Meagan Jones is the unit’s Coastal Community Resiliency Specialist and a certified floodplain manager. She works with the community, NGOs, and local, state, and federal government partners across Georgia and the greater southeast region on resiliency projects. Prior to coming to UGA, Meagan was the Planning Dept Manager for the Coastal Regional Commission, the coastal resource manager for Nueces County in Texas, and the State Coastal Planner for South Carolina. In addition, she has 15 years of environmental consulting experience working on projects across the U.S.

Meagan attended Bethel College for her undergraduate in Environmental Science and received her master’s in environmental law & policy from the University of Denver. Meagan grew up in Augusta and has lived all over the U.S. She is happy to be in coastal Georgia and close to home again.