Director of Resilience
SCAPE Landscape Architecture
New York, New York
Despo is the Director of Resilience at SCAPE, where she leads teams in urban design and resilience planning to forge nature-based, community-centered strategies that help communities adapt to our changing climate. Her work connects the dots between the environment, design, and people—whether through actionable resilience plans that reduce climate risk, implementation of multi-layered and multi-benefit infrastructure, or climate visualizations that make complex challenges accessible and guide decision-making. Despo’s recent work include New York State’s Roadmap for Envisioning Managed Retreat, Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan, Massachusetts’ ResilientCoasts Plan, Battery Park City’s North/West Resiliency Project, and Climate Ready Dorchester in Boston.
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FRI-FS-03: Louisiana’s Coastal Program: Following the Steps from Model to Field
Friday, October 10, 2025
7:15 AM – 5:00 PM CT
SUN-B11: When the Shoreline Can’t Hold: Rethinking Resilience at the Water’s Edge
Sunday, October 12, 2025
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT