Allison Hardin, CFM is a city planner with the City of Myrtle Beach. Her 26-year career includes experience with regional and urban planning, GIS mapping and coordination, floodplain management, hazard mitigation planning, business operations and emergency services. She has been a longstanding partner in, and supporter of, NOAA's Digital Coast project; served as chair of both the SC Association for Hazard Mitigation and state Arc GIS users group; and served four years as a co-chair for the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM)'s Coastal Issues subcommittee. In recent years, Allison has made presentations on climate change impacts and community resilience to everyone from civic groups to Congressional staff. In 2012, Allison was presented with the Award for Planning Awareness by the SC chapter of the American Planning Association for her work to promote resilient community practices. Besides her BS degree from Appalachian State University, she has received training in adult learning methods through the Emergency Management Institute and on-the-job training as a first responder and emergency medical training grant coordinator for seven counties in western NC. Allison is a FEMA-certified instructor for Community Resilience, Climate Adaptation Planning, Coastal Flood Risk Reduction, Social Media for Disaster Response and Recovery, Disaster Awareness for Community Leaders, and Hurricane Awareness with the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC), located at the University of Hawai'i. She currently serves as the Chair of the Hazard Mitigation/Disaster Recovery Division of the American Planning Association (APA).