Alessandra Jerolleman is Associate Professor at Jacksonville State University’s Emergency Management Department. A community resilience specialist and applied researcher at the Lowlander Center, Alessandra is a subject matter expert in climate adaptation, hazard mitigation, disaster recovery, and resilience with a long history of working in the public, private, and non-profit sectors.William L. Waugh, Jr. is Professor Emeritus at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. William’s principal research areas are emergency management and Homeland Security policy with a particular focus on capacity-building and leadership development.