Senior Advisor, Local Government and Resiliency Policy Leader
Tallahassee
561.317.0889Overview
Natalie Fausel has forged new paths in the areas of land use, water resources and climate resilience for more than 20 years.
Prior to joining the Anfield team, Natalie served as the Florida Director of Government Affairs for Renew Financial, a Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing (PACE) company, providing funding to private properties for energy efficiency, renewable energy and wind mitigation improvements. She recently served as Palm Beach County’s first Climate Change and Sustainability Coordinator.
Natalie also led the county’s climate change and sustainability efforts, which included supporting the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact and working across departments to identify, prioritize, develop, promote and coordinate climate change and sustainability initiatives in the areas of water, energy, transportation, and procurement, to name a few.
Natalie’s experience further incorporates nine years at the South Florida Water Management District, including work in intergovernmental coordination, regional water supply planning, sea-level rise and climate change issues, water conservation and alternative water supply and policy analysis. From 1999 to 2006, she was also at the South Florida Regional Planning Council as an economic planner, the City of Hollywood as the Zoning Manager and Development Review supervisor, and Calvin Giordano and Associates Inc., where she focused on large developments, DRIs and providing local community development services.
Education
University of Miami, B.A. in Marine Policy
University of Rhode Island, M.A. in Marine Policy
Involvement
- Palm Beach Planning Congress, member
- American Planning Association, member
- Association of Climate Change Officers, member