Melissa Roberts
Founder and Executive Director, American Flood Coalition
Melissa Roberts is founder and executive director of the American Flood Coalition, a nonpartisan group of political, military, business, and other leaders that come together to advance adaptation solutions supporting flood-affected communities. Under her leadership, AFC has grown to represent over 8 million people across 21 states. Roberts was previously director of strategy at First Street Foundation, a research and technology nonprofit that quantifies and communicates America’s changing flood risk. Before that, she was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company, where she specialized in infrastructure finance and planning and was a lead author on the publication Financing Change: How to Mobilize Private Sector Financing for Sustainable Infrastructure. Roberts was named a 2021 Forbes 30 under 30 Social Impact Leader.
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In the past year, there has been historic investment in the design of effective, efficient, and equitable climate policies. In this conversation, panelists discuss the Biparti...
One of the greatest challenges of the next decade will be adapting to unprecedented flooding caused by sea level rise, stronger hurricanes, and more intense rainfall. This imp...