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Kathy Jacobs is the Assistant Director for Climate Assessment and Adaptation at the Office of Science and Technology Policy. She is the Director of the National Climate Assessment, a major effort to evaluate climate impacts on regions and sectors of the U.S. She is also part of a team working to develop a national adaptation strategy, and is the liaison to the Subcommittee on Water Availability and Quality of the National Science and Technology Council. Jacobs recently chaired a National Research Council panel on climate change adaptation within the America’s Climate Choices Project, and has served on six other Academy committees. From 2006-2009 Jacobs was the Executive Director of the Arizona Water Institute, a consortium of the three state universities focused on water-related research, education and technology transfer in support of water supply sustainability. She has 23 years of experience as a water manager for the state of Arizona, including 14 years as director of the Tucson Active Management Area, and has a master’s degree in environmental planning from the University of California, Berkeley. Jacobs is on a mobility assignment from the University of Arizona, where she is on the faculty of the department of Soils, Water and Environmental Science.
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