OUR ORGANIZATION

PRP was launched in 2019 by leading businesses, academic institutions, civic groups, and residents across Providence. Our mission is to: 

  • Inform the community about both threats and solutions
  • Lead conversations and planning, and
  • Build consensus and action around resilient, equitable, and environmentally sustainable long-term solutions for all our residents.

Founding members include Brown University, Cornish Associates, the Providence Foundation, the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island School of Design,  and WaterFire Providence.

PRP has since been joined by the Episcopal Diocese, ProvPort, the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, and others.

Driven by the immediate threat posed by climate change, PRP has already begun to act.

Research

To build a critical foundation for this resilience work, PRP has fully funded a study by the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center and RI Sea Grant to review, organize and synthesize decades of data and studies to analyze the impacts and risks of climate change.  

Community Engagement

PRP is organizing meetings with an ever-growing network of businesses, organizations, and academic institutions from across the world to learn best practices for resilience. PRP is also planning a series of workshops with Providence stakeholders to convert insights from our synthesis report into a resilience plan for all Rhode Islanders.

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Meet The Team

Michele Jalbert

Michele Jalbert serves as Executive Director of the Providence Resilience Partnership. She brings extensive experience leading advocacy efforts and partnering with diverse stakeholder groups to achieve tangible outcomes. She previously worked for Congressman William Delahunt on environmental issues and most recently worked with more than 100 companies in collaborative efforts to accelerate the adoption of safer, more sustainable chemicals across all sectors.

Brandon Haley

Brandon Haley serves as the Communications & Engagement Manager for the Providence Resilience Partnership building content and connections to create consensus and action around resilient long-term solutions for all Providence residents. A recent URI graduate, hailing from New Jersey, he has utilized his communication expertise as both the Director of Marketing for Launch Lab and as Community Specialist for Urban Development at Cornish Associates. Brandon values the work and contributions of all community members and plans to make a lasting impact in the neighborhood he now calls home.

Pam Rubinoff

Pam Rubinoff is a coastal resilience specialist at the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center/RI Sea Grant. For over 30 years, Pam has leveraged her expertise in engineering, natural hazards, coastal management, and collaborative stakeholder engagement to make vulnerable communities more resilient to climate threats worldwide. To achieve sound, science-based risk exposure and reduction solutions, Rubinoff facilitates capacity building for neighborhoods, municipalities, and businesses locally and internationally.

Curt Spalding

Curt Spalding is a Professor of the Practice with the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society. Previously, he served as the US EPA New England Administrator under President Obama, and was Save The Bay’s Executive Director for eighteen years. Throughout his award-winning leadership career, Curt emphasized building community resilience through the implementation of equitable solutions that sustain both the economy and environment.
Paul Trencher

Paul Tencher

Paul Tencher is a senior advisor to the Providence Resilience Partnership. He is a strategic consultant focused on helping businesses, organizations, and government design and implement winning campaigns. Paul has been a trusted senior adviser to five U.S. Senators and two statewide officials. His policy and business consulting has taken him from the Rust Belt of Indiana and Ohio, through the rise of Detroit, to the tech corridors of New England.

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