Executive Director

Michael David Berkowitz

Executive Director, Climate Resilience Academy

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Berkowitz, who founded and built the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) from an idea into an influential global city network, working across 48 countries to help cities around the world become more resilient to physical, social, and economic shocks and stresses, has been named the founding executive director of the...

Associate Director (Faculty)

Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos

Associate Professor

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Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Miami’s College of Engineering. He is an expert in structural morphology, which investigates the relationship between structures, as well as their form, function, material and forces. He...

Director, Programs

Jennifer M Posner

Director, Programs

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Jen Posner is the Director of the Climate Resilience Academy, helping to lead efforts that support interdisciplinary research and education to catalyze and strengthen equitable resilience solutions. Jen was previously the Senior Manager for Policy and Programs at the UM Office of Civic and Community Engagement (CCE) where she led the...

Senior Program Manager

Emily C Northrop

Manager, Resilience Program

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Emily Northrop is a Miami native, eager to support the community she knows best. Emily studied marine science and geology at the University of Miami as an undergraduate and earned her Master of Professional Science in Coastal Zone Management from the Rosenstiel School in 2016. For her interdisciplinary thesis...