Ivelisse Justiniano is an Urban Planner working on Urban Development and Disaster Risk Management with the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice (GSURR). Most of her work focus on urban resilience, disaster risk assessment and mitigation, risk reduction strategies, land use, and geospatial technologies. Before this position, Ivelisse provided support as an Urban Planner to the Environment, Rural Development, and Disaster Risk Management division and the Emerging and Sustainable Cities program in the Latin America and Caribbean region at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). She holds a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning and a Master’s in Management from the University of Florida and a Bachelor’s in Environmental Sciences and Geography from the University of Puerto Rico.