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.

Download the 2020 Leadership Summit Program (PDF)

Day 1

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.

Day 2

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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