Reverted edit by ExLibrarian10019 (talk) to last version by BD2412← Previous revisionRevision as of 01:30, 15 November 2026 Line 1: Line 1: {{Short description|American public official and consultant}} {{Short description|Government Official}} {{Orphan|date=September 2023}} {{Orphan|date=September 2023}} Line 8: Line 8: == Work == == Work == Green began his government career in Louisiana in 2006–7, when he became the education policy director for the [[Louisiana Recovery Authority]], which guided the state's recovery from hurricanes [[Hurricane Katrina|Katrina]] and [[Hurricane Rita|Rita]].{{Cite web |last=Resilient Cities Network |first=New Orleans |date=September 28, 2022 |title=New Orleans's resilience journey |url=https://resilientcitiesnetwork.org/networks/new-orleans/ |access-date=September 28, 2022 |website=Resilient Cities Network}} In 2007, Green was appointed{{cite journal |last1=Horne |first1=Jed |title=New Schools in New Orleans |journal=Education Next |date=17 February 2011 |volume=11 |issue=2 |url=https://www.educationnext.org/new-schools-in-new-orleans/ |access-date=24 March 2023}} by [[Recovery School District|Louisiana Recovery School District]] (RSD) Superintendent [[Paul Vallas]] to serve as the RSD's Budget Director and then as Deputy Superintendent for Operations.{{cite news |last1=Warner |first1=Coleman |title=Rebuilding N.O. schools gets easier |url=https://www.nola.com/news/rebuilding-n-o-schools-gets-easier/article_305cedb3-4876-5b4d-8d85-84542c65ee95.html |access-date=24 March 2023 |publisher=nola.com |date=16 May 2009}} The RSD, a special statewide school district established and administered by the [[Louisiana Department of Education]], oversaw the recovery of New Orleans public schools in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. Green served in this role from 2007 to 2012.{{cite news |last1=Vanacore |first1=Andrew |title=Recovery School District leader selects four top aides |url=https://www.nola.com/news/education/recovery-school-district-leader-selects-four-top-aides/article_d966ccbf-f010-50ce-a6c2-3f7cb8c72bb4.html |access-date=24 March 2023 |agency=nola.com |publisher=The Times-Picayune |date=24 August 2011}} As operations chief, Green directed the management and oversight of the reconstruction of New Orleans's public-school infrastructure, including capital facilities, finances, and general district operations, and led the RSD team that negotiated an unprecedented settlement with FEMA, bringing nearly $2 billion to rebuild the city's public schools. The RSD project was the largest school construction program in the City since the Civil War.{{Cite news |last=Robelen |first=Erik W. |date=October 10, 2010 |title=New Orleans in Early Phase of School Building Boom |pages=1–4 |work=Education Week |url=https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/new-orleans-in-early-phase-of-school-building-boom/2010/10 |access-date=September 28, 2022}} Green began his government career in Louisiana in 2006–7, when he became the education policy director for the [[Louisiana Recovery Authority]], which guided the state's recovery from hurricanes [[Hurricane Katrina|Katrina]] and [[Hurricane Rita|Rita]].{{Cite web |last=Resilient Cities Network |first=New Orleans |date=September 28, 2022 |title=New Orleans's resilience journey |url=https://resilientcitiesnetwork.org/networks/new-orleans/ |access-date=September 28, 2022 |website=Resilient Cities Network}} In 2007, Green was appointed{{cite journal |last1=Horne |first1=Jed |title=New Schools in New Orleans |journal=Education Next |date=17 February 2011 |volume=11 |issue=2 |url=https://www.educationnext.org/new-schools-in-new-orleans/ |access-date=24 March 2023}} by [[Recovery School District|Louisiana Recovery School District]] (RSD) Superintendent [[Paul Vallas]] to serve as the RSD's Budget Director and then as Deputy Superintendent for Operations.{{cite news |last1=Warner |first1=Coleman |title=Rebuilding N.O. schools gets easier |url=https://www.nola.com/news/rebuilding-n-o-schools-gets-easier/article_305cedb3-4876-5b4d-8d85-84542c65ee95.html |access-date=24 March 2023 |publisher=nola.com |date=16 May 2009}} The RSD, a special statewide school district established and administered by the [[Louisiana Department of Education]], oversaw the recovery of New Orleans public schools in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. Green served in this role from 2007 to 2012.