Keren%Prize%Bolter% www.kbolter.com keren143@gmail.com1 1954488141409 8276 NW 8 th Pl. Coral Springs, FL, 33071 Education: PhD Florida Atlantic University - Doctor of Philosophy in Geosciences (2010-14) GPA 3.96 Dissertation topic: Sea Level Rise: Comparing Perceived Risk to Actual Risk in Broward County, FL M.S. Environmental Studies - Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (2007-10) GPA 3.91 B.S. Environmental Engineering - Tufts University, Medford, MA (1999-2003) GPA 3.38 Tufts Abroad Program, University College London (2001-2002) Current Work: Science Director for Coastal Risk Consulting, LLC (5/2014-present) o Geospatial modeling and analysis of coastal climate impacts including: flooding, tidal o changes, sea level rise, groundwater saturation, land subsidence. o Development of Coastal Risk Rapid Assessment model and Flood Inundation Risk Score o and Table (FIRST ) o Expert assistance to individuals, communities, businesses, and governments to get climate o ready and storm safe. o Expert consultation on project feasibility and longevity and Basis of Design Studies for o climate impacts and tropical storms, including: new residential and commercial construction; o existing structure retrofit; and, government infrastructure adaptation. o Reverse Environmental Impact Statements (REIS); Climate Risk Environmental Impact o Statements (CREIS). Grant Writing Consultant for University of Miami (10/2014-present) o NSF Science and Technology Center grant proposal writing on science policy interaction and climate literacy. The grant is focused on solutions-oriented climate/sea-level rise research. Goals: (1) decision support and planning in South Florida; (2) minimize risk in response to climate variability; and, (3) develop an education framework to support these initiatives. Policy Analyst for South Florida Regional Planning Council) (3/2013 present) o Miami Dade MPO Access to Healthy Living Plan - To identify gaps in transit and mobility infrastructure which make it difficult or impossible for transportation system users to access educational resources, health care services, healthy foods, cultural, employment, and recreational opportunities, I am working to map indicators and assess policies and practices to present meaningful results and recommendationson how transportation system can be improved to ensure access to opportunities. o Adaptation Action Areas To steer Florida s coastal communities towards planning and adapting to sea level rise (SLR), a new state statue presents unique possibilities. To provide resources, I wrote a case study, guidebook and managed podcasts, and a video to illustrate a step-by-step process in designating and prioritizing areas vulnerable to coastal flooding and other impacts related to sea level rise. Outreach and communication is another crucial component in this NOAA funded project aimed at increasing resilience. I have presented numerous times on the topic to groups such as county commissioners. o Data Common Conversation This project required working Boston s MAPC to provide a foundation for a regional Data Common. Through a series of meetings with elected officials,
municipal employees and representatives from a range of non-profits, a collective interest was engaged in using data to create opportunity. o Citi Community Development Equity Indicators Project - Using social equity indicators, I created a visualization environment (WEAVE) to illustrate the usefulness of inquiry based data exploration. This was part of an effort to better understand our communities and improve policy, and promote informed decision making. I presented initial results at a series of focus groups that included various stakeholders and elected officials. Project Manager and Research Coordinator for Florida Center for Environmental Studies (CES) (ces.fau.edu)(1/2012 present) o Current work: I am writing a white paper entitled, Sustainability Science Principles in Practice, as a review of a series of CES meetings on recommendations for Everglades restoration under the uncertainty of climate change. o Past Projects: Public Health Impacts from Sea Level Rise on Vulnerable Populations in Southeast Florida (Kresge grant), Assessing Southeast Florida s Subsidized Insurance System in the Context of Sea Level Rise (Renaissance Re Grant), Hillsborough County Transportation Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Pilot (Hillsborough County MPO Grant) o Planning and collaboration for Anglo-Floridian partnership to exchange adaptation strategies between the UK and the US o Operations and management for the