Expanding the paradigm of evaluating community benefits in investments in grid resilience utilising a balanced scorecard approach

Author's Biography

Jeff Schlegelmilch is a Research Scholar and the Director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Columbia Climate School at Columbia University. His areas of expertise include public health preparedness, community resilience and the integration of private and public sector capabilities. Before working at Columbia, he was the manager of the International and Non-Healthcare Business Sector for the Yale New Haven Health System Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response. He was also previously an epidemiologist and emergency planner for the Boston Public Health Commission. He is the author of Rethinking Readiness: A Brief Guide to Twenty-first-century Megadisasters and co-author of Catastrophic Incentives: Why Our Approaches to Disasters Keep Falling Short, both published by Columbia University Press. He holds a Master’s in health policy and management from UMASS Amherst and a Master’s in business administration from Quinnipiac University.

Sean Hansen MPA is a Staff Associate at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Columbia Climate School, where he supports applied research efforts to better understand dimensions of community resilience and vulnerability.

Ilina Hristova was, at the time of this work, pursuing an MPA in environmental science and policy at Columbia University. She was working as an intern at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Columbia Climate School, focusing on the Value of Resilience project described in this paper

Qëndresa Krasniqi MPA is a Staff Associate at NCDP, where she supports research activities related to resilience building and climate change. In this capacity, she works on quantifying different elements of community resilience, including the relationship of grid dynamics with community resilience.

Alexandra Potter was, at the time of this work, pursuing a Master’s in climate and society at Columbia University’s Climate School, and held a graduate research assistantship position at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Columbia Climate School.

Jacqueline Ratner was, at the time of this work, a Senior Project Manager at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Columbia Climate School.

Antonia Samur MIA is a Senior Staff Associate at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Columbia Climate School. She is currently leading disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation efforts in Puerto Rico and Chile.