Ales with the Arb! Every 3rd Wednesday

This months planned speakers and topics (subject to change):

Tris O’Mara, Beyond places and assets: How stakeholder perceptions and values shape wildfire risk assessments. 

Tris is the Manager of the Wildfire Insurance and Resilient Economies (WIRE) Program at the Ecological Restoration Institute. Tris holds a PhD in Forestry from Northern Arizona University, specializing in wildfire risk and wildfire management. She is a cross-trained interdisciplinary researcher, concentrating in both qualitative wildfire social science as well as quantitative remote sensing methodologies. Tris uses her skill sets to bridge gaps between researchers, practitioners, and decision makers to address systemic issues regarding information usage in wildfire management and more recently, wildfire insurance and economics.