Your Company or Organization
Houston Wilderness

Your Organization Type
Non-Governmental organization

Phone
8323859924

Biographical sketch
Deborah has been involved with public policy around the Greater Houston region and the State of Texas for over 35 years, currently serving as President & CEO of Houston Wilderness (www.houstonwilderness.org). She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985 and her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 1992. She most recently helped create and is now implementing the 8-county Gulf-Houston Regional Conservation Plan (www.gulfhoustonrcp.org) with 3 key goals for environmental resiliency, and a 25-mile Port of Houston TREES Program targeting 1 million new native trees on riparian corridors along the Houston Ship Channel. She is lead author on Houston Wilderness’ Ecosystem Services Primer, 2nd Edition, A Six-Step Guide for Making Nature-Based Infrastructure Decisions based on the Benefits of Multiple Ecosystem Services, and Health, and Multisectoral Leadership: A Large-Scale Targeted Tree Planting Project Framework. Deborah speaks regularly at environmental conferences on the Greater Houston Region’s ecological assets and regional ecosystem services case studies.

I'm interested in
Presenting a 12-minute oral presentation

Which which tracks are you most interested in attending
Healthy Coastal Ecosystems, Resilient Communities and Economies

1. Resilient Communities And Economies (Oral) - 03 Dec, 2020