Dale Morris

Dale Morris is chief resilience officer for the City of Charleston, South Carolina, and a senior policy advisor to its mayor. Previously, he was director of strategic partnerships at the Water Institute of the Gulf, a technical research nonprofit. From 1994 to 2018, Morris was senior economist at the Netherlands embassy in Washington, D.C., and, beginning in 2005, director of the Dutch government’s water management and adaptation work across the U.S. He started his career in the U.S. Air Force and was legislative director to two members of Congress. Morris is co-founder of the Dutch Dialogues, a workshop process that integrates stormwater, groundwater, tidal and surge risks with planning and engineering in targeted cities.