Keren Bolter

Keren Prize Bolter, PhD is an urban and coastal resiliency expert leading climate initiatives which focus on communication that translates information to action. Her stakeholder engagement/facilitation skills coupled with my GIS analysis of people, cities, & the environment inform data-driven resilience in many fields. Dr. Bolter conducts benefit cost analyses for pre-disaster mitigation to support funding. She has worked as a professor and as a planner in local government, giving her a unique range of perspectives. She has presented her models and research via 2 TEDx talks, and on TV stations including NBC, PBS, National Geographic, the History Channel, and the Weather Channel. Her experience includes creating and teaching about risk mapping tools which foster data driven decision-making and collaboration. Dr. Bolter’s background in climate research utilizes LIDAR elevation, storm surge, and groundwater data. Her analyses overlay assets, health data, and socioeconomic data to determine the consequences of climate-related shocks and stressors. She is an excellent communicator and facilitator, bridging the climate literacy gap through hands-on stakeholder engagement. She has also been working on funding infrastructure resilience, having led the development of successful FEMA grant applications that led to a cumulative award total of over $85M over 3 years.