Thomas Ruppert

Assistant Provost for Coastal Resilience & Director of the Virginia Coastal Resilience Collaborative

Office/Department: Office of the Provost
Team Role: Chair
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About: Thomas Ruppert, Esq., directs the Virginia Coastal Resilience Collaborative and serves as Assistant Provost for Coastal Resilience. In this role, he works with others inside and outside of William & Mary to develop and implement projects to improve the resilience of Virginia local governments. This includes developing collaborations among educational institutions, researchers, communities, governments to determine scientific needs, conduct research, and translate research results into meaningful policy analysis for decision makers.