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Wamboldt, Jennifer

Wamboldt, Jennifer

Wamboldt started as a Hazard Mitigation Grant Coordinator with WA Emergency Management Division in 2022 and currently works as the Grant Application Specialist. She enjoys the opportunity to assist sub-applicants in putting their best foot forward towards a successful...

Appleton Figueira, Sebastião

Sebastião is an early-career coastal engineering professional with specialized expertise in numerical modeling, wave and circulation analysis, sediment transport, and nature-based coastal design. He has led and supported hydrodynamic and wave modeling efforts,...
Buchanan, Chelsea

Buchanan, Chelsea

Chelsea serves as Climate Operations Lead at Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)’s Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Branch. She provides lead support for WSDOT’s Transportation Resilience Improvement Plan (TRIP), a statewide resilience improvement...
Newman, Ben

Newman, Ben

Ben Newman is a Marine and Estuarine Resilience Project Manager and Habitat Restoration Ecologist with the Pacific Conservation District, where he supports nature-based strategies to address climate-related risks in coastal Washington. His work spans habitat...

Pedersen, Kate

Kate Pedersen is currently serving as the Energy Resilience Specialist for the Energy Resilience and Emergency Management Office (EREMO) within the Energy Division at the Washington State Department of Commerce. Kate runs the Washington Energy Resilience Technical...