About Nomad Planners
We work at the intersection of many fields.
Nomad Planners, LLC provides sub-contract work in climate change adaptation, climate tech, workforce development and freight transportation planning and policy development.
Nomad Planners provides services in climate change adaptation, including sourcing climate data, vulnerability assessments, and climate tech solutions. General planning services include survey design and analysis, literature review, research, blog, report and article writing, GIS StoryMaps, social media engagement, and facilitation.
Our approach is rooted in Collective Impact to ensure that products are scalable.
Our professional affiliations include: Transportation Research Board (Freight Transportation Data Committee-AED70), the American Planning Association (APA), Wisconsin APA, the American Society of Adaptation Professionals, and the Latino Professionals Association of Madison.
Nomad Planners, LLC is DBE, MBE, SBE, and WBE certified.
Sample Projects, Products & Roles
Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts
Contributor, 2021 Assessment Report: Wisconsin’s Changing Climate
Articles
Workforce Initiatives
Founder, Embed Climate – Building a Climate-Aware Workforce
Cohort 2021 Social Good Accelerator
Impact Ventures Competition 2021
Projects
Tech Jobs for Good
Climate Tech Research
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
Compiled adaptation jobs for the Adaptation Jobs Explainer: Understanding this Critical and Growing Workforce (2021)
Publications
Adams, Teresa; Hart, Maria; Phillips, Kerri. Maintaining the System: Defining Routes for Advancement for the Highway Maintenance Workforce. TR News, Issue 323, 2019, pp 38-45
Adams, Teresa M; Hart, Maria V. The 2017 Wisconsin Highway Maintenance Workforce Survey. University of Wisconsin, Madison; Federal Highway Administration, 2018, 70p
Adams, Teresa; Hart, Maria; Nirattiwongsakorn, Phannisa; Rogers, Sophia; Wessel, Samuel. A Synthesis of Data Management Practices in the Midwestern DOTs. University of Wisconsin, Madison; NEXTRANS; Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 2017, 64p
Adams, Teresa; Hart, Maria. Region V Transportation Workforce Assessment and Summit. University of Wisconsin, Madison; NEXTRANS; Research and Innovative Technology Administration, 2017, 110p
Adams, Teresa M; Hart, Maria Viteri. From Self to Community: The Use of Powerful Questions at the Midwest Transportation Workforce Summit. Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, 2017, 13p
Golias, Mihalis; Ivey, Stephanie; Sarder, MD; Holt, David; Anderson, Mike; Hart, Maria. Addressing MAP-21 Freight Objectives using GPS Data. National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 2016, 170p
Doherty, Meghan; Hart, Maria V; Ivey, Stephanie S; Ford, Kelsey; Greenstreet, Alexis; Mersereau, Jim; Rápalo, Virginia Wise; Schafer, Sarah; Schroeckenthaler, Kyle; Adams, Teresa; Lipinski, Marty. Making Freight-Centric Communities More Livable. National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 2016, 97p
Rápalo, Virginia A Wise; Ivey, Stephanie S; Hart, Maria V; Schroeckenthaler, Kyle; Adams, Teresa. An Evaluation of Factors Affecting Livability in Freight-Centric Community in Memphis, Tennessee. Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, 2016, 16p
Doherty, M., V.A. Wise, M.V. Hart, S.S. Ivey, and T.M. Adams. (2013). “Defining Livability for Freight Centric Communities: Identifying Priorities of Residents of the Lamar Avenue Corridor in Memphis, TN.” In Proceedings, 2nd Conference on Green Streets, Highways, and Development. Austin, TX. ASCE Transportation & Development Institute. Pages 398-409.
Perry, E., Zietlow B., Hart, M., and Wagner, S. “MAFC Regional Freight Study.” Mid-America Freight Coalition: Regional Solutions for a Regional Issue. National Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research & Education, MVFC 13, June, 2014. Web. http://midamericafreight.org/rfs/.
Hart, MV., T.M. Adams and A.P. Schwartz (2012). “Shifting Sands: Emerging Transportation Impacts of Frac Sand Mining and Shale Gas Drilling.” Paper 13-5245. In proceedings, 92th Annual Meeting TRB. Washington DC.
Viteri, M.E. Evaluating the Job Training Partnership Act Program: A New Orleans Case Study, Master’s Thesis, 1987.
