Tag: Sustainability

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Jayantha Obeysekera

Water management, sea-level rise, & climate change expert

Jayantha Obeysekera served as chief modeler at the South Florida Water Management District as technical lead for climate-change and sea-level-rise issues. He served as a member of the federal...


Jeremy Alain Siegel

Associate, BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group

Jeremy has been working with BIG since the establishment of its New York office in 2010, and brings a focus on issues of urbanism, landscape, infrastructure, and climate change...


the greenest fern is a sustainable design consulting firm focused on the idea and practice of sustainability, resiliency, environmental justice and biophilia. It seeks to design healthier, more productive and...


Nancy Schneider

Facilitator, Senior Program Officer, U.S. Program, Institute for Sustainable Communities

Nancy is a Senior Program Officer with the Institute for Sustainable Communities where she serves as ISC’s primary representative supporting the implementation of the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change...


Debbie Griner

Resilience Manager, Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department

Debbie Griner leads the Resilience Program at the Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department, formalizing and facilitating resilience throughout its programs and functions.


Shahin Vassigh

Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development, Florida International University

Shahin Vassigh is a Professor of Architecture and the Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development at Florida International University (FIU).


Gray Read

Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Florida International University

Gray Read, associate professor of architecture at Florida International University, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and is a registered architect.


Sonia Succar Rodríguez

Urban Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy

Sonia Succar Rodríguez leads the Cities Program in the Florida Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, where she is focused on implementing key projects with strategic partners to enhance the...


Sonia Chao

Research Associate Professor, School of Architecture, University of Miami

Sonia Chao writes and teaches in the areas of sustainable architecture and urbanism, resilient design, and historic preservation in the subtropics.


Peter Jenkins

Facilitator, Program Manager, 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation

Peter Jenkins is an interdisciplinary urban policy professional with experience in energy, transportation, and sustainability.


Jesse Keenan

Faculty of Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Jesse M. Keenan is a faculty member at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he serves as area head and director of real estate and the built environment.