Atlanta’s Chief Resilience Officer To Tackle Future Problems

Atlanta, you’re getting a chief resilience officer. The city’s sustainability director, Stephanie Stuckey Benfield, is taking on the role.

So what will she do? The short answer is: a lot.

Mayor Kasim Reed said Benfield will come up with a city-wide resilience strategy. That means figuring out a way to tackle the big problems facing Atlanta in the future, he said.