Work

Brian Jackson is a community resiliency specialist for Environmental Defense Fund’s Coastal Louisiana Restoration project. Brian focuses on community resiliency and non-structural flood protection in Southern Louisiana.

Brian works closely with the Lower 9th Ward, United Houma Nation and Carrolton-Hollygrove communities to address their flood risks and future sustainability in the face of a vanishing Mississippi River Delta.

Background

Brian has a B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder and is currently pursuing an M.A. in Environmental Economics at Johns Hopkins University.