Lora Eddy is a coastal geologist working with the Nature Conservancy of North Carolina, and is the Community Resilience Specialist for Albemarle-Pamlico Sounds Office. She has lived and worked in coastal communities for 25 years, and has spent the last 12 in the Outer Banks working on the Coastal Resilience Project to help communities examine nature’s role in reducing coastal hazards with a large focus on the increasing impacts of climate change.

Glenn is currently serving as the Director of Planning, Development, and Transportation for the City of Wilmington. He has a unique take on potential ways to merge the goals of development and sustainability while facing coastal specific issues such as sea-level-rise and increased flooding/storm events.

Mike is the current Water Resources Director at the City of Greensboro. He oversees all water resources departments and his major responsibilities include 1500 water miles of water distribution lines, and maintaining infrastructure.