Who We Are

We are climate resilience practitioners, facilitators, and process innovators who believe that addressing the global climate crisis requires us to focus on our strengths and work collaboratively to meet the scale of the problem.

Staff Leadership

Kim Adams

Organization and Strategy Analyst

Tonya Graham

Executive Director

Patricia Johnson

Finance Director

Candace Leeds

Advancement Strategy Lead

Christina Mills

Deputy Director

Chair: Scott Denning, Ph.D.

Monfort Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University

Vice Chair: Andrea Webster

Resilience Policy Advisor, North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency

Treasurer: Ken Crocker

Mediator, organizational consultant, trainer and facilitator

Secretary: Matthew McKinnon

Retired educator and lawyer

Past Chair: Linda Langston

Former President of the National Assoc. of Counties and Former County Commissioner – Linn County, IA

Michael Berkowitz

Executive Director of Climate Resilience Academy, University of Miami

Micah Hahn, PhD, MPH

Assoc. Prof. of Environmental Health, Inst. for Circumpolar Health Studies at the Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage

Jim Ince

Rancher and small business owner

Quintus Jett

Consultant, educator, and strategist

Frank Nutter

Former President of the Reinsurance Association of America

Arsum Pathak

Senior Adaptation and Coastal Resilience Specialist, National Wildlife Federation

Climate Ready America National Strategy Team

The National Strategy Team guides the development of the Climate Ready America system by making decisions and solving problems within the system that are national or system-wide in nature. It is comprised of experts in climate adaptation, mitigation, and social justice. These members share a commitment to the 10 guiding principles of Climate Ready America. Team members work closely with the Geos Institute board and staff to support the ongoing evolution of the Climate Ready America system.

Nikki Cooley, Co-Manager of Tribal Climate Change Program, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
Nancy Gilliam, Model Forest Policy Program
Lara Hansen, Chief Scientist & Executive Director, EcoAdapt
Meredith Herr, Deputy Director, Climate Access
Glynis Lough – Director, Science for Climate Action Network, Aspen Global Change Institute
Atyia Martin, Black Resilience Network and All Aces
Matt Posner, The Resiliency Company
Andrew Rumbach, Urban Institute
Lola Schoenrich, Vice President, Great Plains Institute

Climate Ready America Advisors

Advisors provide feedback and guidance to the Climate Ready America system on a variety of topics from structure and governance to system design, program contents, partnership opportunities, and potential funding sources.

Steve Abbott - Rocky Mountain Institute
James Arnott - Aspen Global Change Institute
Tim Carter - Second Nature
John Cleveland - Innovation Network for Communities
Joyce Coffee - Climate Resilience Consulting
Ernest Cook - Network for Landscape Conservation
Matt Hutchins - Fernleaf
Michael McCormick - Farallon Strategies
Susi Moser - Susanne Moser Consulting
John Nielsen-Gammon - Texas State Climatologist, Director, Southern Regional Climate Center
Sascha Petersen - Adaptation International
Cara Pike - Climate Access

Climate Ready America Implementation Partners

We have 55 in-state partners ready to go once funding arrives. These partners represent a variety of entity types:

6 State governments

11 Extension/Sea Grant offices

12 Non-land-grant Universities

16 Nonprofit organizations

2 Regional Planning Commissions/Councils

2 For-profit service entities

3 State climatologist offices

1 CASC