineer with the Upper Colorado Region of the Bureau of Reclamation. He has been working with Reclamation the past 9…
United States Bureau of Reclamation
United States Bureau of Reclamation

Rebecca Smith

Dr. Rebecca Smith is an engineer with the Lower Colorado Basin Region of Reclamation and a member of the Modeling and Research Team stationed at…
United States Bureau of Reclamation

Carly Jerla

Carly Jerla is an engineer with the Lower Colorado Region of the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). Her work entails conducting studies using water operations models…
United States Bureau of Reclamation
United States Bureau of Reclamation
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)

Igor Linkov

Dr. Igor Linkov is the Risk and Decision Science Focus Area Lead with the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center. He is an Adjunct…
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

Kate White

Dr. Kate White is a registered professional engineer with over 20 years experience in the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Kate holds B.S. and…
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

Chris Frans

Chris is a civil engineer / hydrologist working for the Seattle District of the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). He has over 10 years of…
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

Ahmed Kablan

Dr. Kablan leads the Bureau for Resilience and Food Security efforts on Food loss and waste, food safety and nutrition research. Dr. Kablan is a…
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

John Furlow

John Furlow is a Climate Change Specialist currently on secondment to the US Department of State from USAID, working on the NAP Global Network. Prior…
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Nay Htun

Nay Htun is Professor and Executive Director for Asia Pacific at the University for Peace, New York Office. UPEACE was established by a United Nations…
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Juan Declet

Dr. Declet-Barreto earned a Ph.D. in environmental social sciences, M.A. and B.S. degrees in geography, and an associate’s degree in geographic information systems, from Arizona…
Union of Concerned Scientists

Kristina Dahl

Kristina Dahl is a senior climate scientist for the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. In her role, she designs, executes,…
Union of Concerned Scientists
UNAVCO

Robert G. Watts

Robert G. (Bob) Watts is the Cornelia and Arthur L. Jung Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tulane University. He enrolled at Tulane University 1955 intending…
Tulane University

Taj Schottland

Taj Schottland is the Senior Program Manager on The Trust for Public Land's national climate team. He has over 10 years of professional experience working…
Trust for Public Land

Edith de Guzman

Edith de Guzman is Director of Research at TreePeople, where she investigates best practices for the sustainable transformation of the Greater Los Angeles region through…
TreePeople

Ralph Torrie

Ralph Torrie is the President of Torrie Smith Associates and an internationally recognized expert in the field of energy and sustainable development. The methods and…
Torrie Smith Associates
Toronto Board of Education
Timmendorfer Strand

Melvin Lippe

I call myself a land system scientist with a research interest at the interface of physical and human-environment geography and landscape ecology for understanding the…
Thuenen Institute of International Forestry and Forest Economics
The Workman Group
The University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo