EBC Climate Change Program
Adaptation to Climate Change: What’s the Plan?
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
One Financial Center
Boston
AGENDA
8:00 a.m.
Welcome - Daniel K. Moon, President EBC
Introduction – Ralph Child, Member, Mintz Levin
8:15 a.m.
Massachusetts Adaptation Planning
 Phil Griffiths, Under-Secretary for Environment, Massachusetts EOEEA
 Bruce Carlisle, Director, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone
Management
9:00 a.m.
Federal Agency Planning
 Nan Johnson, Region 1, Community Planner
Federal Emergency Management Agency
 Norman Willard, Senior Climate Advisor
Climate Change & Energy Unit, U.S. EPA New England
10:00 a.m.
Networking Break
10:30 a.m.
Interactive Panel Discussion - Ralph Child, Moderator
Panelists:
 Steve Estes-Smargiassi, Director of Planning - Operations Division
Mass Water Resources Authority
 Andrew Hargens, Senior Planner/Project Manager,
Massachusetts Port Authority
 Kelly Knee, Water Resources Engineer | GIS Specialist
Applied Sciences Associates
 Nancy Kitsos, Senior Manager of EHS, Climate and Sustainability
Raytheon Company
11:45 a.m.
Session Wrap-up - Daniel K. Moon, President EBC
12:00 p.m.
Adjourn
Program Chair
Ralph A. Child, Member
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC
One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111
617-348-3021 c - 774-551-6786 rchild@mintz.com
Ralph is a Member in Mintz Levin’s Environmental Section. His practice involves regulatory
strategy, advocacy, and litigation, with a strong focus on environmental policy and enforcement.
Major clients include energy project developers, manufacturers, real estate developers, and
public agencies, whom he advises on air, waste, contaminated site, and water pollution issues.
Speakers
Bruce Carlisle, Director
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
251 Causeway Street, Suite 800, Boston, MA 02114
617-626-1201 Bruce.Carlisle@state.ma.us
Bruce K. Carlisle, as the Director of the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
(CZM), provides oversight and administration for the agency. Mr. Carlisle directs policy
development, planning efforts, and technical approaches for CZM program areas including
ocean planning, shoreline and floodplain management, habitat protection and restoration, port
and harbor planning, water quality, seafloor and tidal habitat mapping, and GIS/data
management. Bruce also supervises CZM’s regulatory review of coastal and ocean projects
ranging from municipal waterfront development and dredging to offshore wind turbines and LNG
facilities. He formerly served as both Acting and Assistant Director for CZM, as well as the
manager for the state’s Wetlands Restoration Program, where he coordinated efforts to restore
former and degraded wetlands. Before that, Bruce served as CZM’s project manager and
principal investigator for coastal wetland assessment projects, developing and implementing
biotic and abiotic indicators of condition and examining their response to stressors. Bruce has
been with CZM for fifteen years, with previous experience and responsibilities in water policy,
regulation, and monitoring. He holds a Masters in Environmental Policy degree from Tufts
University.
Stephen Estes-Smargiassi, Director of Planning
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
100 First Street, Boston, MA 02129
617-788-4303
Stephen.Estes-Smargiassi@mwra.state.ma.us
Stephen Estes-Smargiassi is a planner and an engineer with a Bachelors of Civil Engineering
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Masters in City and Regional Planning from
Harvard University. In his 24 years at the MWRA, he has lead or participated in all MWRA
water quality and supply planning initiatives, including outreach and coordination with local and
state health officials. He developed the briefing materials used by MWRA’s Board of Directors
to make the treatment technology decision for the metropolitan Boston water system and then
participated in the successful defense of that decision in federal court.
He has been active in research on water resource issues and climate change for almost 20
years, and has worked with the EPA, Army Corps, Congress, NCAR and the Water Research
Foundation on this topic. He lives in Boston, loves maps, and has two kids who also love maps.
And he proudly drinks tap water, at least in Boston.
Philip Griffiths, Undersecretary for Environment
Massachusetts EEA
100 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
617-626-1126
philip.griffiths@state.ma.us
Philip Griffiths currently serves as the Undersecretary for Environment in the Executive Office of
Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As
Undersecretary, he ensures that the policies and strategic priorities of the Governor and the
Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs are implemented through the operations of the
Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Recreation,
Department of Fish and Game, and the Department of Agricultural Resources. As
Undersecretary he also oversees EOEEA’s operating programs including the Office of Coastal
Zone Management, the Division of Conservation Services and the Office of Technical
Assistance.
Prior to his appointment as the Undersecretary, Phil held various senior management positions
during a ten-year career at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, served
as a consultant project manager for a variety of dot.com clients and as Special Assistant to the
Secretary for Resources for the State of California.
