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Appendix C: Panelist Biographical Sketches
Appendix C: Panelist Biographical Sketches
Pages 39-44
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Combining her background in applied climate science, decision support, and environment resource management, Ms. Patel works closely with municipal and regional governments and private-sector partners to deliver actionable climate vulnerability assessments to inform adaptation and resilience planning.
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in atmospheric sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Panel 2: Translating Data for Motivating Local Resilience Action Jennifer Helgeson is a Research Economist and the Associate Program Manager for the Community Resilience Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Following a model of integrative science for building a comprehensive indicators dataset, the HSI database brought together a robust collection of different datasets, including raster data from the National Land Cover Database developed by the U.S. Geological Survey; greenhouse gas emissions inventory from the Vulcan Project based at Arizona State University; continuous cover of National Ambient Air Quality Standards from the Environmental Protection Agency; business agglomeration analysis and monitoring growth in primary businesses from InfoUSA; local and
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She also leads Groundwork USA's Climate Safe Neighborhoods partnership, a five-city partnership, to reduce heat and flooding related risks in neighborhoods with histories of institutional, race-based housing discrimination. Rose Whitehair has more than 16 years of experience managing large-scale incidents including wildfires, hazardous chemical response, droughts, floods, and the current COVID-19 pandemic response.
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She and her ClimateWise team help community leaders understand likely future conditions, determine vulnerabilities, and develop strategies to address them that care for both people and nature. In 2019, she and her ClimateWise team launched Climate Ready Communities, an "assisted doit-yourself" climate resilience planning program that provides affordable assistance to small, mid-sized, and/or under-resourced communities nation-wide.
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Prior to joining the administration, she worked to address sea level rise and climate impact on national security at the regional, national and international level, and chaired the Infrastructure Working Group for the Old Dominion University-convened Hampton Roads Sea Level Rise Preparedness and Resilience Intergovernmental Pilot Project. Preceding her work on climate impact and sea level rise, Ms.
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