Current CAP/RISA Teams
The CAP/RISA Program supports research projects that address climate-sensitive issues of concern to decision makers and policy planners at a regional level. There are currently 13 active CAP/RISA teams across the country.
- Alaska: Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)
Program Manager: Alison Hayden, abhayden@alaska.edu - Carolinas: Carolinas Collaborative on Climate, Health, and Equity (C3HE)
Program Manager: Kalyn Rosenberg, krosenb@ncsu.edu - Central Midwest: Central Midwest Climate Opportunities & Learning (CM Co-LEARN) NEW
Program Manager: Sarah Helmer, sarah-helmer@uiowa.edu
- Great Lakes: Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA)
Program Manager: Jenna Jorns, jljorns@umich.edu - Intermountain West: Western Water Assessment (WWA)
Program Manager: Benet Duncan, benet.duncan@colorado.edu - Mid-Atlantic: Mid-Atlantic Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (MARISA)
Program Manager: Lena Easton-Calabria, leaston@rand.org - Pacific Islands:
Pacific Research on Island Solutions for Adaptation (Pacific RISA)
Program Manager: Mari Ching, mari.ching@asu.edu
- Pacific Northwest: Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative (NCRC)
Program Manager: Zack Thill, zthill@uw.edu - South Central: Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP)
Program Manager: Caylah Cruickshank, caylahc@ou.edu - Southwest: Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS)
Program Manager: Gigi Owen, gigi@email.arizona.edu - Urban Northeast: Consortium on Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN)
Program Manager: Dan Bader, dab2145@columbia.edu - US Caribbean: Caribbean Climate Adaptation Network (CCAN)
Lead PI: Pablo Mendez Lazaro, pablo.mendez1@upr.edu - West: California-Nevada Applications Program (CNAP)
Program Manager: Julie Kalansky, jkalansky@ucsd.edu
Learn more about our teams by viewing the 2021-2026 Team Introduction webinar recordings at our GoToStage Channel.
