Wie Yusuf is a Professor in the School of Public Service at Old Dominion and Assistant Director for Education with the ODU Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience. She is also a Virginia Sea Grant extension partner and leads the Virginia Climate Adaptation and Resilience Program that is a joint program between Virginia Sea Grant and Old Dominion University.

Dr. Marina Saitgalina is an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Service at Old Dominion University. Her areas of research include public administration, nonprofit management, nonprofit-government collaborations, and emergency management. Her focus is on cross-disciplinary, applied, and community-engaged research, with commitment to open-access research and education projects that maximize the benefit to the public, communities, and government work. Her work has been published in Public Management Review, Administration & Society, and Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs among others.

Afi Anuar is a Research Associate with the ODU Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience, and a Lecturer for Department of Engineering Technology. His background in data analytics, engineering and technology (website design, photography) provides crucial support to the success of this program.