
Maria Viteri Hart is a Principal of Nomad Planners, a climate change adaptation planning firm, and founder of Embed Climate, a social impact venture focused on climate literacy. She is an active member of the American Society of Adaptation Professionals. Maria is also an emerita researcher from UW-Madison’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where she focused on freight planning, livability, and transportation workforce development. She sits on the Transportation Research Board’s Freight Transportation Data Committee. Maria is a co-chair on Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts' Infrastructure Working Group. She led the development of the IWG survey and contributes digital engagement, adaptation planning skills, and climate tech knowledge to this effort.