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Appendix D: Committee Member and Staff Biographical Sketches
Appendix D: Committee Member and Staff Biographical Sketches
Pages 281-288
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where he served as the chief executive of the National Flood Insurance Program, led the agency's Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, and directed the resilience programs addressing earthquake, fire, flood, and wind risks. In these roles, he guided several programs that promote a risk-conscious culture, enable faster disaster recovery, and address long-term vulnerabilities to life, property, and well-being in communities across the United States.
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Mr. Byard received the Department of Homeland Security Outstanding Service Medal and the Distinguished Public Safety Award from the United States Coast Guard.
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Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the 2019 AGU Climate Communication Prize, and the 2018 prestigious AMS Helmut Landsberg Award for pioneering and significant work in urban climate. In 2017, he was honored with the AMS Brooks Award, a high honor within the field of meteorology.
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James Shultz, Ph.D., is a population health scientist and associate professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he holds multiple leadership roles. First, Dr.
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Willis served as the emergency manager in Tampa, Florida, for more than 14 years, where she developed successful programs benefiting marginalized populations. She has led national emergency planning efforts for political conventions, national football league games, and international award shows.
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in geography from Louisiana State University. For her dissertation research, she interviewed more than 100 coastal Louisiana residents who have already or are currently facing possible relocation decisions or displacement in order to understand the links among the influence and mobility of three factors: social relations (faith-based networks, civic organizations, family, cultural and heritage identities, etc.)
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Much of her previous undergraduate coursework and experience has shaped and solidified her interest in environmental and social policy, from summers spent researching land use policy in Central America to time as a political canvasser for housing and energy justice to work as an instructor for a summer course on the socio political dimensions of climate change.
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In this capacity, she led or contributed to production of 13 reports and workshop proceedings by coordinating committees of subject matter experts and staff teams, organizing public meetings, building consensus, writing and editing reports, and contributing to public communication materials. She has covered topics ranging from ocean observing, offshore wind development, fisheries, ocean pollution, carbon dioxide removal, and ecosystem restoration.
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