Kaylan Koszela serves as the Director of Resilience in the City of Charleston’s Office of Resilience and
Sustainability. She’s been working for the City of Charleston since 2021, beginning as Special Projects
Manager in the Mayor’s Office, with a primary focus on projects across the city related to resilience and
flood adaptation and mitigation. As the Director of Resilience, she works across city Departments to
help the city plan, manage, and communicate future impacts of sea level rise. Additionally, she assists
the City of Charleston with navigating federal funding and programs for priority projects city-wide to
enhance the city’s resilience. She also manages the city’s partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.

Prior to her time at the city, she spent nearly 14 years working in the United States Congress both in
Washington, D.C. as a Legislative Director and more recently, as the Outreach Director in Charleston for
South Carolina’s First Congressional District. She has a background on policy issues related to
infrastructure, environmental resources, health care, and foreign affairs.