Connecting the Dots to Resilience

A coordinators workshop for networking and skill-building

Coordinators (i.e., people who manage groups of people toward a goal) perform a valuable role in the Chesapeake Bay. They provide connections and maintain momentum toward achieving outcomes that require multiple perspectives and expertise. 

This workshop will help coastal resilience coordinators better understand and strengthen the mosaic of coastal climate groups working toward a healthy Chesapeake Bay and coastal zone. During this one-day workshop, we will work to strengthen coordinators’ ability to effectively engage members and stakeholders and to advance a group's resilience goals.

Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Venue: University of Maryland Golf Course, 3800 Golf Course Road, College Park, MD 20742

Cost: There is no charge for this workshop. Travel assistance is available upon request. 

Register: https://umdsurvey.umd.edu/jfe/form/SV_3W8uB9KYQx37Xng

Agenda

9:30 a.m. | Welcome

9:40 a.m. | Plenary Case Study: The Evolution of the Sentinel Site Cooperatives 

Taryn Sudol, Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Cooperative, and Cayla Cothron, North Carolina Sentinel Site Cooperative

10 a.m. | Social Network Analysis Data Collection

10:30 a.m. | Profession Training: From Problem to Possibility

University of Maryland Center for Leadership and Organizational Change

12 p.m. | Networking lunch

1 p.m. | Peer learning

Topics include: Maintaining relationships and engagement, evaluating coordinator versus partner impact, and adaption options among jurisdictions

2:30 p.m. | Break

2:45 p.m. | Social Network Analysis Results and Discussion

Amy Frietag, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

4:15 p.m. | Wrap up and adjourn

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Speaker Biographies

Taryn Sudol coordinates the Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Cooperative as part of her role as coastal resilience coordinator at Maryland Sea Grant. Since 2018, her work has focused on promoting a greater understanding of the ecological and social effects of sea level rise. She works with scientists, land managers, government agencies, community members, and other stakeholders to plan for adaptation measures and actions.

Amy Freitag is a sociologist with the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. She works on a wide variety of projects related to coastal community resilience, including assessments of climate change vulnerability, planning for new ocean uses, and modeling the many ways in which humans are connected to coastal and marine resources. She is stationed at the Cooperative Oxford Lab in Oxford, Maryland, where she gets to apply her human dimensions expertise to the Chesapeake.

Cayla Cothron is North Carolina Sea Grant’s coastal planning specialist, located in Raleigh on North Carolina State’s Centennial Campus. The coastal planning specialist works collaboratively to support planning, policy, and decision-making that improves resilience and sustainability of coastal communities and ecosystems to climate impacts and other changing conditions. She connects science-based information to coastal communities, resource managers, and interest groups in North Carolina and the surrounding region, and works with university researchers, communities, and other stakeholders to translate and apply science to policy and decision-making.

Monette Austin Bailey joyfully brings to her practice at University of Maryland Center for Leadership and Organizational Change the cultural and institutional knowledge of working more than 20 years at her alma mater. She facilitates brainstorming sessions, staff retreats, strategic planning, and supports teams and individuals on strengths-based professional and personal growth. She is a certified Presence-Based Coach®, a discipline that focuses on the whole person. She also earned a master's degree in management, with an emphasis on nonprofits and associations, from University of Maryland University College. An active UMD community member, she serves as an Incentive Awards Program mentor.