{{cite news |last1=Vanacore |first1=Andrew |title=Recovery School District leader selects four top aides |url=https://www.nola.com/news/education/recovery-school-district-leader-selects-four-top-aides/article_d966ccbf-f010-50ce-a6c2-3f7cb8c72bb4.html |access-date=24 March 2023 |agency=nola.com |publisher=The Times-Picayune |date=24 August 2011}} As operations chief, Green directed the management and oversight of the reconstruction of New Orleans's public-school infrastructure, including capital facilities, finances, and general district operations, and led the RSD team that negotiated an unprecedented settlement with FEMA, bringing nearly $2 billion to rebuild the city's public schools. The RSD project was the largest school construction program in the City since the Civil War.{{Cite news |last=Robelen |first=Erik W. |date=October 10, 2010 |title=New Orleans in Early Phase of School Building Boom |pages=1–4 |work=Education Week |url=https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/new-orleans-in-early-phase-of-school-building-boom/2010/10 |access-date=September 28, 2022}} In 2015, Green, then working as a real estate developer in New Orleans, partnered with Green Coast Enterprises on a pilot project with the benefit corporation My Strong Home that retrofitted five New Orleans–area houses to the [[Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety]]'s FORTIFIED wind-resistance standard; the cost was to be recovered from reductions in the homeowners' insurance premiums rather than paid upfront.{{cite news |last=Bruno |first=R. Stephanie |date=August 21, 2015 |title=Program reinforces older houses to withstand weather and cut insurance costs |work=NOLA.com |publisher=The Advocate |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/home_garden/program-reinforces-older-houses-to-withstand-weather-and-cut-insurance-costs/article_bb034d12-c56f-53df-9b96-dd54fc3b4641.html |access-date=2026-11-04}} By 2017 Green was co-founder and chief operating officer of MyStrongHome, which installed storm-resistant roofs on existing homes in coastal Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina and paid for them through savings on discounted insurance policies.{{cite news |last=Traweek |first=Lance |date=June 21, 2017 |title=Company's program uses reduced insurance premium to pay for storm-resistant roofs |work=New Orleans CityBusiness |url=https://neworleanscitybusiness.com/blog/2017/06/21/companys-program-uses-reduced-insurance-premium-to-pay-for-storm-resistant-roofs/ |access-date=2026-11-04}}{{cite news |last=Farris |first=Meg |date=October 9, 2017 |title=Group says hurricane-proof roof will pay for itself |work=WWL-TV |url=https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/group-says-hurricane-proof-roof-will-pay-for-itself/289-482076172 |access-date=2026-11-04}} That year the company reported $10 million in outside investment from backers including [[Prudential Financial|Prudential]], [[MetLife]], the [[MacArthur Foundation]] and the Greater New Orleans Foundation. The National Energy Improvement Fund bought the company's assets in June 2020.{{cite news |last=Wescoe |first=Stacy |date=June 11, 2020 |title=Allentown's NEIF acquires insurance operation |work=Lehigh Valley Business |url=https://lvb.com/allentowns-neif-acquires-insurance-operation/ |access-date=2026-11-04}} In 2018, newly elected Mayor [[LaToya Cantrell]] appointed Green as Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Infrastructure and Operations and Chief Resilience Officer to oversee improvements to New Orleans’ infrastructure, including coastal restoration.{{Cite news |last=Advocate Staff Report |date=May 4, 2018 |title=The Cantrell cabinet: All the key hires of New Orleans' incoming mayoral administration |pages=1 |work=NOLA.com |url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_dd2d8cb0-7f06-5095-b2d1-f19439c03016.html |access-date=September 28, 2022}}{{Cite news |last=Biz New Orleans Site Staff |date=December 14, 2018 |title=Mayor Cantrell Lauds Approved Funding for Project to Stabilize Coastal Wetlands Around New Orleans |pages=1 |work=Biz New Orleans |url=https://www.bizneworleans.com/mayor-cantrell-lauds-approved-funding-for-project-to-stabilize-coastal-wetlands-around-new-orleans/ |access-date=September 28, 2022}} The city's $2 billion post-Katrina FEMA-funded joint infrastructure program with the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans had been stalled for years,{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Katie |date=February 5, 2018 |title=Transition memo: manager needed for New Orleans' $2 billion road repair program |url=https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/transition-memo-manager-needed-for-new-orleans-2-billion-road-repair-program/289-515049878 |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=wwltv.com |language=en-US}} with less than $10 million in construction projects underway. Green led the acceleration of the rebuilding program, leading to more than $650 million in annual infrastructure spending.