Our Network
CADAN is a collaborative group of practitioners and academics who have been engaged in projects all over the world. Click the images below to learn more about each CADAN member, and use the map below member snapshots to see where we have worked.
Kate Browne
Location of experience: Caribbean and Central America; North America; Pacific
Type of disaster work: Community; Disaster recovery; Sustainability, resilience, and mitigation
Primary Interests: Disaster recovery; Disaster risk reduction; Social Vulnerability; Livelihoods; Health; History
Alexa Dietrich
Location of experience: Caribbean and Central America; North America; South America
Type of disaster work: Disaster risk reduction; Community; Sustainability, resilience, and mitigation
Primary Interests: Social vulnerability; Health; Climate change and climate change adaptation; Emergency management / Disaster management; Humanitarian response
AJ Faas
Location of experience: South America; North America
Type of disaster work: Disaster response; Disaster recovery; Displacement and resettlement
Primary Interests: Social organization; Economy; Postcolonialism; Statecraft; Memory
Alessandra Jerolleman
Location of experience: North America; Caribbean and Central America; Europe
Type of disaster work: Disaster recovery; Disaster risk reduction; Planning
Primary Interests: Sustainability, resilience, and mitigation; Governance; Migration, displacement, and resettlement; Climate change and climate change adaptation; Emergency management / Disaster management
Heather Kirkland
Location of experience: North America
Type of disaster work: Mitigation; Recovery; Culture of emergency management; Inter-generational trauma; Diversity & inclusion
Primary Interests: Disaster risk reduction; Marginalized populations; Inter-generational trauma; Institutional change; Issues surrounding access needs; Hazard mitigation; Diversity & inclusion; Data governance
Adam Koons
Location of experience: Africa; Asia; Middle East
Type of disaster work: Disaster risk reduction; Emergency management/Disaster management; Humanitarian response
Primary Interests: Livelihoods; Disaster recovery; Food and agriculture; Sustainability and resilience; Migration, displacement, and resettlement
Heather Lazrus
Location of experience: North America; North America; Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Type of disaster work: Social vulnerability; Natural hazards; Disaster risk reduction
Primary Interests: Migration, displacement, and resettlement; Climate change and climate change adaptation; Risk perception
Julie Maldonado
Location of experience: North America
Type of disaster work: Climate change and climate change adaptation; Migration, displacement, and resettlement; Sustainability, resilience, and mitigation
Primary Interests: Climate change and climate change adaptation; Migration, displacement, and resettlement; Sustainability, resilience, and mitigation; Disaster risk reduction; Energy
Elizabeth Marino
Location of experience: Alaska; Oregon; National/International disaster policy
Type of disaster work: Climate change; Flooding; Forced migration
Primary Interests: Climate change displacement; Relocation; DRR policy; Risk perception; Disaster prevention
Keely Maxwell
Location of experience: North America; South America
Type of disaster work: Sustainability, resilience, and mitigation; Community; Environment
Primary Interests: Disaster risk reduction; Disaster response; Disaster recovery
Caela O'Connell
Location of experience: Caribbean and Central America; North America; Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Type of disaster work: Recovery; Sustainability, resilience, and mitigation; Natural hazards
Primary Interests: Climate change and climate change adaptation; Economics; Food and agriculture; Sustainability, resilience, and mitigation; Governance
Laura Olson
Location of experience: Middle East/North Africa (MENA); North America; Africa; Southeast Asia
Type of disaster work: Disaster recovery; Climate change adaptation; Emergency/disaster management
Primary Interests: Community recovery from disasters; Climate change adaptation; Livelihood resilience; Migration, displacement, and resettlement; Disaster risk reduction
Sarah Powell
Location of experience: North America, Republic of Ireland
Type of disaster work: Emergency management; Risk management; Disaster behavioral health; Public health preparedness; All-hazards planning: response, mitigation, recovery
Primary Interests: Evidence-informed practice; Social and cultural capital; Psycho-social impacts; Organizational culture; Diversity; Strategic planning and implementation; Disaster recovery and resilience
Namrita Singh
Location of experience: Europe; Middle East/North Africa (MENA); North America
Type of disaster work: Conflict; Health; Humanitarian response
Primary Interests: Migration, displacement, and resettlement; Community; Disaster recovery; Social vulnerability
Laura Yoder
Location of experience: Southeast Asia/Pacific; Latin America; Small Island Developing States
Type of disaster work: Higher education recovery following disasters; Strengthening local institutions; Agricultural resilience
Primary Interests: Environmental factors in risk and disaster recovery; Local institutional collaboration; Social vulnerability