Mary Austerman is the Great Lakes Coastal Community Development Specialist and Great Lakes Regional Lead for New York Sea Grant/Cornell University. Her primary expertise is in community resilience, with two principal focus areas: 1) climate adaptation and 2) floodplain management. Additional expertise includes watercraft inspection, local government training, process facilitation, and collaborative network building. Examples of recent projects are the Sodus Point Post-Flood Recovery Visioning, 2017 Lake Ontario Flood Impact Survey, New York’s Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Index, Lake Ontario Inundation Mapping Tools, and the 2017 Lake Ontario Flood Story Map. Austerman is available to meet with municipalities in the Great Lakes basin to learn more about their needs in these and related areas.
Contact:
Mary E. Austerman
Great Lakes Coastal Community Specialist and Great Lakes Regional Lead
New York Sea Grant
Wayne County Cooperative Extension Office
1581 Route 88 North
Newark, NY 14513-9739
Email: mp357@cornell.edu