Resilience Experts

Victoria Donovan

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Victoria Donovan focuses on how spatial and temporal patterns of disturbance shape ecosystem structure and function.

Monika Ardelt

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Monika Ardelt's research focuses on successful adult development across the life course with emphasis on wisdom and aging well.

Ace Vo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Noah Valenstein, J.D.

Expert in water policy and politicsFlorida Gulf Coast University

Noah Valenstein is the former chief resiliency officer and head of the Department of Environmental Protection for the State of Florida.

Jerod Brennen

Founder and Principal ConsultantBrennen Consulting

I help clients protect their businesses by building effective, efficient, forward-thinking cybersecurity programs.

George Kuchel, M.D., F.R.C.P.

Professor of Medicine, Travelers Chair in Geriatrics and GerontologyUniversity of Connecticut

Improving health and independence in older adults through multidisciplinary team science

Robert M. DeConto

Provost Professor of and Earth, Geographic and Climate Sciences and Director of the School of Earth and SustainabilityUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Rob DeConto is one of the world's leading experts on modeling polar ice sheets, sea level rise and ocean response to climate change.

Kimberley Pickett

Principal and Creative DirectorKIMBO Design

Creative Principal of award-winning design firm, KIMBO Design Inc., based in Vancouver, B.C.

Meredith Carroll, Ph.D.

Professor | College of AeronauticsFlorida Tech

Dr. Carroll's research focuses on decision-making in complex systems, human-machine teaming, performance assessment and adaptive training.

James Kendra

Director, Disaster Research Center; Professor, Biden School of Public Policy and AdministrationUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Kendra researches emergency planning and crisis management.