Nate Woiwode is the Risk Reduction and Resilience Project Manager for The Nature Conservancy’s North American Water Program.  In this role Nate manages the Conservancy’s efforts to build the business case for creating more resilient communities by employing nature and natural systems in managing flood risk in coastal and riverine communities across the United States.

Previously, Nate helped guide many of the Conservancy’s post-Sandy efforts in New York and regionally, including managing our engagement in the $1 billion Rebuild by Design competition and serving as a key member of the team that supported Mark Tercek’s role on the NYS 2100 Commission, convened by Governor Cuomo to develop long term recommendations on how to make New York State more resilient to the impacts of climate change.  He also led the Coastal Resilience Team for the Long Island Chapter and was a co-lead of the New York State Climate Change Team.  Nate also helped craft and pass New York’s Community Risk and Resilience Act and the Seagrass Protection Act as well as serve as a member of the Staff Steering Committee on the New York State Sea Level Rise Task Force.

Nate lives with his wife Jen, a fellow Nicholas School alum, and their two children in Sag Harbor, New York.