Marybeth Groff, CFM is the State Hazard Mitigation & Climate Adaptation Coordinator at the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). Her primary role is co-lead of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Climate Adaptation Program, in partnership with the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. She is also co-Chair of the ResilientMass Action Team and is responsible for the implementation, maintenance and update of the ResilientMass Plan, the State’s Hazard Mitigation & Climate Adaptation Plan. Ms. Groff also serves as State Coordinator for the USACE MA Silver Jackets Team and is Co-Chair of the ASFPM Flood Mitigation Committee. She holds a Master of Science in Planning from Florida State University and a Bachelor of Science in Coastal Marine Management and Policy from the University of Rhode Island.
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Thu May 15
1:45 PM — 2:30 PM (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time
Financing Resilience at the State and Local Level: Innovations from Massachusetts and Boston
Massachusetts is at the forefront of climate resilience planning, finance, and implementation. Leaders in state and local resilience, environmental, and emergency management departments will share new and emerging actions in Boston and Massachusetts related to the development and implementation of a statewide financing investment strategy for climate resiliency. Join this session to hear case studies and best practice examples of how Boston is promoting climate resilient development through public-private partnerships, and new state action to define coastal resilience districts, elevate extreme heat preparedness, and fund resilient disaster recovery.
Speakers
Catherine McCandless; Senior Climate Resilience Project Manager; City of Boston Environment Department
Marybeth Groff; Hazard Mitigation & Climate Adaptation Coordinator; Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
Mia Mansfield; Assistant Secretary for Resilience; Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
Deanna Morann; Chief Coastal Resilience Officer; MA Office of Coastal Zone Management
Separate ticket required. This session is part of ULI’s Resilience Summit. Purchasing a ticket to ULI’s Resilience Summit provides access to this session and all other ULI Resilience Summit sessions