Fraser Basin Council
Jennifer Koss is an experienced professional in urban and community planning, currently serving as the Assistant Program Manager for the Flood Team at Fraser Basin Council since October 2021. Previous roles include Program Coordinator and Graduate Research Assistant at The University of British Columbia. Jennifer's extensive experience with FEMA includes positions such as Environmental Compliance Specialist, where Jennifer reviewed substantial grant applications related to disaster recovery, and FEMA Corps Field Team Leader, managing project requests and leading assessments for hurricane-damaged properties. Additional leadership experience was gained as Team Leader for AmeriCorps NCCC FEMACorps, supervising a team focused on disaster recovery. Jennifer holds a Master's degree from The University of British Columbia and a Bachelor's degree from Smith College, with additional studies at Ecole d'Architecture de Paris-Val-de-Seine.
Fraser Basin Council
The Fraser Basin Council (FBC) is a non-profit charitable society that brings people together to advance sustainability solutions and practices in British Columbia. Established in 1997, the Council is a collaboration of four orders of government (Federal, Provincial, Local and First Nations) and those from the private sector and civil society. FBC works within the Fraser Basin and throughout BC to focus on climate change action, healthy watersheds and water resources and sustainable, resilient communities. Our work includes advancing flood management, air quality improvement, green transportation, healthy watersheds and youth-driven sustainability projects.