Date/Time
Date(s) - June 25, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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Clyde's of Gallery Place


Speaker: Rear Admiral Ann C. Phillips, US Navy (Retired),  Special Assistant for Coastal Adaptation and Protection, Virginia Governor’s Office

Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan Presentation

Zoom Recording link:  https://zoom.us/rec/share/vAZeVBL86NokJUkg1vAJ2prNbvQA_5mIX08kGXrW2yuTeqFtEUiQaoJUXSd95AXY.YveyDtprgOxpkZVb

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Background Information:

Last October, Governor Northam announced the release of the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Planning Framework (the Framework). This document, the result of a nearly two-year process, is the beginning – a framework for action. Quoting Governor Northam, “The science is clear: climate change is threatening our way of life, and there is no time to waste. We must act quickly and decisively—and the Coastal Master Planning Framework will be our roadmap to resilience in coastal Virginia. This innovative, science-based approach uses cost-effective, nature-based, and equitable strategies to protect our people, our communities, our infrastructure, and our economy right now and for generations to come.

The Framework divides coastal Virginia into four master planning regions. The Master Plan, now in progress, will identify priority projects within each of the four regions, which reside within the boundaries of the eight coastal Planning District Commissions and Regional Commissions (PDCs/ RCs).

  • Hampton Roads (Hampton Roads PDC)
  • Rural Coastal Virginia (Accomack-Northampton PDC, Middle Peninsula PDC, Northern Neck PDC)
  • Fall Line North (George Washington Regional Commission and Northern Virginia Regional Commission)
  • Fall Line South (Crater PDC and PlanRVA- formerly Richmond Regional Planning District)

The Framework lays out the threats from climate change, what’s at stake in Virginia, and key actions and processes that are taking the Commonwealth to a full Master Plan. Once the Master Plan is released, in late Fall 2021, it will be updated at least every 5 years.

About the speaker:  Prior to joining the Northam Administration, Ann Phillips worked to address sea level rise and climate change impact on national security at the regional, national and international level, and chaired the Infrastructure Working Group for the Old Dominion University-convened Hampton Roads Sea Level Rise Preparedness and Resilience Intergovernmental Pilot Planning Project.

Prior to her work on climate change impact and sea level rise, Ann served nearly 31 years on active duty. She had the honor to commission and command USS MUSTIN (DDG 89) and to command Destroyer Squadron 28.  Her final Flag command was as Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group TWO, including all the Amphibious Expeditionary Forces on the East Coast of the United States.

Ann earned a Master’s in Business Administration from The College of William and Mary – Mason School of Business in 2016.  She is a 1983 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  In addition, she is a certified Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional, Level 2.