Everyone has a role to play + CO-Facilitators
WORKING GROUP 3: EVERYONE HAS A ROLE TO PLAY
How can we build capacity among communities, the private sector, and CBO’s to share responsibility of managing increased heavy rainfall?
Every drop counts. Build out an education and communications campaign to build the capacities of communities, the private sector, CBO’s, local nonprofits, and other agencies to do their part in managing increasing heavy rainfall.
Tonya Gayle
Executive Director, Green City Force
Hayley Elszasz
Climate Science Advisor, Mayor’s Office of Environmental Justice (MOCEJ)
EVERYONE HAS A ROLE TO PLAY: PARTICIPANTS
Abby Jordan
Environmental Fellow/Graduate Student, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Advisory Board Member, Coney Island Brighton Beach Open Water Swimmers (CIBBOWS)
Adam Benditsky
New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)
Allan Zaretsky
Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD)
Andrew Blancero
Individual
Chelsea Cawley
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Daniela Sancu
Department of Small Business Services (SBS)
Frank Blancero
Individual
Gideon Davidson
Member, Concord Group, JM Kaplan Fund
Helen Wiley
Disaster Preparedness Program Director, SBP
Hope Sutherland
Project Coordinator, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia Climate School
James Garcia
NYC Service
Jill Cornell
New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM)
JOHANNA LAWTON
Project Manager, Rebuild by Design
Julia Eiferman
Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice (MOCEJ)
Katherin Sibel
Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)
LOT LOCHER
International Director for Climate, One Architecture
Mahawa Sankara
Youth Leader, Claremont Neighborhood Center
MICHAEL ROBERSON
Director ITP Challenge, Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI)
Adjunct Professor, The New School University-Eugene Lang College
Nikki Tourigny
Business Development Manager, The HOPE Program
Pamela Pettyjohn
President and Founder, Coney Island Beautification Project, Inc.
Rona Taylor
Executive Director, Central x South East Brooklyn CDC
Sarah Nielson
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation (PARKS)
Saylor Pochan
Cochair, Surfrider Foundation NYC
Shivali Gowda
Resilience Fellow, Enterprise Community Partners
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