Elizabeth Wheaton Application PackageWheaton Elizabeth S
Last Name First Name Middle Initial
20 Island Avenue #610 Miami Beach
Home Address City
Florida 33139
State Zip Code
3058077105
HomeWork
elizabeth.wheaton@gmail.com
Email Address
13058077105
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MIami Beach
Business Address
20 Island Avenue
City
RI
State
33139
Zip Code
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3. A Copy of your latest Federal Income Tax Return.
Failure to file one of these forms, pursuant to the Miami-Dade County Code, may subject the person to a fine of no
more than $500, 60 days in jail, or both.
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to F.S. §112.3145(1)(a), to file a Statement of Financial Interests (Form 1) with the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of
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County Supervisor of Elections automatically satisfy the County’s financial disclosure requirement as a Miami Beach
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compliance with the County disclosure requirement does not satisfy the State requirement.
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Elizabeth “Betsy” Wheaton
elizabeth.wheaton@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethwheaton
OVERVIEW
I am passionate about helping communities prepare and adapt to climate risks while building a sustainable future. I
am skilled at solving complex problems, developing creative solutions, and working across disciplines to strategically
plan and implement programs and projects that reduce future climate risks and promote sustainability and
environmental stewardship.
EXPERIENCE
Co-Founder, Chief Sustainability & Resilience Officer August 2022 - Present
Community Infrastructure Partners
• Co-founder of a company whose mission is to enable communities to build beyond infrastructure. We partner with
local communities to incubate the local workforce, bring financial expertise, and accelerate progress toward each
communities’ unique sustainability and resilience goals.
• Establishes strategy for the structuring of performance-based contracting model that are designed to deliver
infrastructure better, faster, and cheaper while ensuring each community’s environmental, social and financial goals
are met.
• Leads marketing and communications with the goal to educate the market of the benefits community infrastructure
partnership delivery model.
• Develops and cultivates long-term relationships with government officials, elected officials, and private sector
clients across the United States.
Director, Partnerships & ESG November 2021 - Present
Corvias Infrastructure Solutions
• Delivered climate resilience and environmental, social, and governance support to existing municipal partners
including Prince George’s County, MD, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Los Angeles Sanitation and
Environment, and Chester, PA.
• Supported a $440M portfolio of community-based public private partnerships (CBP3s) for the implementation of
green stormwater infrastructure with the goals to reduce pollutant loads while also mitigating flood risks, increase
capability of local water resources to recharge potable water supplies, catalyze economic and community
revitalization in depressed local economies, improve local governments’ overall financial ratings, and deliver
sustainable stormwater solutions.
• Developed the winning proposal for the $15M RainCity Partnerships for Seattle Public Utility to implement green
infrastructure and riparian restoration on private property to meet water quality, climate resilience, and racial and
social equity objectives.
Environment & Sustainability Director February 2016 – October 2021
City of Miami Beach
• Amplified a $3.6M operating budget by driving innovation, value, and efficiency to set Miami Beach a global leader
in sustainability and climate change action.
• Implemented capital projects to drive improved project outcomes and co-benefits, including $10M Resilient
Seawalls and Living Shorelines, $6M Waterway Restoration, and $5M Reforestation projects.
• Drove the City’s Climate Action Plan, including coordinating and developing policies to achieve the City’s net zero
goal by 2050 through strategic planning and operations management.
• Utilized data driven approach to advise and solve organizational challenges, including the current development of
business management system for beach management and water quality protection.
• Eliminated organizational silos and improve efficiency through spearheading working groups such as green
procurement and the interdepartmental design review team that evaluates public construction projects and
integrates resilience and sustainability into the City’s capital improvements.
• Developed and implemented climate change mitigation and innovative sea level rise adaptation strategies including:
Climate Action Plan, Annual GHG Inventory, Energy Assessment, Art in Public Life Residency Program, Urban
Forestry Preservation Program, Green & Blue Infrastructure Program, and Dune & Beach Management.
• Expanded sustainable initiatives to be more equitable, inclusionary, and diverse through developing key
partnerships with community groups and reframing programs and projects to maximize community benefits.
• Developed and maintained sustainability and environmental dashboards to provide internal departments and
executive leadership with data and performance metrics to inform strategy and drive results.
• Designed legislative policies to create recurring funding streams that improve climate resilience including green
building, EV parking, fertilizer restrictions, dune protection, and resilient seawall ordinances.
• Served as the city’s liaison for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $158M Miami-Dade Hurricane & Erosion
Protection Project, $2M Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study, and $3M Back Bay Feasibility Study.
• Represented Miami Beach on the Southeast Florida Climate Change Compact as the municipal representative for
Miami-Dade County.
• Maintained regulatory compliance and improved land management, mitigation, and remediation performance for
the City’s properties including the Miami Beach & Normandy Golf Courses, Materials Recovery Facility, Miami
Beach Marina, Miami Beach Convention Center, and Fleet and Public Works Municipal Maintenance Yards.
