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Austin Feldbaum is the Director of Hazard Mitigation for the City of New Orleans. The Hazard Mitigation office aims to lessen the damaging impact of future disasters for the city by taking action now to reduce risk and by working with other local, state, and federal partners to ensure a resilient future for New Orleans.

Hazard Mitigation Office, City of New Orleans: https://nola.gov/hazard-mitigation/

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Patty Ferguson-Bohnee is an attorney at Sacks Tierney, a clinical professor of law, and the Director of the Indian Legal Clinic at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. She is also a member of the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe and has substantial experience in Indian law, election law and policy matters, voting rights, and status clarification of tribes.

Arizona State University Bio: https://search.asu.edu/profile/1101447

Sacks Tierney: https://www.sackstierney.com/attorneys/patty-a-ferguson-bohnee/

Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe: https://www.pactribe.com/

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James Karst is the Director of Communications for The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL), which was Louisiana’s first statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to coastal restoration. James is also a former journalist in New Orleans, having worked for many years as an editor at The Times-Picayune. He was on the newspaper’s staff that won two Pulitzer Prizes in 2006.

Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana: https://mississippiriverdelta.org

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April Newman is a Project Manager at the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana, where she oversees multiple coastal restoration projects for the State of Louisiana. Her academic background is in process hydrology with published research in wetlands, landscape-scale hydrologic connectivity, and soil carbon cycling.

Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority: https://coastal.la.gov

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Polly Glover is the Project Coordinator for the non-profit coastal advocacy group, Restore or Retreat, where she plans and executes a variety of volunteer events in the field. Her family roots run deep in the Louisiana wetlands, with her father, John Edgar Land, involved in designing the state’s first large engineered river-diversion project.

Restore or Retreat: https://restoreorretreat.org

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Rudy Simoneaux is the Chief of Engineering for the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana, where he has worked as an Engineer since 2004. During his time at the CPRA, Simoneaux has worked on some of the largest and most complex environmental restoration projects in state history.

Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority: https://coastal.la.gov

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Kristi Trail is the Executive Director for the Pontchartrain Conservancy, a non-profit organization representing the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, whose mission is to drive environmental sustainability and stewardship through scientific research, education, and advocacy.

Pontchartrain Conservancy: https://scienceforourcoast.org/

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Dr. Joseph Orgeron is the Executive Director for Restore or Retreat, a non-profit coastal advocacy group created by coastal Louisiana residents and stakeholders that seeks to identify and expedite the implementation of aggressive, large-scale restoration projects to protect this irreplaceable region. Joseph is also an elected Louisiana State Representative for District 54.

Restore or Retreat: https://restoreorretreat.org

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Bren Haase is currently the Board Chairman for the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) in Louisiana. Bren has over 20 years of experience working in the coastal restoration sector and has previously held a number of positions at the CPRA including Executive Director, Deputy Executive Director, and Division Chief of Planning and Research, among others.

Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority:

https://coastal.la.gov

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Franziska Trautmann is the Co-Founder & CEO of Glass Half Full, a New Orleans based glass recycling company. In response to the lack of recycling options in New Orleans, Franziska started Glass Half Full with her co-founder Max Steitz while they were seniors at Tulane University in 2020. Franziska also serves as Glaf Half Full’s resident chemical engineer and head of research and development for projects such as coastal protection and restoration, new glass products, and process design.

Glass Half Full:

https://glasshalffull.co

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