CJ Reynolds Director, Resiliency and Disaster Recovery
CJ Reynolds is the Director of Resilience and Disaster Recovery for the Florida Housing Coalition. Most recently, C.J. served as the Director of Resiliency and Engagement at the Tampa Bay Regional Planning for nearly four years and led the Regional Resilience Coalition which includes 32 local governments. C.J. has worked with elected officials, staff, and stakeholders to support coordinated resilience planning, best practices, and programs. She has led the development of the Resilience and Energy Assessment of Communities and Housing (REACH) initiative funded by JPMorgan Chase to help local governments integrate affordable housing and resilience planning. And from 2010-2018, C.J. worked with leading faculty at the University of South Florida to implement research on climate change and stakeholder engagement which identified impacts to communities and housing, policy disconnects and other barriers to adaptation.