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Funding Source: Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)

Project Member Institutions

Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC)

George Washington University

Elliott School of International Affairs

Ky Luu
Research Scientist

Louisiana Public Health Institute

Barrie Black
Research Staff
Brittany Fowler
Research Scientist
Guenevere Hoy
Research Staff
Sandra Serna
Research Scientist

Director, Evaluation and Research

Lisanne F. Brown
Co-Principal Investigator

Director, Healthy Communities

George Hobor
Co-Principal Investigator

Louisiana State University

Department of Sociology

Chelsea Adams
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Troy Blanchard
Co-Principal Investigator
Leah Drakeford
Project Data Point of Contact,
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Matthew R. Lee
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Vanessa Parks
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Tim Slack
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Jordan Carlee Smith
Project Data Point of Contact,
Task Data Contact,
Data Team,
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Pardee RAND Graduate School

Margaret Chamberlin
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Amanda Edelman
Graduate Student - PhD Level

RAND Corporation

Aaron Clark-Ginsberg
Research Scientist
Aaron Lang
Administrative Staff
Jay Onayemi
Administrative Staff
Rachana Seelam
Research Staff
Margaret Weden
Research Scientist

Justice, Infrastructure and Environment

Lynsay Ayer
Research Scientist
Craig A. Bond
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Gary Cecchine
Co-Principal Investigator
Anita Chandra
Co-Principal Investigator
Noreen Clancy
Co-Principal Investigator,
Program Manager / Technical Coordinator,
Research Scientist
Keith Crane
Research Scientist
Diane Egelhoff
Administrative Staff
Charles C. Engel
Co-Principal Investigator,
Research Scientist
Sandra Facciolli
Administrative Staff
Melissa Finucane
Principal Investigator,
Project Data Point of Contact,
Task Co-Lead
Kate Giglio
Outreach Team
Hank Green
Research Scientist
Monica Hertzman
Research Staff
Debra Knopman
Research Scientist
Stephanie Kovalchik
Research Scientist
Tara Lavelle
Research Scientist
Jaime Madrigano
Research Scientist
J. William McGowan
Research Staff
Shanthi Nataraj
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Andrew Parker
Research Scientist
Elizabeth Petrun Sayers
Research Scientist
Catherine Plummer
Research Staff
Rajeev Ramchand
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Eric Robinson
Research Staff
Ricardo Sanchez
Research Staff
Claude Setodji
Research Scientist
Willard Simmons
Research Staff
Christine Sovak
Research Staff
Quinton Stroud
Research Staff
Cassandra Tate
Administrative Staff
Elizabeth Thornton
Outreach Point of Contact
Daisy Weill
Administrative Staff

Tulane University

ByWater Institute

Amy Lesen
Co-Principal Investigator,
Research Scientist

City, Culture, and Community Program

Jessica Liddell
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Estilla Lightfoot
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Andres Melendez
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Matthew Olson
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Megha Patel
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Chloe Tucker
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Department of Computer Science

Olivia Cabello Gorchs
Undergraduate Student
Laura Eddington
Undergraduate Student
Alex Gain
Undergraduate Student
Cody Licorish
Undergraduate Student
Peter Riser
Undergraduate Student
Kristen Brent Venable
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Xinyue (Cassie) Wang
Undergraduate Student

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Michael J. Blum
Co-Principal Investigator

Department of Economics

Jacqueline Fiore
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Department of Environmental Health Sciences

Samantha Haun
Graduate Student - Master's Level

Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy

Courtni Blackstone
Research Staff
Leila Darwish
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Kelsie Davis
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Shweta Dewan
Research Staff
John Edwards
Research Scientist
Deb Elzie
Research Scientist
Anna Feigum
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Meredith Feike
Research Scientist
Regardt Ferreira
Research Scientist
Laura Haas
Research Scientist
Elizabeth Harrison
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Sheila Joy
Research Staff
Allison Kalnik
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Elizabeth Lopez
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Ky Luu
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist
Heather Milton
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Tristan Morath
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Jennifer Murphy
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Apollo Nkwake
Research Scientist
Elisabeth Perez
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Holly Scheib
Research Scientist
Phallon Treece
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Hilda Vlachopoulou
Research Staff
Ariane Wiltse
Research Staff
Tona Zwanziger
Graduate Student - Master's Level

School of Social Work

Alex Fixler
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Hope Levins
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Bethanie Mangigian
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Nancy Mayhall
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Lindsay McBeth
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Karen Montano
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Leia Saltzman
Research Scientist

University of South Alabama

Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center

Joycelyn Curtis
Research Scientist
Brandi Gilliam
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Chia Ikefuna
Undergraduate Student
Janel Lowman
Outreach Team
Selena McCord
Outreach Team
Bria Means
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Keith Nicholls
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Steven J. Picou
Co-Principal Investigator
Keagan Smith
Undergraduate Student
Alyssa Wood
Graduate Student - Master's Level,
Undergraduate Student
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org