Alex Rosen is Floodplain Management Specialist with the Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program (SEA) at the Washington Department of Ecology, working with communities along Washington’s outer coast, Olympic Peninsula, the Lower Columbia, and south Puget Sound. Alex provides technical assistance to local communities and works to integrate floodplain management, habitat restoration, natural hazard risk management, and community resilience into practical planning solutions. Alex manages Floodplains by Design grants, administered through the WA Dept. of Ecology in partnership with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation.

Before moving into floodplain management at Ecology, Alex worked on supporting the improvement of statewide hazard management and resilience along Washington’s coast. He developed best practices for integrating hazards information into on the ground planning and mitigation action, including working with other state agencies, NGOs, and communities to identify examples of successful integration of natural hazard information into local planning and mitigation projects and actions.

Alex earned his MS in Natural Resource Management (Environmental Policy and Planning) and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning (Land Use and Environmental Planning) from the University of Michigan. He received his BS in Geography and Environmental Studies from Western Michigan University.