Cunningham has nearly 15 years of experience in hazard mitigation, climate adaptation, and resilience planning; helping federal agencies, state governments, and local municipalities plan for and recover from a range of shocks and stressors. She has spent her career focused on climate risk assessment, strategic resilience planning, risk communication, and grant support, as well as business development, management, and operations. In her new role as resilience solutions strategy leader, Cunningham will be responsible for pushing the firm’s resilience services forward and integrating climate considerations into all areas of the firm’s service offerings.

“Caroline’s background in resilience and risk mitigation planning and ability to integrate science, engineering, and planning will be a tremendous asset to our clients who are being impacted by climate change,” says Dewberry Senior Vice President Jerry Sparks, PE, PMP, CFM. “She has a deep understanding of many areas of risk and resilience planning and solution development, including with governments and utilities for multi-hazard assessment, stakeholder engagement, and funding identification.”