{{Cite web |last=Cristina |first=Victoria |date=2021-08-25 |title=Watch Live: Deputy CAO of Infrastructure, Ramsey Green, discusses transparency and accountability in NOLA infrastructure program |url=https://wgno.com/news/local/ramsey-green-discusses-transparency-and-accountability-in-nola-infrastructure-program/ |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=WGNO |language=en-US}} In 2018, newly elected Mayor [[LaToya Cantrell]] appointed Green as Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Infrastructure and Operations and Chief Resilience Officer to oversee improvements to New Orleans’ infrastructure, including coastal restoration.{{Cite news |last=Advocate Staff Report |date=May 4, 2018 |title=The Cantrell cabinet: All the key hires of New Orleans' incoming mayoral administration |pages=1 |work=NOLA.com |url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_dd2d8cb0-7f06-5095-b2d1-f19439c03016.html |access-date=September 28, 2022}}{{Cite news |last=Biz New Orleans Site Staff |date=December 14, 2018 |title=Mayor Cantrell Lauds Approved Funding for Project to Stabilize Coastal Wetlands Around New Orleans |pages=1 |work=Biz New Orleans |url=https://www.bizneworleans.com/mayor-cantrell-lauds-approved-funding-for-project-to-stabilize-coastal-wetlands-around-new-orleans/ |access-date=September 28, 2022}} The city's $2 billion post-Katrina FEMA-funded joint infrastructure program with the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans had been stalled for years,{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Katie |date=February 5, 2018 |title=Transition memo: manager needed for New Orleans' $2 billion road repair program |url=https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/transition-memo-manager-needed-for-new-orleans-2-billion-road-repair-program/289-515049878 |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=wwltv.com |language=en-US}} with less than $10 million in construction projects underway. Green led the acceleration of the rebuilding program, leading to more than $650 million in annual infrastructure spending.{{Cite web |last=Cristina |first=Victoria |date=2021-08-25 |title=Watch Live: Deputy CAO of Infrastructure, Ramsey Green, discusses transparency and accountability in NOLA infrastructure program |url=https://wgno.com/news/local/ramsey-green-discusses-transparency-and-accountability-in-nola-infrastructure-program/ |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=WGNO |language=en-US}} In 2019, New Orleans voters approved more than $500M in public infrastructure bonds, which increased the total funds for infrastructure improvements to the city to more than $2.3 billion.{{Cite web |last=Cafiero Giusti |first=Autumn |date=March 8, 2021 |title=New Orleans' $2.3B Public Works Program Gains Momentum {{!}} 2021-03-08 {{!}} Engineering News-Record |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/51338-new-orleans-23b-public-works-program-gains-momentum |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=www.enr.com |language=en}} With climate change driven [[Drainage in New Orleans|drainage]] challenges and flooding occurring more regularly in many New Orleans neighborhoods, Green and city officials prioritized creating stormwater retention [[Green infrastructure for stormwater management|greenspaces]] to prevent flooding from heavy rain events.{{Cite news |last=Doyle |first=Matt |date=September 30, 2021 |title=Climate change blamed for New Orleans' routine flooding woes |pages=1–2 |work=WWL Radio 870 AM |url=https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/local/climate-change-blamed-for-new-orleans-routine-flooding-woes |access-date=September 28, 2022}} Under Green, the city completed, among others, the FEMA-funded Pontilly neighborhood stormwater network project, which is capable of holding up to nine million gallons of water and reducing flooding by 14 inches.{{Cite web |date=June 14, 2020 |title=Green space saves New Orleans neighborhood from flooding |url=https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/green-space-saves-new-orleans-neighborhood-from-flooding/289-c95c5bf6-b4d8-4e28-b6ef-e109430b5dae |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=wwltv.com |language=en-US}} In 2019, New Orleans voters approved more than $500M in public infrastructure bonds, which increased the total funds for infrastructure improvements to the city to more than $2.3 billion.