• Launched innovative virtual workshop series during COVID that engaged over 500 employees and over 7,000
residents.
• Created the MB Rising Above (www.mbrisingabove.com) brand to promote the city’s resilience efforts.
• Developed the #PlasticFreeMB (www.plasticfreemb.com) business certification program that boasts over 170
businesses. This program is currently being expanded to encompass all Miami-Dade County under #PlasticFree305.
• Secured $150K funding and in-kind services for the Brittany Bay Living Shoreline from NextEra Energy
Foundation and The Nature Conservancy.
• Managed the West Avenue Resilience Accelerator, a partnership between 100 Resilient Cities and the Center for
Resilient Cities & Landscape at Columbia University, funded by a $3.7M grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
Chief of Staff for Mayor Philip Levine February 2017 – November 2017
City of Miami Beach
• Managed $2M operating budget for the Office of the Mayor and City Commission, which consisted of 7 elected
officials, 13 full-time employees, and 2 part-time employees.
• Planned and executed 85th U.S. Conference of Mayors where the city hosted over 1,500 national and international
dignitaries.
• Developed policies related to living wage, sea level rise adaptation, and net-zero goals.
• Led the state and federal governmental affairs program for both Mayor’s Office and Administration.
• Developed the office’s communications strategy and developed policy statements. These communications reached
a state and national audience because of their timeliness and clear delivery through multiple mediums.
Assistant Building Director – City of Miami Beach February 2014 – February 2016
• Coordinated activities to improve the City’s Community Rating System score to reduce flood risks and help to
reduce insurance premium rates.
• Developed the City’s first Dune Management Plan that sets forth guidance and specifications to ensure the dunes
provide storm protection, erosion control, and a biologically rich habitat for local species.
• Managed the City’s partnership with Harvard University Graduate School of Design’s two-year design studio and
research – South Florida and Sea Level: Case Study Miami Beach.
Environment & Sustainability Manager – City of Miami Beach August 2011 – February 2014
• Managed the design, permitting and construction of the coastal connectors in the Atlantic Greenway Network
(AGN), a regional alternative transportation network.
• Secured and managed over $3.5M in Florida Department of Transportation and $1M in Florida Inland Navigation
District grant funding.
• Implemented the Beachfront Management Plan Agreement that includes issues such as maintenance responsibility,
beach renourshiment, concessionaire agreements, dune restoration, public access, and endangered sea turtle
protection.
• Supervised a staff of administrative, professional, and technical employees involved in environmental permitting,
grants management, regulatory inspections, plan review and construction management.
Environmental Specialist – City of Miami Beach April 2008 – August 2011
• Developed in-house the City’s first Sustainability Plan that established goals, indicators, and targets for ten program
areas to align with the City’s Strategic Plan. The Sustainability Plan also functioned as the Energy Economic Zone
Work Plan; an economic development program administered by the Florida Department of Community Affairs.
• Developed educational programming and conducted community outreach relating to environmental issues such as
coastal habitat protection, stormwater pollution prevention, recycling awareness, water quality protection, and
sustainable initiatives.
• Managed the City’s National Pollution Discharge & Elimination System (NPDES) permit & stormwater quality
improvement programs.
Environmental Scientist – ATC Associates July 2007 – April 2008
• Performed Phase I Environmental Assessments for various local and national clients in accordance with client
specific and/or ASTM protocols. Specific activities included site inspections; title searches; historical aerial
photograph analyses; topographic and geologic map analyses; federal, state, and local agency file reviews; and
technical report preparation.
• Managed the accounts for MetroPCS and T-Mobile. Conducted environmental site assessments in accordance with
the NEPA for proposed communication tower locations.
EDUCATION
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management – Executive MBA (2021)
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) — University of Miami, M.A. Marine Affairs
and Policy (2007).
University of Miami, B.A. Marine Science Affairs, Dual Minor in Economics and Anthropology (2005).
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Urban Planning Career Development Program (2010).
ACTIVITIES & QUALIFICATIONS
• Finalist in Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge (2021)
• Advisory Board Member for Master of Science in Sustainable Business at Miami Business School (2019 –
Present)
• University of Miami College of Engineering Technical Advisory Committee (2015 – 2020)
• Board Member of the Friends of the Everglades since 2013
• Board Member of Miami Center for Architecture and Design since 2022
• Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce - Member of the Resiliency & Sea Level Rise Committee and Member
of the Millennial Action Council
• The Miami Foundation Class VIII Fellow – 2014 to Present
• 2016 Young American Leaders Program – Harvard Business School
• British American Project Fellow since 2016 – Serves as the City Connector for the Southeastern United States
• South Florida Water/Climate Study Trip to the Netherlands organized by the Kingdom of the Netherlands
(2013)