Brad’s role as a Hawaiʻi Sea Grant coastal resilience extension specialist is to bring communities, academia, and local government together to grow a shared understanding of science and local knowledge, and put learning to action in improving natural resource stewardship and reducing coastal and extreme weather hazards.

He works closely with the Hawaiʻi Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands and interfaces with other local and federal government offices, communities, and researchers on collaborative projects, including the Hawaiʻi Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Reports and online Hawaiʻi Sea Level Rise Viewer. Brad has served as an appointed member of the Honolulu Climate Change Commission since 2022.

Brad is a coordinator and co-lead on the Pili Nā Moku project, a collaborative effort with non-profit organizations and government agencies for ʻāina restoration, networking, knowledge sharing, and capacity building to advance community resilience in Hawaiʻi. With funding from NOAA, the project is investing in holistic resilience efforts implemented from mauka to makai to restore interconnected ecosystems and improve cooperative resource stewardship.

Brad completed his PhD in Geology and Geophysics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2013 and has published research articles on coastal geology, beach processes, shoreline change, and sea-level rise impacts in Hawaiʻi.