Jessica Grannis

Jessica Grannis is a NOAA senior advisor, with a focus on implementing NOAA’s Inflation Reduction Act programs.

Prior to joining NOAA, Grannis served as the program director for coastal resilience at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, where she oversaw the National Coastal Resilience Fund. She also served as the interim vice president for coastal conservation and director of coastal resilience at the National Audubon Society. Before that, she spent over ten years directing the adaptation program for the Georgetown Climate Center at Georgetown University Law Center. Grannis started her career in coastal adaptation and resilience as staff counsel for the California State Coastal Conservancy and the Ocean Protection Council. She also had the pleasure of serving on the American Society of Adaptation Professionals Board of Directors. 

Grannis received her LL.M., with honors, from Georgetown University Law Center; her J.D., cum laude, from UC Hastings College of the Law; and her B.A. from the University of Chicago.