Steve Adams

Policy Director at Lane County Government

Eugene, Oregon, United States

About

Public administrator & policy practitioner with over 25 years of public and non-profit sector experience in climate change, energy, public health, environmental protection, and natural resource management issues. Specialties: community resilience; climate change adaptation & mitigation - governance, policy & technical aspects; energy policy; indicators & performance metrics; policy analysis; program monitoring and evaluation; network development for innovation diffusion; and information technology policy

Experience

  • Lane County Government (Eugene, Oregon, United States)
    • Policy Director
      Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

    • COVID-19 Incident Commander
      Dec 2020 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Institute for Sustainable Communities (9 yrs 1 mo)
    • Director of Urban Resilience
      Dec 2012 - Oct 2020 · 7 yrs 11 mos

    • Senior Advisor - Climate Adaptation
      Oct 2011 - Dec 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Managing Director - The Climate Leadership Initiative at The Resource Innovation Group
    Oct 2010 - Oct 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Director - Climate Change Preparedness Program at Climate Leadership Initiative - University of Oregon
    Aug 2009 - Sep 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Deputy Executive Director & Director of Policy at Executive Office of Florida Governor Charlie Crist
    Jul 2008 - Jul 2009 · 1 yr 1 mo