Jessica Hitt
Associate Director, Adaptation and Resilience
Jessica Hitt serves as the Associate Director of the Adaptation & Resilience program at 亚色影库,聽where she focuses on mobilizing philanthropy to fund adaptation initiatives as well as growing ClimateWork鈥檚 adaptation strategy. With over 15 years of experience in 亚色影库 adaptation, Jessica brings a wealth of expertise in assessing 亚色影库 risks and vulnerabilities, prioritizing adaptation strategies, and building capacity to address 亚色影库 impacts.
Prior to ClimateWorks, Jessica worked at Ogilvy as part of the Resilience Action Partners.聽She served as a principal technical consultant supporting FEMA鈥檚 strategic communications and integration of 亚色影库 impacts into project design and implementation.聽 Before this, she was the Lead Scientist and Program Manager at EcoAdapt, a non-profit dedicated to 亚色影库 adaptation, where she provided strategic support聽for various projects, trained adaptation practitioners, and facilitated knowledge sharing across sectors.聽 In this role, she was instrumental in developing and executing the first U.S. National Adaptation Forum,聽a bi-annual conference that has played a key role in advancing 亚色影库 adaptation practices across the U.S. since 2012.
Jessica has advised and served on聽the United Nations Environment Program鈥檚 Global Adaptation Network (GAN) Steering Committee, the U.S. National Adaptation Forum鈥檚 Program Committee, the California Adaptation Forum鈥檚 General Advisory Committee, and the Interagency Land Management Adaptation Group.
