MW #6 Building Resilience After Hurricane Harvey in Rockport

c. Jaimie Hicks Masterson, AICP – Director, Texas Target Communities - Texas A&M University Jaimie Hicks Masterson, AICP is director of Texas Target Communities at Texas A&M University, a high impact service-learning and engaged research program that works alongside low capacity communities to plan for resilience. She is author of … Read More

c. Jaimie Hicks Masterson, AICP – Director, Texas Target Communities - Texas A&M University Jaimie Hicks Masterson, AICP is director of Texas Target Communities at Texas A&M University, a high impact service-learning and engaged research program that works alongside low capacity communities to plan for resilience. She is author of Planning for Community Resilience: A Handbook for Reducing Vulnerabilities to Disasters and Engaged Research for Community Resilience to Climate Change. She is the engagement coordinator Institute for Sustainable Communities and the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard project funded by the Department of Homeland Security and a part of the Center for Coastal Resilience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Read Less

b. Carol D. Barrett, FAICP – Chair, Rockport Community Planning Assistance Team funded by APA Carol D. Barrett, FAICP, chaired the Rockport Community Planning Assistance Team funded by the American Planning Association. She has more than four decades of planning experience including 15 years in Central Texas working for Austin … Read More

b. Carol D. Barrett, FAICP – Chair, Rockport Community Planning Assistance Team funded by APA Carol D. Barrett, FAICP, chaired the Rockport Community Planning Assistance Team funded by the American Planning Association. She has more than four decades of planning experience including 15 years in Central Texas working for Austin as the lead for the newly established Neighborhood Planning Program and in San Marcos as the Director of Planning and Development Services. Her last full-time planning position was in Burbank, CA where she directed land use and transportation matters. She has also worked as a planning consultant, most recently focused on development streamlining. She is a past President of the Texas Chapter as well as a past member of the APA Board of Directors. In 1999, she was part of the inaugural class of the Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners. She recently served on the Task Force that proposed revisions to the AICP Code of Ethics which were adopted in 2021. She is now a member of the AICP Ethics Committee. She is a frequent guest speaker on the topic of ethics in planning. Read Less

a. Amanda Torres, AICP, CFM - Senior Planner, City of Corpus Christi Planning Department Amanda Torres, AICP, CFM is a Senior City Planner for the City of Corpus Christi, Texas. Prior to this, she was the Community Planner and Floodplain Administrator in Rockport, Texas. She holds a Bachelor of Business … Read More

a. Amanda Torres, AICP, CFM - Senior Planner, City of Corpus Christi Planning Department Amanda Torres, AICP, CFM is a Senior City Planner for the City of Corpus Christi, Texas. Prior to this, she was the Community Planner and Floodplain Administrator in Rockport, Texas. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics and a Master of Public Administration from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Ms. Torres has been recognized for her work in resilience and disaster recovery by the Gulf of Mexico Climate & Resilience Community of Practice and the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association. Read Less

d. Jeewasmi Thapa, AICP - Senior Program Coordinator, Texas Target Communities - Texas A&M University Jeewasmi Thapa, AICP is the Senior Program Coordinator of Texas Target Communities, a high-impact service-learning and engaged research program at Texas A&M University(TAMU). She works alongside underserved communities to provide tailored planning support grounded in … Read More

d. Jeewasmi Thapa, AICP - Senior Program Coordinator, Texas Target Communities - Texas A&M University Jeewasmi Thapa, AICP is the Senior Program Coordinator of Texas Target Communities, a high-impact service-learning and engaged research program at Texas A&M University(TAMU). She works alongside underserved communities to provide tailored planning support grounded in the local context and informed by interdisciplinary teams skilled at addressing land use planning, development management, and a host of civic, environmental, and economic challenges. As a certified planner, she designs inclusive community engagement processes and develops plans to fold and infuse data-driven strategies and best practices to address community-identified needs. She is also an engagement specialist for Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center at TAMU. Read Less