Team

Executive Director

Michael David Berkowitz

Executive Director, Climate Resilience Academy

mdb308@miami.edu

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

lxr382@miami.edu

(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

jmp439@miami.edu

(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 Manager

Emily C Northrop

Manager, Resilience Program

e.northrop@umiami.edu

(305) 284-1156
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...

Senior Program Coordinator

Beatriz Ruan

Sr. Program Coordinator (A)

bxr392@miami.edu

(305) 284-1865

Assistant to the Executive Director

Maria E Martinez

Administrative Assistant

mem642@miami.edu

(305) 284-1237

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