SAME Resilience COI Webinar: Nexus of Sea-Level-Rise, Groundwater, and Stormwater Flooding

The panel will be moderated by Dr. Devyani Kar, Principal Resilience Scientist with Jacobs Engineering. Devyani brings more than 20 years of experience working in the climate-change mitigation and adaptation field to build future resilience for coastal communities nationwide. She has led numerous multi-million-dollar coastal restoration and risk reduction projects that incorporate natural and nature-based features (NNBF) to mitigate risks and provide multiple co-benefits. She has supervised multiple interdisciplinary teams of planners, engineers, and scientists to conduct climate risk and vulnerability assessments – both for the natural and the built environment, leading to the formulation of cost-effective adaptation strategies for clients that include municipal, state, and federal governments and businesses.

Paul has over 25 years of experience leading and serving teams that deliver resilience, flood, and water resources projects, not just across the western United States, but also nationally and internationally. He has been involved in climate resilience planning for over 20 years. Paul has worked with all levels of government as well as private organizations. More recently, he has supported projects in the water, environmental, and transport markets for clients such as the California Department of Water Resources, USACE in Texas, the City of New Orleans, the US Army Reserves, and others. As a team builder and leader, he firmly believes in inclusively breaking down silos and bringing multi-disciplinary talent together to solve clients’ challenges.

Dr. Patrick Barnard is a Research Geologist with UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience. His research focuses on coastal hazards driven by storms and sea level rise across U.S. beaches and estuaries. Patrick serves on numerous regional, national, and international scientific review panels related to climate change and coastal hazards, and has advised members of the U.S. Congress and Cabinet, as well as state and local government representatives. He served as a Co-author on the Coastal Effects Chapter of the 5th National Climate Assessment, Co-Chair of the Inter-agency Working Group on Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flood Hazard Scenarios and Tools to update Federal Sea level rise guidance, and Co-Chair of the California Ocean Science Trust Scientific Task Force to update California’s sea level rise technical guidance.