Lead Investigators

Victoria Keener, Ph.D., Research Professor, Arizona State University (ASU) Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation (GIOSI); Senior Research Fellow, East-West Center (EWC); keenerv@eastwestcenter.org

Laura Brewington, Ph.D., Research Professor, ASU GIOSI; Research Fellow, EWC; Laura@PacificRISA.org

Co-Investigators

Abby Frazier Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Geography, Clark University; Adjunct Fellow, East-West Center; afrazier@clarku.edu

Zena Grecni, Sustained Climate Assessment Strategic Lead, ASU GIOSI; zgrecni@asu.edu

John Marra, Ph.D., Regional Climate Services Director, Pacific Region, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Center for Weather and Climate (CWC); john.marra@noaa.gov

Kirsten Oleson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management; University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; koleson@hawaii.edu

Austin Shelton, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Extension & Outreach / Director, Center for Island Sustainability and UOG Sea Grant; shelton@uog.edu

Christopher Shuler Ph.D., Assistant Hydrologist, Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; cshuler@hawaii.edu

Matthew Widlansky Ph.D., Associate Director, JIMAR UH Sea Level Center; University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; mwidlans@hawaii.edu

Tom Giambelluca, Ph.D. (retired), Climatologist, Water Resources Research Center (WRRC); Professor, Department of Geography; University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; thomas@hawaii.edu

Core Team

Chelsey Bryson, Project Specialist, Pacific RISA, EWC; brysonc@eastwestcenter.org

Krista Jaspers, Communications Manager, Pacific RISA, ASU GIOSI; krista.jaspers@asu.edu

Paula Moehlenkamp, Project Specialist, Pacific RISA program in cooperation with Hawaii Green Growth (HGG); moehlenp@EastWestCenter.org

Mari Ching, Program Coordinator, Pacific RISA, ASU GIOSI; mari.ching@asu.edu

Advisory Committee

Kelley Anderson Tagarino, Extension Agent for the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program American Sāmoa at the American Sāmoa Community College
Amanda Ellis, Executive Director, Asia-Pacific for the Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation and Senior Director, Global Partnerships and Networks for the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory at Arizona State University
Dr. Kealoha Fox, President & Senior Advisor of the Institute for Climate and Peace and as the Native Hawaiian Liaison at AlohaCare
Matt Gonser, Chief Resilience Officer and Executive Director of the Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency, City and County of Honolulu
Kaʻāina Hull, Director of the Kauaʻi County Planning Department
Trina Leberer, Director of Pacific Regional Partnerships for The Nature Conservancy
Malia Nobrega-Olivera, Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge Director of Strategic Partnerships and Community Engagement
Ruby Pap, Coastal Land Use Extension Agent for Hawaiʻi Sea Grant, located with the Kauaʻi County Planning Department
(ex officio) Dr. Dave White, Director, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation at Arizona State University