Adam Parris is the Executive Director of the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay, hosted at Brooklyn College. He has an extensive background in identifying and understanding the risks and concerns of climate change. He has previously served as a coastal planner for the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, division chief for Climate Assessment and Services, and program manager for the Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Parris was the lead author on the report “Global Mean Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the US National Climate Assessment.”