CRI Team

Executive Director

Michael David Berkowitz

Executive Director, Climate Resilience Institute

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

(305) 284-3489
Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos specializes in structural morphology and morphogenesis, using these concepts to design more sustainable and resilient structures. His research spans a variety of structural and architectural systems, including tensegrity and hexagonal lattice structures, with applications ranging from infrastructure and space structures...

Director, Programs

Jennifer M Posner

Director, Programs

(305) 284-2646
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 Coordinator

Beatriz Ruan

Sr. Program Coordinator (A)

(305) 284-1865
Beatriz Ruan is a Miami native with Colombian roots seeking to transform the way we interact with our environment - specifically how we can be of benefit to the planet we call home. She previously worked for Florida Crystals/ASR Group in West Palm Beach, Florida, developing corporate social responsibility policy and ESG strategy as well as...

Assistant to the Executive Director

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