The Leadership Summit – January 7-8, 2020
Champions of Change: Creating Resilient Communities 2030
Thank you for your attendance and participation at the first Resiliency Leadership Summit;
an initiative of the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council.
Leadership Summit Agenda & Speakers
Presentation Archive
Looking to revisit a session from the 2020 Leadership Summit? Follow the links below to download presentations from each session. If you do not see a session highlighted, the panelist provided remarks in place of a presentation.
Tuesday, January 7
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Welcome & Opening Remarks
- Sean Sullivan, Executive Director of the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
- Commissioner Janet C. Long, Pinellas County Commissioner, 2019 Chair of the Coalition
- U.S. Representative Charlie Crist, Florida’s 13th Congressional District
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | State of the State
- Dr. Julia Nesheiwat, P.h.D., State of Florida Chief Resilience Officer
9:30 – 10:00 a.m. | Climate and Risks to Florida Gulf Coast Communities
- Rob Brown, Division Manager, Manatee County Parks and Natural Resources
- Dr. Gary Mitchum, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Dean, USF College of Marine Science
10:15 – 10:45 a.m. | Water, Economy & Equity: How Norfolk Catalyzed Resilience
- Christine Morris, Resilience Consultant
10:45 – 12:00 p.m. | Creating a Roadmap to Resilience: The County Perspective
- Veronica Cintron, Bay News 9, Panel Moderator
- Keith Kolasa, Hernando County
- Kevin Moran, Hillsborough County
- Cheri Coryea, Manatee County
- Mike Carballa, Pasco County
- Barry Burton, Pinellas County
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Keynote Speaker
- Josh Sawislak, Clio Strategies, LLC
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. | Resilient Cities Mayors Panel
- Tim Nickens, Editor of Editorials, Tampa Bay Times, Panel Moderator
- Mayor Jane Castor, City of Tampa
- Mayor George Cretekos, City of Clearwater
- Mayor Rick Kriseman, City of St. Petersburg
2:45 – 3:45 p.m. | Resilience as an Economic Development Strategy: Risk, Ratings, and Bonds
- Hank Hodde, Resilience & Sustainability Coordinator, Pinellas County, Panel Moderator
- Amy Knowles, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Miami Beach
- Musa Collidge-Asad, Vice President, Quantified Ventures
- Genevieve Nolan, Vice President/Senior Analyst, Moody’s Investors Services
3:45-4:45 p.m. | Big Vision Adaptation: Shifting from Pipes to Parks with Innovative Green Infrastructure
- Kelli Hammer Levy, Interim Public Works Director, Pinellas County, Panel Moderator
- Maria Watt, Principal, CDM Smith
- Sarah Kessler, CFM, Environmental Specialist/CRS Coordinator, City of Clearwater
- Mark T. Llewellyn, Executive Vice President Florida Operations, Genesis Halff, Inc.
Wednesday, January 8
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Welcome & Florida Congressional Update
- Patrick Roff, 2020 Chair of the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
- Ben Diamond, Florida House of Representatives District 68
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. | Clean Energy Strategies for Resilient Sustainable Communities
- Susan Glickman, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Panel Moderator
- Scott Haase, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Scientific Computing and Energy Analysis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Mayor Woody Brown, City of Largo
- Brad Miller, Chief Executive Officer, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority
- Chris Evanich, Program Director, Schneider Electric
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Planning for Recovery: Rebuilding Resilient Communities & Affordable Housing
- Bart Weiss, Hillsborough County, Panel Moderator
- Steve Costello, Chief Recovery Officer, City of Houston
- Laurie Schoeman, Senior National Program Director – Resilience & Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Community Foundation
- Gladys Cook, Resilience & Disaster Recovery Director, Florida Housing Coalition
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | Increasing Local Resiliency & Regional Collaboration
- Shawn College, AICP, Hillsborough County, City-County Planning Commission, Panel Moderator
- Lauren Swan, Design, Planning + Economics, AECOM
- Robbert de Koning, Landscape Architect, BNT, Netherlands
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Regional Action Plan Priority Discussions
- Taryn Sabia, University of South Florida School of Architecture, Center for Community Design & Research, Facilitator
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