{{Cite web |last=Cafiero Giusti |first=Autumn |date=March 8, 2021 |title=New Orleans' $2.3B Public Works Program Gains Momentum {{!}} 2021-03-08 {{!}} Engineering News-Record |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/51338-new-orleans-23b-public-works-program-gains-momentum |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=www.enr.com |language=en}} With climate change driven [[Drainage in New Orleans|drainage]] challenges and flooding occurring more regularly in many New Orleans neighborhoods, Green and city officials prioritized creating stormwater retention [[Green infrastructure for stormwater management|greenspaces]] to prevent flooding from heavy rain events.{{Cite news |last=Doyle |first=Matt |date=September 30, 2021 |title=Climate change blamed for New Orleans' routine flooding woes |pages=1–2 |work=WWL Radio 870 AM |url=https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/local/climate-change-blamed-for-new-orleans-routine-flooding-woes |access-date=September 28, 2022}} Under Green, the city completed, among others, the FEMA-funded Pontilly neighborhood stormwater network project, which is capable of holding up to nine million gallons of water and reducing flooding by 14 inches.{{Cite web |date=June 14, 2020 |title=Green space saves New Orleans neighborhood from flooding |url=https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/green-space-saves-new-orleans-neighborhood-from-flooding/289-c95c5bf6-b4d8-4e28-b6ef-e109430b5dae |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=wwltv.com |language=en-US}} ⚫ Green's tenure in city government overlapped with a series of crises. In October 2019, the [[1031 Canal|Hard Rock Hotel collapsed]] and Green played a leadership role in the city's response.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-10 |title=Deadline: Fail. Hard Rock owners miss delivery date to get d |url=https://www.audacy.com/wwl/articles/deadline-fail-hard-rock-owners-miss-delivery-date-to-get-d |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=www.audacy.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=City Facing Over $5M in Street, Utility Repairs Around New Orleans Hard Rock Site {{!}} 2021-06-01 {{!}} Engineering News-Record |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/51836-city-facing-over-5m-in-street-utility-repairs-around-new-orleans-hard-rock-site |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=www.enr.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=April 22, 2020 |title=City official, Hard Rock owners respond to demolition delay |pages=1–2 |work=Fox8 Live New Orleans |url=https://www.fox8live.com/2020/04/22/watch-live-city-officials-discuss-hard-rock-demolition-delays/ |access-date=September 30, 2022}} [[Hurricane Ida]], the second most powerful and damaging storm to ever land in [[Louisiana]], hit New Orleans on August 29, 2021. Green oversaw the city's storm recovery, and provided updates to residents and the media regarding restoring the power grid,{{Cite web |last=Team |first=WDSU Digital |date=2021-08-31 |title=Hear New Orleans infrastructure leader explain the city's power grid |url=https://www.wdsu.com/article/hear-new-orleans-infrastructure-leader-explain-the-citys-power-grid/37445451 |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=WDSU |language=en}} debris removal, trash pickup.{{Cite web |date=September 6, 2021 |title=Ramsey Green gives infrastructure update after Hurricane Ida |url=https://www.wwltv.com/video/news/local/ramsey-green-gives-infrastructure-update-after-hurricane-ida/289-e19396f5-2ab1-43ab-bad1-78d93aebdd88 |access-date=September 30, 2022 |website=WWLTV.com}} With the city's sanitation services crippled due to Hurricane Ida and labor shortages, Green appealed to FEMA for assistance and secured $20 million in funds for emergency trash contracts.{{Cite web |last=writer |first=BEN MYERS {{!}} Staff |title=New Orleans secures FEMA funds for $20M emergency garbage contracts |url=https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_89a00a00-213a-11ec-b840-d74d362c91f5.html |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=NOLA.com |language=en}} In an October 2021 interview on ''[[Amanpour & Company]]'', Green credited the roughly $15 billion post-Katrina levee system with protecting the city during Ida. He noted that all eight transmission lines into New Orleans had failed during the storm, and called for hardening those lines, building microgrids, and placing generators at sites such as pharmacies and cooling centers.