Hydrology of the Everglades in the Context of Climate Change Workshop (3/2012) o Administration and participant recruitment for Sea Level Rise: Risk and Response Summit (6/2012) o Technical Coordinator - Collaboration, Data processing, and Methodology Report writing for MIT Scenario Planning and Alternative Futures Project o Grant proposal co-author for NSF, NOAA, FDOT, Hillsborough County FHWA Adaptation Pilot Project, Broward MPO, and Florida Seagrant o Mentor and organizer for Interdisciplinary Mapping Student Group Consultant for Climate Leadership Engagement Opportunities (CLEO) (11/2013 1/2014) o Good Government Initiative My work entailed modeling and analysis of storm surge on top of sea level rise for future scenarios, coupled with presentation of results at a workshop for Miami-Dade elected officials. Climate Change Vulnerability Advising Member of 2 City of Miami Beach/FIU Sea Level Rise working groups o Communication o Habitat Restoration Advisory board for Coastal Risk Consulting The Nature Conservancy s Shoreline Resilience working group FIU Eyes on the Rise: Sea Level Rise South Florida Advisory Board member World Resources InstituteSea Level Rise Impacts Factsheet Martin CountyGrowth Management in the context of coastal vulnerability Sea Level Adaptation Institute: data collection and community engagement Steering Committee member for South Florida Regional Climate Action Plan (RCAP) health impact assessment (HIA) Media Correspondent and Resource Contributor Dateline NBC CBS National News Bill Nelson, U.S. Senator The South Florida Times WLRN Sun Sentinel
The Weather Channel Palm Beach Daily News The Economist Featured in The Pelican Union of Concerned Scientists World Resources Institute Al Jazeera America Public Outreach Coordinator Student Speakers Bureau: engaging and training youth (K-12) in public speaking to promote the Regional Climate Action Plan FAU Facilitator for University Marine and Coastal Theme: implementing faculty teamwork through unifying a university wide theme on Marine and Coastal Issues. Other Experience: Instructor for Chemistry 1 & 2 labs, finding a way to relate every lab to climate change, at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (9/2007-2014) Contracted Author, writing educational material and games for websites: Science4us.com, Time4writing.com, and SpellingCity.com for VKIDZ, Inc (4/2011-2013) Math/Science Tutor and Personal Coach, specializing in motivation and promoting interest, for My Learning Springboard (5/2012-2014) NSF GK-12 Fellow Resident Scientist, promoting engagement through activities, at Boca High and Spanish River High Schools (4/2009-5/2011) Part-time Substitute teacher for ITN Teachers in London, England (10/2004-7/2007) Tufts Recycling Intern, increasing awareness and efficiency, at Tufts University, Medford, MA (11/1999-6/2003) Engineering Intern (via Student Conservation Association ), creating databases and organizing information, for MMS, Dept. of Interior in New Orleans, LA (Summer, 2000) Certifications: GIS Certificate Empowering Capable Climate Communicator Cooper Fellow at University of Miami CLEO (Creative Learning & Engagement Opportunities) Partner Languages Spoken Fluently: English, Spanish, and Hebrew Publications, Presentations, & Interviews: Biscayne Bay Regional Restoration Coordination Team Meeting at NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center on Virginia Key, presentation on South Florida Hydrology and Sea-Level Rise. (1/2015) Coconut Grove Women s Club Presentation on Sea-Level Rise and Adaptation (1/2015) Arthur Marshall Foundation s Sea Level Rise Symposium Speaker: opening panelist on community resilience and disadvantaged communities. (7/2004) www.artmarshall.org/portal/259#.vgp7wpnf9n0 South Florida Water Management District User Group Meeting Presenter (5/2014)
Sea Secrets Lecture SeriesPresented by the UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and The Ocean Research and Education Foundation, Sea Level Rise in South Florida: Reality vs Interpretation (5/2014)http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/outreach/sea-secrets/ Wynwood Green Screen Panelist, How can we improve risk communication in the context of sea level rise? Miami, FL (4/2014) http://ecomb.org/events/wynwood-green-screen/ Dateline NBC special Our Year of Extremes: Did Climate Change Just Hit Home? interview with Ann Curry in Miami Beach, FL (4/2014) http://www.ces.fau.edu/climate_change/ann-curry-reports.php Sun Sentinel article author, The real deal about sea level rise (4/2014) http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-04-22/news/fl-viewpoint-rising-sea-level-20140422_1_sea-levelrise-2-foot-rise-real-deal WLRN interview and article Why Sea-Level Rise Might Hurt Poor Neighborhoods More Than Coastal Areas by Wilson Sayre (4/2014) http://wlrn.org/post/why-sea-level-rise-might-hurt-poor-neighborhoods-more-coastal-areas Arthur Marshall Foundation s Sea Level Rise: County & City Solutions panelist, Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Related Misconceptions, Fort Lauderdale, FL (4/2014) Good Government Initiative presentation Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge, Vizcaya, Miami (1/2014) TEDx Miami final speaker Floating above the Rising Tides Debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami (11/2013) http://www.ces.fau.edu/climate_change/slr-tedx-video.php Hour long radio interview on Wes Blackman s High Noon in Lake Worth about planning for resilience in the face of sea level rise. (11/2013) http://wesblackman.blogspot.com/2013/11/keren-bolter-phd-candidate-florida.html Presentation and Panel Speaker: Sea Level Rise Summit: Resilience in the Face of Change. Adding Health Data to Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessments (Fort Lauderdale, FL 10/2013) http://www.ces.fau.edu/slr2013/pdfs/bolter.pdf Presentation to Coral Springs Rotary Club: Sea Level Rise Vulnerability in South Florida (Coral Springs, FL 9/2013) Presentation and Panel Speaker: Arthur Marshall Sea Level Rise Symposium. Sea Level Rise Impacts on Inland Flooding and Health in South Florida (West Palm Beach, FL 7/2013) Publication and presentation: Phytoplankton and Anoxia in Little Lake Worth - Water and Sediment Quality. Lake Worth Lagoon Initiative Symposium (West Palm Beach, FL 5/2013) Presentation to Broward Sierra Club: Climate Change and Sea Level Variability in South Florida (Pompano, FL 5/2013) Presentation and publication: GSA Joint Penrose/Chapman Conference - Coastal Processes and Environments under Sea-Level Rise and Changing Climate: Science to Inform Management, Actual Versus Perceived Risk to Sea Level Rise: A Case Study in Broward County, FL (Galveston, Texas, 4/2013) National Climate Assessment Southeast Regional Town Hall Participant (Tampa, FL 2/2013)
Lecture and Panel Speaker: 28th Annual Everglades Coalition Conference. Climate Change: Current and Future Impacts in South Florida and the Everglades (Coral Gables, FL 1/2013) Lecture: Engineering Dept., University of Southampton, England. Mapping the Threats of Sea Level Rise in South Florida (Southampton, England, 12/2012) Coauthor: Sea Level Rise: Risk and Response Summit Summary (6/2012) Lecture and publication: 10th International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering - The Water Cycle Under a Changing Climate: Using Hydroscience and Engineering for a Sustainable Future. Assessing the Threat of Sea Level Rise to Vulnerable Populations in South Florida (Orlando, FL 11/2012) Poster Presentation: Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers. A Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Index Southeast Florida (Asheville, NC 11/2012) Poster Presentation: Sea Level Rise Summit. Assessing Southeast Florida s Demographic Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise (Boca Raton, FL 6/2012) Poster Presentation: FAU Research Day. Sea Level Rise: A Socioeconomic Vulnerability Assessment for Miami (Boca Raton, FL 3/2012) Contributor, SUS Climate Change White Paper: Water Management and Coastal County Adaptation http://floridaclimate.org/working_groups.php (Summer Intern, 2011) Lecture and Poster Presentation: Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) Projects Annual Conference. "Interdisciplinary Partnerships with Students and Teachers" (Washington D.C. 3/2011) Master s Thesis: An Ecological Study of Photoautotrophs in Little Lake Worth 2010. References: Name Email Phone Relation Tobin Hindle thindle@fau.edu 561-297-2846 Advisor Alana Edwards aedwards@fau.edu 561-706-6732 Center for Environmental Studies Leonard Berry berry@fau.edu 561-799-8554 Center for Environmental Studies Isabel Cosio Carballo isabelc@sfrpc.com 954-240-2575 South Florida Regional Planning Council (SFRPC) James Murley jmurley@sfrpc.com 954-985-4416 SFRPC Jayantha Obeysekera jobey@sfwmd.gov 561-682-6503 Committee Member Patrick Ande pande@fau.edu 561-297-2612 Chemistry Dept. Employer Caroline Lewis Caroline@CLEOInstitute.org 305-431-4942 Colleague Cathy Christopher cathy@science4us.com 954-771-0914 VKIDZ Employer Donna Chamely-Wiik dchamely@fau.edu 561-297-0046 Previous Employer Bill Louda blouda@fau.edu 561-297- 3309 Previous Advisor