Camille Manning-Broome

president & ceo

Camille Manning-Broome is President and CEO of the Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX). She brings strong strategic thinking and creative problem solving skills to this position, providing leadership and expertise on climate adaptation, people-first infrastructure, and resident-led community visioning and planning. In both her professional career and personal life, she is driven by her commitment to realizing a bold and sustainable vision for the future of Louisiana’s unique people and places.

Camille’s prior experience includes working with 36 parishes to develop community-driven recovery plans in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in her role as the Assistant Deputy of Operations for FEMA’s Long-Term Community Recovery group. She co-authored Louisiana’s first Coastal Master Plan as part of the Shaw Group, a multinational engineering firm. She has been published in a number of scientific journals and national publications, adding to the body of work at the intersection of climate resilience and adaptation planning, and has been a US delegate on Congressional trips to the Netherlands, Japan, Scotland, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Camille serves on the Board of Directors for Smart Growth America, Southeast Wind Coalition, Center for Planning Excellence, Helix Aviation Academy, and Helix Legal Academy, and is an appointed Commissioner of the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District. Camille has a B.A. in Art History and a M.S. in Environmental Sciences from the College of the Coast and Environment at Louisiana State University.

Expertise: Adaptation Planning, Resilient City Design, Disaster and Resiliency Planning, Environmental Management, Facilitation, Strategic Planning

 Email: camille@cpex.org