Rucker Alex

About Rucker Alex

Over 20 years of bringing impeccable organizational and inter-personal skills to planning, management, communications, marketing and systems integration. I specialize in inter-disciplinary environmental (water and energy) and regional planning initiatives. I have thrived in roles within and especially between public, private, academic, and non-profit sector environments: facilitating public-private partnerships at local and national scales, leading portions of $100m+ bids and programs, and conducting research and reporting to reveal actionable goals and craft implementation strategies. Highlights of my experience:* Supported a range of utilities and public sector stakeholders on a variety of quantitative and policy-related analyses, reports, communications, and implementation activities.* Researched, wrote, and helped implement environmental natural resource use strategies, including risk, resilience, sustainability, procurement, and climate action plans.* Developed triple-bottom line cost-benefit analyses, including capital and ongoing maintenance costs over projected asset and service lifespans. Designed complementary decision-making tools interactive use with stakeholders.* Served as Implementation and Training Lead for Alaska’s new data warehouse and financial reporting system.* Managed resources for daily use by over 250 team members and sub-contractors as Project Management Officer for the technology implementation of “Obamacare” in Massachusetts.* Edited Harvard Business School case studies and authored books and articles on topics ranging from the legal history of macroengineering to semi-urban water systems to disaster resilience strategies for major U.S. transportation corridors. Especially skilled at learning new systems, crafting communications, managing relationships, identifying and documenting systems and procedures, managing quantitative data and budgets, and exceeding objectives in highly autonomous work environments. Specialties: Walking across countries; nurturing curiosity, plants, and other living beings; getting things done.

Experience

1. Community Planner, Climate and Equity

   Fema

   Feb 2024 — Present

   As a Community Planner focusing on equity and climate change in the Risk Analysis branch, Rucker supports integration of natural hazard mitigation, community resilience, and risk reduction into State, Tribal, and local planning activities throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  Masters of City Planning, International Environmental Planning

  2013 — 2015

• Harvard University

  BA, English Literature