Barrett Ristroph is a lawyer, planner, mediator, evaluator, and researcher based in south Louisiana and sometimes Alaska. For many years she has worked for Alaska tribes and nonprofits to provide legal services, planning, and research related to human rights, natural resources, hazard mitigation, governance, and climate change adaptation and relocation. She is now the Director of Resilience for Anthropocene Alliance, which supports environmental and climate justice for underserved communities across the United States. She also serves on the U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Managed Retreat in the Gulf South. She holds a J.D. as well as a Ph.D. in adaptation planning.