Client: World Bank Group

Role: Research, analysis, author

Completed: 2026

This report presents a strong economic case for investing in disaster and emergency preparedness in Germany. Specifically, this report aims to help policymakers identify and prioritize the most urgent and cost-effective opportunities to bolster the country’s resilience, thereby improving preparedness not only for climate-related disasters, but for a wide range of future shocks. It also emphasizes the high benefit-cost ratios (BCRs) and multiple benefits of resilience investments that can arise regardless of whether a disaster hits. The report shows that as risks in Germany evolve, so too must the solutions, thus requiring continuous efforts to monitor risks and strengthen civil protection capabilities. Specific contributions include: wildfire emergency response, social perceptions to flood emergency response and management. Specific contribution to wildfire emergency management, wildfire early warning, flood risk social perception and emergency management.

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Client: World Bank Group

Role: Research, analysis, author

Completed: 2025

A new series of reports by the World Bank Group and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, funded by the European Union, under the Technical Assistance Financing Facility (TAFF) for Disaster Prevention and Preparedness sets out practical measures to strengthen Europe’s preparedness for wildfires and earthquakes. Specific contribution includes: Lead authorship/research on European Union Wildfire Risk Management, Cyprus Wildfire Risk Management, and Knowledge Note on Integrated Wildfire Risk Management; Review of Croatia Wildfire Risk Management.

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Client: World Bank Group

Role: Research, analysis

Ongoing: 2022-

This project focuses on hospitals, schools, administrative buildings, and other public buildings that will be retrofit for improved seismic resistance and enhanced energy efficiency.

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Organization: American Institute of Architects

Role: Focus group participant

Completed: September 2022

This report discusses how architects can bring about racially just and equitable outcomes for all members of the community they serve.

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Client: Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and World Bank Group

Role: Research

Involved: 2021-2022

Research conducted and guidance developed on universal design principles for buildings.

Click here to view the Building Regulations for Resilience website and final publication (2025): A Global Assessment of Building Codes.

Client: World Bank Group, General Secretariat for Civil Protection Greece

Role: Research, analysis, report writing

Completed: October 2021

This report provides recommendations for the proposed National Disaster Risk Management Plan (NDRMP) of Greece. The input consists of existing and proposed measures and financing opportunities for disaster risk with the goal of disaster risk prevention, preparedness, and resilience.

Click here to download Inputs and Recommendations for the Development of a Draft NDRM Plan for Greece (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group.

Client: World Bank Group and European Commission

Role: Analysis, report writing, design

Completed: April 2021

This World Bank supported the Union Civil Protection Mechanism under the European Commission to study Economics for Disaster Prevention and Preparedness to assess the costs and benefits of investments in disaster resilience and their financing at national and EU levels. More than 70 cases were studied and analyzed in the report to show that the benefits of investing in prevention and preparedness measures, including wildfires, earthquakes, floods, heatwaves, chemical spills, disaster mental health, and more.

The project composed of three studies, one of which is described above: Investment in Disaster Risk Management in Europe Makes Economic Sense. Click the links to view the Summary Report and the Technical Report.

Other project reports include Financial Risk and Opportunities to Build Resilience in Europe and Understanding the Needs of Civil Protection Agencies and Opportunities for Scaling up Disaster Risk Management Investments. Click here to see the landing page of all reports and here to view a short video on the project scope and results.

Client: World Bank Group

Role: Management, analysis, report writing

Completed: November 2020

This project develops a service optimization plan for the fire/rescue and emergency response fatalities in Armenia. The report produces several options for investment plans for operational upgrading and strengthening fire/rescue and emergency response buildings in Armenia, a country prone to high levels of earthquake risk.

Click here to download Assessment and Optimization Study for Fire and Rescue Stations in Armenia (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group.

Client: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Applied Technology Council (ATC)

Role: Management consultant

Completed: 2019

Outreach planning for P-1000 intends to engage stakeholders to apply safety measures for multi-hazards affecting schools. This Guide (published in 2017) provides up-to-date, authoritative information and guidance that schools can use to develop a comprehensive strategy for addressing natural hazards. The Guide presents information on:

• Identifying natural hazards that could potentially impact a school;

• Making new and existing school buildings safer for children and staff, and more resistant to damage during natural disasters;

• Planning and preparing for effective and successful response during a natural disaster;

• Recovering after a natural disaster as quickly and robustly as possible, and being better prepared for future events; and

• Engaging the whole community in the entire process in order to improve school and community disaster resilience.

  Click here to download FEMA P-1000.

Client: Canada Safety and Security Program as sub-contract for Sage on Earth Consulting, Ltd.

Role: Disaster risk reduction and risk governance consultant

Involvement Completed: 2020

Serviced several components of the Disaster Risk Reduction Pathways initiative in Canada as a sub-contractor to Sage on Earth Consulting, Ltd.

The ‘DRR-Pathways’ project contributes to building disaster resilience in BC and in Canada by enhancing understanding of systemic risk, evidence-based disaster risk management (DRM), and delivering socio-economic value of investing in mitigation and adaptation measures in advance of major earthquake and flood events.

Learn more about the DRR Pathways Project here.

Client: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

Role: Team Lead for Functional Recovery Task Group

Completed: 2019

Provided pr0-bono support as Task Group Lead in coordinating experts to develop the Functional Recovery white paper. This paper is in response to language in the December 2018 reauthorization of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). This language, suggested to Senator Diane Feinstein by EERI’s PPA in 2018 and passed in the final version of the bill, calls for FEMA and NIST to convene experts to recommend “options for improving the built environment and critical infrastructure to reflect performance goals stated in terms of post-earthquake reoccupancy and functional recovery time” (42 U.S.C. § 7705(b); 2018 Senate Bill 176).

Learn more about the Functional Recovery White Paper here.

Client: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

Role: Management

Launched in 2019 with ongoing support

Supplied pr0-bono services to develop the Legislative Action center Resource page to build capacity for 3,000+ global EERI members in seismic safety advocacy knowledge.

The mission of EERI is to support individuals, communities and organizations with a common interest in reducing earthquake risk, and includes advocating for comprehensive and realistic measures for reducing the harmful effects of earthquakes. Our Legislative Action Center will keep members, partners, and allies updated on seismic safety legislation while providing opportunities to directly engage with the policymaking process.

Learn more about the Legislative Action Center here.

Client: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

Role: Project lead

Completed: 2020

Offered pro-bono management and development support of the EERI Citizen Advocate Toolkit to develop science-to-advocacy capacity building and leadership to EERI’s 3,000+ members. The EERI Citizen Advocate Toolkit was developed to empower all EERI members to take action with lawmakers in their communities as seismic safety experts. The toolkit includes useful resources including how to find your legislators, the best way to advocate elected officials, and state-specific resources for getting started.

To learn more about the Citizen Advocate Toolkit and supporting documents, click here.