Carol Lee Roalkvam is Washington State DOT’s senior adviser on federal and state environmental policy and emerging issues. She directs WSDOT’s climate change adaptation and resilience efforts. Under her leadership, WSDOT completed three Federal Highway climate change pilots. She supports agency-wide efforts to create, operate and maintain a resilient multimodal system that equitably serves all communities and improves environmental outcomes. She applies her knowledge of the inner workings of a state DOT to the task of integrating resilience into transportation project delivery. Carol Lee represents WSDOT in several national and state forums. She earned a M.A. Environmental Studies/Political Science Western WA University, and B.A from American University, Washington DC.