{{cite web |title=How New Orleans Planned for the Next Big Hurricane |date=October 18, 2021 |work=Amanpour & Company |publisher=PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/how-new-orleans-planned-for-the-next-big-hurricane/ |access-date=2026-11-04}} ⚫ Green's tenure in city government overlapped with a series of crises. In October 2019, the [[1031 Canal|Hard Rock Hotel collapsed]] and Green played a leadership role in the city's response.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-10 |title=Deadline: Fail. Hard Rock owners miss delivery date to get d |url=https://www.audacy.com/wwl/articles/deadline-fail-hard-rock-owners-miss-delivery-date-to-get-d |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=www.audacy.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=City Facing Over $5M in Street, Utility Repairs Around New Orleans Hard Rock Site {{!}} 2021-06-01 {{!}} Engineering News-Record |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/51836-city-facing-over-5m-in-street-utility-repairs-around-new-orleans-hard-rock-site |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=www.enr.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=April 22, 2020 |title=City official, Hard Rock owners respond to demolition delay |pages=1–2 |work=Fox8 Live New Orleans |url=https://www.fox8live.com/2020/04/22/watch-live-city-officials-discuss-hard-rock-demolition-delays/ |access-date=September 30, 2022}} [[Hurricane Ida]], the second most powerful and damaging storm to ever land in [[Louisiana]], hit New Orleans on August 29, 2021. Green oversaw the city's storm recovery, and provided updates to residents and the media regarding restoring the power grid,{{Cite web |last=Team |first=WDSU Digital |date=2021-08-31 |title=Hear New Orleans infrastructure leader explain the city's power grid |url=https://www.wdsu.com/article/hear-new-orleans-infrastructure-leader-explain-the-citys-power-grid/37445451 |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=WDSU |language=en}} debris removal, trash pickup.{{Cite web |date=September 6, 2021 |title=Ramsey Green gives infrastructure update after Hurricane Ida |url=https://www.wwltv.com/video/news/local/ramsey-green-gives-infrastructure-update-after-hurricane-ida/289-e19396f5-2ab1-43ab-bad1-78d93aebdd88 |access-date=September 30, 2022 |website=WWLTV.com}} With the city's sanitation services crippled due to Hurricane Ida and labor shortages, Green appealed to FEMA for assistance and secured $20 million in funds for emergency trash contracts.{{Cite web |last=writer |first=BEN MYERS {{!}} Staff |title=New Orleans secures FEMA funds for $20M emergency garbage contracts |url=https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_89a00a00-213a-11ec-b840-d74d362c91f5.html |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=NOLA.com |language=en}} Green left city government in May 2022. He told NOLA.com that he had planned to leave about two years into Cantrell's first term but stayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that after Hurricane Ida he and his wife decided it would be his last hurricane season in the role. He has since worked as a consultant on disaster recovery and infrastructure funding,{{cite web |title=Ramsey Green |work=Voice of San Diego |url=https://voiceofsandiego.org/speakers/ramsey-green/ |access-date=2026-11-04}} including as a senior advisor to Plexos Group, a Baton Rouge–based project management firm.{{cite web |title=Ramsey Green, Senior Advisor |publisher=Plexos Group |url=https://www.plexosgroup.com/ramsey-green-senior-advisor-plexos-group |access-date=2026-11-04}}{{cite web |title=About Us |publisher=Plexos Group |url=https://hawaii.plexosgroup.com/about-us |access-date=2026-11-04}} Green left city government in May 2022, and lives in New Orleans with his wife and children. == Personal life == Green is a native of [[San Diego]]. He is married to Danielle Del Sol, a historic preservationist who led the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans before becoming president and chief executive of the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach in 2025; the couple have three children and moved from New Orleans to the Palm Beach area.{{cite news |last=Fontaine |first=Janis |date=November 16, 2025 |title=Danielle Del Sol takes over at the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach |work=Stet News |url=https://stetnews.org/2025/11/16/danielle-del-sol-ceo-preservation-foundation-palm-beach/ |access-date=2026-11-04}} == References == == References ==