Andrew Hargens, Senior Planner/Project Manager
Mass Port Authority
1 Harborside Drive, Ste 200S, East Boston, MA 02128
617-568-3103
ahargens@massport.com
Andrew Hargens has worked as planning and environmental professional in the Boston area for
more than twenty years, with an early and diverse interest in sustainability. Currently, he is
Massport’s primary waterfront planner supporting maritime industrial and commercial
development throughout Boston Harbor. His work over 15 years in Massport’s Economic
Planning and Development Department has included strategic and master planning,
development permitting, and transportation planning for a wide range of projects, particularly
within the South Boston Waterfront. His recent focus has been planning a new freight access
corridor that will serve Conley Container Terminal. Prior to Massport, Mr. Hargens worked an
environmental consultant for TRC Environmental Corporation and Eastern Research Group. He
holds a BA in Geological Sciences from Harvard University and an MA in Urban and
Environmental Policy from Tufts University. He is a Certified Planner and LEED Accredited
Professional.
Nancy Kitsos, Senior Manager of EHS
Climate and Sustainability Programs
Raytheon Company
235 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451
781-768-3994
Nancy_Kitsos@raytheon.com
Nancy Kitsos is with Raytheon Company in their Corporate Environmental, Health and Safety
organization. She leads up the company’s greenhouse gas reduction program and is an active
member of the company’s Sustainability Team, Enterprise Energy Team, and Environmental
Team. She was involved in setting the company’s greenhouse gas and energy reduction goals
and tracks metrics quarterly. She has been actively involved with the US EPA’s Climate Leaders
Program since 2002. She has been with Raytheon for 15 years. Before Raytheon, she worked
at Northrop Grumman in the Los Angeles area. Nancy also worked on environmental regulatory
issues at the Office of Management and Budget in Washington, D.C. in the mid 1980s. She
has a Masters Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Urban Studies and
Planning, and a Bachelors from University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Kelly Knee, Water Resources Engineer
Applied Science Associates, Inc.
55 Village Square Drive, South Kingston, RI 02879
401-789-6224 kknee@asascience.com
Ms. Knee is a water resources engineer and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist
with Applied Science Associates (ASA). Since joining ASA in 2004, she has conducted sea
level rise and storm surge impact assessments for many locations around the world to support
both education initiatives and engineering analyses. Her interactive, 3-D simulations of sea
level rise are currently on display at the Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institute, SciWorks North
Carolina, and the See Science Center in New Hampshire. Her 3D visualization of inundation at
critical facilities in Hull, MA helped gain support for an increase in freeboard requirements. Ms.
Knee has performed a series of coastal risk assessments for coastal industrial facilities and is
currently in the process of evaluating the potential benefits of using natural systems to mitigate
storm surge impacts. Prior to joining ASA in 2004, she conducted an economic assessment of
the impacts of sea level rise and storm surge flooding in metro Boston and used a Fulbright
Fellowship to study the impacts of sea level rise and storm surge flooding in the country of
Mauritius.
Marie-Annette (Nan) Johnson, Community Planner
FEMA Region 1 - Mitigation Division
99 High Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
617-956-7672 c-617-378-8024 nan.johnson@dhs.gov
Nan has worked for the last 7 years as a Community Planner for the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) coming in just before Hurricane Katrina left its mark. In this role,
she implements the Disaster Mitigation Act by managing the plan reviews for VT, MA, and RI
while providing technical assistance to New England states in the development of multi-hazard
mitigation plans. She strongly believes that reducing the need and costs for preparedness,
response, and recovery in the first place lies in community planning. This includes having a
community engaged with its public, stakeholders, and strong partnerships in the process of
addressing risk, developing mitigation strategies, and implementing its plan of action.
Nan was recently made Chair of the New England Federal Partners which is taking on climate
change issues in the Region. She also participates on behalf of FEMA with the New England
Sustainable Communities Partnership. Previously, she provided planning and coordination
support for the Long Term Community Recovery for Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ike. Prior to
FEMA, Nan worked for the State of Colorado on wildfire issues and as a land use planner-GIS
specialist for over 15 years in local government in Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. She has
a Masters of Applied Geography from New Mexico State University.
Norman L. Willard, Senior Climate Advisor, Program Director
US EPA Region 1
5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109
617-918-1812 Willard.norman@epa.gov
Norman Willard is with U.S. EPA New England’s Energy and Climate Unit and has been working
on climate and energy issues in the regional office since the middle 1990’s.
His climate work began on the international level as part of the multi-agency U.S. Country
Studies program to increase technical capacity on climate change in developing countries.
Following that, he was engaged on the regional level with the New England Governors/Eastern
Canadian Premiers Climate Action Plan process, and directly with state agencies, local
governments, colleges and universities, not for profits, research institutions, and the public.
Most of this work focused on climate science and mitigation, outreach and education, energy
efficiency and clean energy, and supporting state and local emission inventories and climate
action plan implementation. In the last two years he has focused on vulnerability assessment
and adaptation activities at the regional, state and local government levels in New England.
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