Dr. Meredith Jennings is the Director of Local Government and Community Initiatives, leading efforts to bridge the organization’s sustainability science and policy work with the needs, goals, and activities of local governments and community partners across the region. She supports local governments with technical assistance on sustainability and resilience planning and reporting, such as climate action plans, emission reduction strategies, resilience assessments, and community benefit programs. She leads interdisciplinary teams and collaborates across agencies to ensure project alignment with local government and community expectations.
Professional interests include building cross-disciplinary partnerships and programs that promote community resilience and lessen the impacts of climate change.
Examples of her planning work include:
Examples of her research and implementation projects include:
Prior to joining HARC in 2018, Meredith was a National Academy of Sciences’ Gulf Research Program Science Policy Fellow (2017-2018), where she led climate and health resilience building initiatives at Harris County Public Health. Dr. Meredith Jennings is a graduate from Hendrix College in Arkansas and also received her Doctorate from the University of Miami from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Dr. Jennings is a Certified Climate Change Professional (CC-P) through the Association of Climate Change Officers.
