Jenny Frankel-Reed, USAID's Senior Climate Change Specialist, is working in the most vulnerable places in the world to help USAID make a chain of partnerships that prepare people for extreme volatility in the weather.
At USAID's Global Climate Change Office, Jenny coordinates the USAID and NASA SERVIR program focused on building capacity of governments and other key stakeholders to utilize remote sensing data and geospatial information for development decision making. She provides technical assistance to USAID's regional and country missions to develop strategic climate change adaptation programs under the U.S. Government's Climate Change Initiative in Bangladesh, Central America, Ethiopia, East Africa, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malawi, Pacific Islands, Peru, the Philippines, Senegal, Tanzania, Timor Leste, Vietnam and West Africa.