Isaac Hametz
Director of Sediment Management & Resilience, Maryland/DC
Baltimore, MD
Isaac Hametz Director of Sediment Management & Resilience, Maryland/DC chapter. © courtesy Isaac Hametz
Areas of Expertise
Landscape architecture, urban design, social entrepreneurship, community resiliency
Biography
Isaac serves as the Director of Sediment Management & Resilience. His work advances the resilience of tidal marshes by matching dredged sediment with the marshes that need it—sustaining vegetated marsh, reducing flood risk and supporting fisheries, birds and navigation as seas rise.
Before joining TNC in 2021, Isaac was a partner and principal at Mahan Rykiel Associates, a landscape architecture and urban design firm based in Baltimore. In his role there, Isaac established and guided the firm’s design research studio leveraging strategic partnerships with non-profits, academic institutions, government and the private sector to advance applied design research solutions for climate adaptation and community resiliency in Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay. From 2006 to 2010, Isaac ran Earth’s Promise, a non-profit organization he founded that works to advance models of sustainable community development in the Negev desert.
Isaac holds a master of landscape architecture (MLA) degree from the University of Virginia School of Architecture, where he teaches professional practice, and a bachelor of science in agriculture from the University of Maryland, College Park.