Climate Preparedness
President’s Task Force on Carbon Neutrality and Climate Resilience
Working Group on Climate Preparedness
The Working Group on Climate Preparedness (Working Group 6) focuses on resilience of the University, its outlying facilities, and surrounding communities to higher temperatures, more intense precipitation, and higher sea levels. The Working Group is considering responses to both acute physical risks (e.g., heat waves, severe storms) and chronic risks (e.g., routine flooding of coastal facilities).
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Climate Preparedness Working Group Members
Co-Chairs
Robin Leichenko
Co-director, Rutgers Climate Institute
Professor and Geography Department Chair, School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
David Robinson
New Jersey State Climatologist
Distinguished Professor, School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Members
Francisco Artigas
Director, Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute
Research Associate Professor, School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–Newark
Lisa Auermuller
Senior Program Administrator, Marine Outreach, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Tony Broccoli
Co-Director, Rutgers Climate Institute
Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Brian Buckley
Executive Director, Laboratories and Administration
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
David Bushek
Professor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Patricia Findley
Master of Social Work Director, Associate Professor, and Special Assistant to the Dean for Interprofessional Health Initiatives, Rutgers School of Social Work
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Panos Georgopulos
Professor, School of Public Health
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Jeffrey Issler
Emergency Management Specialist, Office of Emergency Management – Newark, Institutional Planning and Operations
Marjorie Kaplan
Associate Director, Rutgers Climate Institute
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Steven Keleman
Director, Office of Emergency Management, Institutional Planning and Operations
Laura Landau
Graduate Student, School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Rory Langan
Graduate Student, School of Social Work
Rutgers University – Newark
Ric Marlink
Director, Rutgers Global Health Institute
Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Mark McLane
Executive Director, Rutgers Environmental, Health and Safety, Institutional Planning and Operations
Kathe Newman
Associate Professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Nancy Pontes
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Rutgers University–Camden
Ashaki Rouff
Associate Professor, School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–Newark
Alejandro Ruiz
Associate Director, Rutgers Environmental Health and Safety, Institutional Planning and Operations
Jennifer Schrum
PhD/MSE Student, School of Social Work
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Soko Setoguchi
Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Natalie Teale
Graduate Student, School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Roger Wang
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Roger Wang
Student, Rutgers Business School
Rutgers University–New Brunswick