Improving Port Communities

Bio: Energy Policy Advisor, US Department of Transportation

Education: M.Sc. Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science B.S. Intl Studies and Economics, American University

Bio: Mr. Richard D. Cameron is the Director of Environmental Planning for the Port of Long Beach and has over fifteen (15) years experience in Environmental Planning and regulatory compliance. Technical specialties include water quality, air quality, coastal land use planning, CEQA/NEPA, and marine sediment characterization. Mr. Cameron is responsible for the day-to-day management and implementation of the Port’s environmental programs including the Port’s Green Port Policy and corresponding programs, such as the San Pedro Bay Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP), the Water Resources Action Plan (WRAP), and various CEQA/NEPA environmental documents in support of future Port redevelopment projects such as the Middle Harbor Redevelopment and Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Projects.

Bio: Jack Wiggin is the director of the Urban Harbors Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston where he is responsible for development and management of the Institute’s research agenda and technical assistance projects on ocean and coastal policy and management, port and urban waterfront planning and decision making. He has 30 years of experience in government, the private sector, and academia developing and implementing coastal and marine policy, planning and management strategies at the national, state, and local levels of government in the US and abroad. He is currently a board member of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment, the Environmental Business Council of New England and serves on numerous other advisory boards for government and nonprofit organizations. He teaches Planning and Land Use Law and Urban Planning in the Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences Department at UMass Boston.

Education: M.S. Urban Studies and Planning, Boston State College B.A. Sociology, Fairfield University

Key Publications: Coastal Flooding and Environmental Justice: Identifying Potential Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change in two urban communities in the Boston Metropolitan area, Massachusetts. 2012. Douglas, E., P. Kirshen, M. Paolisso, C. Watson, J. Wiggin, A. Enrici, and M. Ruth. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Vol. 17, 5, pp 537-562. “Creative Zoning: Putting the Teeth in Your Planning,” Jay Wickersham, Jack Wiggin, and Glenn Garber, Chapter 6 in Preserving and Enhancing Communities: A Guide for Citizens, Planners, and Policymakers, edited by Elisabeth M. Hamin, Linda Silka and Priscilla Geigis, and Linda Silka, University of Massachusetts Press, 2007. “Linking Socio-economics and Coastal Environmental Change: Outcome Indicators to Assess Coastal Management Success,” Robert E. Bowen, Jin-Seok Kim, and Jack Wiggin, for Korea Maritime Institute, October 2007.

Other Publications: "Massachusetts 2010 Recreational Boater Survey. 2011. Mass. Ocean Partnership, EEOS, Center for Survey Research, Ecotrust. 2011. “Planning Framework Options for the Massachusetts Ocean Plan,” University of Massachusetts Boston Planning Frameworks Team and Massachusetts Ocean Partnership, July 2009. “Compatibility Determination: Considerations for Siting Coastal and Ocean Uses,” University of Massachusetts Boston Planning Frameworks Team and Massachusetts Ocean Partnership, July 2009. “A Review of Ocean Management and Integrated Resource Management Programs from Around the World,” University of Massachusetts Boston Planning Frameworks Team and Massachusetts Ocean Partnership, July 2009.

Past Assignments: Presenter, “Coastal Communities: Planning for Resilience, Adaptation and Sustainability.” 13th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment. Washington, D.C. January 15, 2013. Presenter, “National Working Waterfronts and Waterways Network,” From Stem to Stern II conference, Clearwater Beach, FL, May 17, 2012. Presenter, “Identification of OCS Renewable Energy Space-Use Conflicts and Analysis of Potential Mitigation Measures,” North Atlantic Ports Association. New Bedford, June 7, 2012. Presenter: “The Massachusetts Experience: Integrated Multiple-use Ocean Management” and “Working Waterfronts: Issues and Management Approaches from Massachusetts,” Coastal Zone 2011, Chicago, July 19-20, 2011. Co-chair and moderator, Boston Harbor Sea Level Rise Forum, The Boston Harbor Association, New England Aquarium and Moakley U.S. Courthouse, Boston. November 9-10, 2010. Organizer and moderator: New England Coastal Cities: Adapting to Sea Level Rise: Defending Boston from the Sea, Environmental Business Council’s 5th Annual Ocean Management Conference, Waltham, MA, July 16, 2010. Steering Committee and Presenter, Working Waterways and Waterfronts National Symposium on Water Access 2010, Portland, ME, September 27-30, 2010.