Carrie joined the Flood Safety District in September 2019 and currently manages the District’s Environmental Program, which covers natural resource management, planning, and permitting. She’s also supporting the Districts’ efforts to modernize the levee system and advising on the ways a modernized governance structure can use integrated floodplain management strategies to both improve flood safety and the health of the Columbia Slough. Carrie loves digging into environmental problems that span policy, people, and place. She brings a background focused on collaborative approaches to conservation and bringing nature-based strategies into environmental compliance programs. She has degrees in Biology and Environmental Studies (BS) from Iowa State, and Environmental Science and Management (MESM) from the Bren School at UCSB. In her spare time, you can find Carrie running, reading, gardening, paddling, backpacking, or remodeling her SE Portland home with her husband.
