Sam is a Founding Principal of Resilient Cities Catalyst (RCC). In this role, he serves as RCC's lead on climate and urban transformation, and leads several strategic partnerships, including the Resilience Accelerator with Columbia University’s Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes and The Rockefeller Foundation, and the California Resilience Partnership with the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. From 2017-2019, Sam was an executive at 100 Resilient Cities where he developed the Resilience Accelerator to support 100RC cities across the globe. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at The Rockefeller Foundation leading its Resilience Team. While there, he led the Foundation’s partnership with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development on the National Disaster Resilience Competition, as well as its work in the New York region after Superstorm Sandy and in Louisiana’s ongoing long term recovery efforts. He also served as an advisor on the Global Resilience Partnership, a collaboration with DFID and USAID to connect humanitarian response to long term planning to improve the strength of communities and reduce repetitive losses.In 2007, Sam helped to establish the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, where he served as Associate Director and managed the research phase of Rebuild by Design. Prior to working at the IPK, Mr. Carter worked as Program Coordinator for the President’s Office of the Social Science Research Council, where he coordinated the SSRC Katrina Task Force and developed two books for the Privatization of Risk Series with Columbia University Press.Sam holds an MPA in Public and Nonprofit Management from the Robert F. Wagner School for Public Service at NYU and a BA in Media Ecology from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU.