Allen Kratz

Climate-change consultant Allen Kratz provides guidance at the intersection of historic preservation and resilience. As principal of Resilience Works, LLC, he helps communities secure funds for flood-risk reduction projects, “to give the future a future.” He oversaw the $3.2 million rehabilitation and dry floodproofing of the Hoboken Public Library, which he describes as implementing an “alphabet” of protections. Previously he was a project manager with the post-Sandy Rebuild by Design project, which developed a winning resiliency plan for the Hudson County waterfront, and has worked in real estate and economic development for NJ Transit. He is a member of the Hoboken Historic Preservation Commission, and wrote the National Register of Historic Places documentation for the Hoboken Public Library and the First Baptist Church of Hoboken.