Deputy Program Manager - Planning, Waterfront Resilience Program, Port of San Francisco
Bio
Adam Varat is Deputy Program Manager for Planning for the Waterfront Resilience Program at the Port of San Francisco, where he leads a multi-disciplinary team in developing shoreline adaptation plans for the San Francisco waterfront through an inclusive, multi-stakeholder process. Prior to coming to the Port, Adam was Deputy Director of the San Francisco Planning Department’s Citywide Planning Division, where he oversaw the Department’s Resilience and Sustainability and Urban Design functions. Among many other projects, Adam has managed the award-winning Better Streets Plan and the San Francisco Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Consequences Assessment. Adam has over 20 years of public sector urban planning experience.
Adam holds a Masters Degree in City Planning and Certificate in Urban Design from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of California at Berkeley. Adam originally hails from Los Angeles and in his free time can often be found biking, hiking, or urban exploring with his family.