Meet the team behind the Envision Resilience Challenge!

  • Wendy Schmidt
    Founder, Remain

  • Cecil Barron Jensen
    Executive Director, Remain

  • Claire Martin
    Project Manager, Remain

  • Carolyn Cox
    Academic Coordinator, Envision Resilience Challenge & Director, Florida Climate Institute

  • Bob Miklos
    Technical Coordinator, Envision Resilience Challenge & Founding Principal, designLAB architects

  • Anjelica Gallegos
    Advisor, Envision Resilience Challenge & Director, Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning, and Design

  • Heather MacLeod
    Web Designer, Envision Resilience Challenge

  • Anne Dougherty
    Project Specialist, Remain

  • Charlotte Van Voorhis
    Social Media and Communications Coordinator, Remain

The 2021 cohort at the in-person public presentations on Nantucket, MA in June 2021.

The 2021 cohort at the in-person public presentations on Nantucket, MA in June 2021.

Students, faculty and the Envision Resilience team at the 2022 Narragansett Bay Challenge exhibition opening in June 2022.

Students, faculty and the Envision Resilience team at the 2022 Narragansett Bay Challenge exhibition opening in June 2022.

Northeastern students in the 2023 New Bedford and Fairhaven Challenge presenting to community partners in the South End of New Bedford in December 2023.

Northeastern students in the 2023 New Bedford and Fairhaven Challenge presenting to community partners in the South End of New Bedford in December 2023.

The 2024 faculty cohort and Envision Resilience team during the 2024 faculty workshop in June 2024 in Portland and South Portland, Maine.

The 2024 faculty cohort and Envision Resilience team during the 2024 faculty workshop in June 2024 in Portland and South Portland, Maine.

Envision Resilience alum and advisor, Anjelica S. Gallegos, introduces speaker Christian Hart Nakarado at Indigenous Architecture Days New York City in October 2023.

Envision Resilience alum and advisor, Anjelica S. Gallegos, introduces speaker Christian Hart Nakarado at Indigenous Architecture Days New York City in October 2023.

Project Manager Claire Martin introduces community partners and student speakers at the 2023 Challenge Exhibition opening at the New Bedford Art Museum in January 2024.

Project Manager Claire Martin introduces community partners and student speakers at the 2023 Challenge Exhibition opening at the New Bedford Art Museum in January 2024.

Communications Coordinator Charlotte Van Voorhis and community partner Adelsa Mendes of MassDevelopment TDI at the New Bedford Art Museum Exhibition opening in January 2024.

Communications Coordinator Charlotte Van Voorhis and community partner Adelsa Mendes of MassDevelopment TDI at the New Bedford Art Museum Exhibition opening in January 2024.

Remain Executive Director, Cecil Barron Jensen, introducing a panel conversation in the Thomas Macy Warehouse, home of the 2021 Nantucket exhibition.

Remain Executive Director, Cecil Barron Jensen, introducing a panel conversation in the Thomas Macy Warehouse, home of the 2021 Nantucket exhibition.

Members of the Envision Resilience team at a mural painting in Warren, RI in partnership with Rising author Elizabeth Rush, muralist Josie Mowray and Avenue PVD.

Members of the Envision Resilience team at a mural painting in Warren, RI in partnership with Rising author Elizabeth Rush, muralist Josie Mowray and Avenue PVD.

Communications Coordinator Charlotte Van Voorhis presents on climate change action and Envision Resilience to Our Sisters School in New Bedford, MA in October 2023.

Communications Coordinator Charlotte Van Voorhis presents on climate change action and Envision Resilience to Our Sisters School in New Bedford, MA in October 2023.

Team members Anne Dougherty, Cecil Barron Jensen, Claire Martin and Charlotte Van Voorhis at the January 2024 Exhibition opening.

Team members Anne Dougherty, Cecil Barron Jensen, Claire Martin and Charlotte Van Voorhis at the January 2024 Exhibition opening.

Members of the Envision Resilience team at a sponsored Climate and Coffee Conversation at the 2022 Exhibition in WaterFire Arts Center.

Members of the Envision Resilience team at a sponsored Climate and Coffee Conversation at the 2022 Exhibition in WaterFire Arts Center.

Remain Executive Director Cecil Barron Jensen introduces RI Senator Sheldon Whitehouse at the 2022 Exhibition Opening.

Remain Executive Director Cecil Barron Jensen introduces RI Senator Sheldon Whitehouse at the 2022 Exhibition Opening.

Executive Director Cecil Barron Jensen and former New Bedford mayor John Bullard at the January 2024 Exhibition opening in New Bedford.

Executive Director Cecil Barron Jensen and former New Bedford mayor John Bullard at the January 2024 Exhibition opening in New Bedford.

Team members Charlotte Van Voorhis, Bob Miklos and Claire Martin attend the 2024 Maine Fishermen's Forum in Rockland, Maine ahead of the 2024 Portland and South Portland Challenge.

Team members Charlotte Van Voorhis, Bob Miklos and Claire Martin attend the 2024 Maine Fishermen's Forum in Rockland, Maine ahead of the 2024 Portland and South Portland Challenge.