Name: Chris Hilke

About: Chris Hilke is Director of Coastal Resilience at the National Wildlife Federation’s Northeast Regional Center. Chris works with Federal and State agencies, municipalities, coastal practitioners and regional communities of practice to advance the application of natural and nature-based approaches to enhance coastal resilience. His work is focused on mitigating post-disaster restoration/rebuilding costs, reducing community vulnerability, and enhancing the services and ecological functioning of coastal ecosystems. Of specific interest are opportunities to address coastal resiliency enhancement at a regional scale through coordinated implementation. Chris has a BA in Environmental Law & Policy and an MS in Conservation Biology.

City: Montpelier

State/Province: VT

Country: United States of America