Amy Knowles joined the City of Miami Beach in January 2016. As the Chief Resilience Officer, Amy leads strategic and resilience planning and works across city departments and stakeholders. Her resilience planning includes Resilient305, a unique resilience strategy for Greater Miami and the Beaches, and the Miami Beach Strategic Plan through the Lens of Resilience, both unanimously adopted by the City of Miami Beach in 2019. Recent innovative projects include the Urban Land Institute Panel on Stormwater Management and Climate Adaptation, the Business Case Analysis of the Stormwater Program, and working with the City’s Floodplain Manager on the National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System. Amy participates in the work of the Southeast Florida Climate Compact, and countywide planning.