Deborah Helaine Morris, AICP, is an urban planner and urban designer. Her work centers at the nexus of climate adaptation and social equity: more specifically, on how cities manage housing opportunity in geographies facing substantial physical risk.

She advises communities and non-profits in how to incorporate climate risk and resiliency initiatives into community development and revitalization plans. Deborah has extensive experience in public administration, disaster recovery initiatives spanning from 9/11 through COVID-19, and the facilitation of climate change adaptation in affordable housing. In addition to her professional practice, Deborah has taught at the City College at the City University of New York, Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and theHarvard Graduate School of Design.

Deborah holds a Master’s in City Planning and Urban Design from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of the Arts from the University of Michigan. Deborah was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2020.