How is your community managing coastal flooding?
Over the course of ten shows in 2019, The Capitol Beach spoke with members of congress, federal agency staff, and decision-makers who set policy and direct billions of dollars of funding for coastal restoration and research. The podcast is intended to bring everyone into the coastal “room where it happens” in our nation’s Capitol. One thing we learn about policy-making is that the people and personalities making the policy are just as influential as the content and purpose of the policy. So The Capitol Beach also takes the time to help you get to know some of our guests: what their background is, what motivates them, and of course what their favorite beach is!
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Guests
On this pod, there are clips from six guests from throughout the year. Click on a name for the full episode and bio:
- Senator Tom Carper (D-DE)
- Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA 6)
- Eric Bush & Joe Redican, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Policy & Planning
- Renee Orr, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
- Mark Osler, NOAA
- Drs. Julie Rosati (USACE), Hilary Stockdon (USGS) & Nicole Elko (ASBPA), U.S. Coastal Research Program
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Podcast Host
ASBPA Executive Director, Derek Brockbank, hosts this semi-regular podcast. Prior to starting with ASBPA, Derek worked as campaign director for a coalition effort to restore the Mississippi River Delta and Coastal Louisiana, and was part of a gulf-wide campaign to pass the RESTORE Act, securing billions of dollars for Gulf Coast restoration. This followed up on his work with National Wildlife Federation on climate adaption. Derek started his career as a grassroots organizer. Derek grew up in New York City and got his coastal education from an early age playing on the beaches of Long Island, and kayaking and fishing in Peconic Bay.