Experience

The Water Institute of the Gulf

• Director of Planning and Policy Research

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States



Pardee RAND Graduate School

• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Professor

  • Sep 2012 - Mar 2021

  Greater Pittsburgh Area



RAND Corporation

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Policy Researcher

  • Jul 2010 - Mar 2021

  Greater Pittsburgh Area Served as codirector of the RAND Climate Resilience Center, and a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation Since 2010, In this position, I led RAND research focused on climate adaptation, urban resilience, water resources management, coastal planning, and post-disaster recovery.

• Assistant Policy Analyst

  • Sep 2004 - Jun 2010

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2005 - Mar 2006

  Policy Analysis II (Professor Sandra Berry) Operations Research I (Professors Bart Bennett and Brien Alkire)



The Cadmus Group

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Analyst

  • Jun 2001 - Jun 2004

  Provided analysis and support for EPA's 2000 Community Water System Survey and 2003 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey; provided on-site regulatory assistance to the State of Montana's Department of Environmental Quality; produced research and written content for rule guidance and public outreach materials intended for state regulators and drinking water system operators.



National Arts Journalism Program, Columbia University

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 1999 - Aug 2000

  Contributed historical research and maps for an essay on American art history in the publication New York and Los Angeles Politics, Society, and Culture: A Comparative View; coded and compiled data for the publication Reporting the Arts: News Coverage of Arts and Culture in America.