Project Management

Keep Complex Work Moving Forward

Coordination and management support for resilience projects involving multiple partners, timelines, deliverables, funding requirements, or moving pieces.

More Coordination. Less Friction.

Resilience projects often involve multiple pillars and sectors.

Resilience projects frequently cross organizations, sectors, and areas of expertise That can create significant coordination needs even when everyone involved is committed to the same outcome.

Resilient Virginia helps establish the structure, communication, documentation, and follow-through needed to keep complex work organized and moving.

Project Management May Include

Workplans + Timelines

Translate project commitments into clear tasks, milestones, schedules, and responsibilities.

Partner Coordination

Keep participating organizations informed, aligned, and connected around shared work.

Roles + Responsibilities

Clarify who is responsible for decisions, activities, deliverables, and follow-up.

Meetings + Facilitation

Plan productive meetings, develop agendas, document decisions, and track action items.

Deliverable Management

Coordinate development, review, approval, and completion of project outputs.

Documentation + Reporting

Maintain organized project records and support grant, contract, or partner reporting requirements.

Progress Tracking

Monitor milestones, identify emerging issues, and adjust workplans as conditions change.

Project Closeout

Document results, lessons learned, outstanding needs, and potential next steps.

A Good Fit When...

Project Management may be useful for:

  • grant-funded initiatives;
  • multi-partner projects;
  • regional collaborations;
  • complex scopes with many deliverables;
  • organizations experiencing temporary capacity constraints; or
  • projects that need stronger coordination and follow-through.

What You Can Expect

Resilient Virginia can serve as the central coordinator or provide targeted management support alongside an existing project lead.

The goal is to create enough structure to keep the work organized without adding unnecessary process or administrative burden.

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Trish Porter

Director of Programs & Communications

Trish Porter is the Director of Programs and Communications at Resilient Virginia, where she develops and leads programs focused on resilience, systems thinking, and cross-sector collaboration. She is the co-creator and curriculum lead for the Resilience Foundations Certificate Program and served as lead author of the Regional Resilience Roadmap for Central and Southwest Virginia.

In her role, Trish oversees statewide educational initiatives including the Resiliency Academy, Spotlight On Webinar series, and the biennial Resilient Virginia Conference. She works closely with local governments, nonprofits, academic institutions, and state agencies to support resilience planning, knowledge sharing, and collaborative problem-solving across sectors.

Trish specializes in translating complex resilience and sustainability concepts into practical, accessible learning experiences for local leaders, practitioners, and communities. She holds a Master of Natural Resources with a Graduate Certificate in Global Sustainability from Virginia Tech and brings a multidisciplinary background in sustainability, communications, education, and strategic program development.

Jessica Steelman

Executive Director

Jessica is a systems-level resilience and sustainability practitioner with experience leading nonprofit strategy, cross-sector partnerships, community-centered planning, and resilience implementation across Virginia. She brings a multidisciplinary background in coastal resilience, behavioral health, community engagement, grant strategy, and organizational leadership, with a focus on strengthening the natural, built, economic, and social systems that communities depend on.

Her work centers on connecting people, resources, and ideas across public, private, nonprofit, academic, and regional networks to move resilience priorities from planning into practical action. Through strategic leadership, program design, partnership development, and resource mobilization, she helps communities and organizations build capacity, reduce risk, and advance more resilient and sustainable futures.

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