Steering Committee
Local Solutions 2027 Steering Committee
The Local Solutions 2027 Steering Committee brings together local and regional leaders with diverse experience in community resilience, planning, infrastructure, energy, housing, public health, and related fields. Committee members help shape the conference to ensure it reflects the real-world priorities, challenges, and opportunities facing communities across the Northeast.
Their guidance helps inform conference topics, identify innovative projects and practices, connect us with speakers and partners, and create meaningful opportunities for peer learning and collaboration.
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Meet the 2027 Steering Commitee
John Bolduc
Principal Planner
Weston & Sampson
Gayle Bowness
Director Community Climate Action
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Mari Brunner
Senior Planner
City of Keene, NH
Alaina Chorman
Climate Adaptation Manager
The Nature Conservancy
Sam Durfee
Planning Manager
City of Nashua, NH
Charlie French
Chief Community Development Officer
Island Institute
Ned Gardiner, PhD
Program Manager, Climate Smart Communities Initiative
NOAA Climate Program Office
Lara J. Hansen, PhD
Chief Scientist & Executive Director
EcoAdapt
Rebecca Hebert
Planning Director
Town of Bedford NH
Kate Homet
Environmental Planner
City of Portsmouth NH
Alex Jaccaci
Sr. Program Manager, Corporate Improvement
Hypertherm, Inc/ Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup
Meredith A. Kelly, PhD
Faculty Director, Dartmouth Climate Collaborative
Dartmouth College
Rosi Kerr, PhD
Director, Dartmouth Climate Collaborative and Director, Sustainability
Dartmouth College
Clay Mitchell, PhD
City Planner
City of Asheville, NC
Mia Mansfield
Assistant Secretary for Resilience
Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Susanne Moser, PhD
Director & Principal Researcher
Susanne Moser Research & Consulting
Erich Osterberg, PhD
Chair and Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Dartmouth College
Rebecca Owens
Senior Planner
City of Lebanon, New Hampshire
Linda Shi, PhD
Associate Professor and Director, Master of Regional Planning Program
Cornell University
Michael Simpson, MS, MALS
Faculty Emeritus, Environmental Studies & Sustainability
Antioch University New England
Marion Wolz
Resilience Section Lead
VT Agency of Natural Resources