Applying a Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Framework to Tribal Communities
Date and Time: Monday, November 13, 2023: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Location: Board Room
Presenter
Amit Armstrong Federal Highway Administration
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Biography
Amit Armstrong is a project manager for Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Western Federal Lands Highway Division in Vancouver, WA. He has been with FHWA for over 20 years, and enjoys working in national parks and forests from Wyoming to Alaska. He has been involved in project development, innovation, research, technology deployment, and data visualization during his tenure at FHWA. He has led the effort to integrate sustainability and resiliency in transportation projects. He was instrumental in developing a program to integrate native revegetation and pollinator-friendly vegetation on roadsides in federally managed lands. Prior to FHWA, Amit worked for Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX as Senior Research Engineer, and managed the saturated zone numerical modeling for a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Amit completed the Executive Coaching Certificate from Case Western Reserve University, and helps leaders make sustainable change in their lives. Amit lives in West Linn, Oregon with his family, and is perpetually working on growing the perfect heirloom tomato.
