RISE 2019 Conference

Transforming University Engagement In Pre- and Post-Disaster Environments: Lessons from Puerto Rico

Systems of Higher Education: SUNY-Puerto Rico Task Force

 

Time: 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM, November 19

Location: Boardroom - Campus Center Expansion

The SUNY Puerto Rico Task Force channels significant expertise and service capacity from across the broad SUNY community to partner with educational, governmental, and non-governmental entities in Puerto Rico. The Task Force supports the Island's short- and long-term efforts to recover and re-build a sustainable, resilient, and vibrant Puerto Rico. The assembled panel will discuss the successes that have been achieved since the founding of the Task Force as well as future goals and solutions to ongoing challenges on the island of Puerto Rico and elsewhere in the region.

Moderator

 


Michael Alfultis
President, Maritime College

Panelist

 


Sally Crimmins Villela
Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs, State University of New York


Mark Lichtenstein
Chief of Staff / Chief Sustainability Officer, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry


Amy Nitza
Director of Institute for Disaster Mental Health, State University of New York at New Paltz


Marla Perez-Lugo
Senior RISE Fellow, National Council for Science and the Environment


Ethan Yake
Senior Director of Partnerships, All Hands and Hearts