Barbara Gao provides resilience consulting at Thornton Tomasetti, helping clients understand and manage natural hazard and climate risks throughout a building’s full life cycle. She specializes in site-specific, multi-hazard climate risk assessments that combine historical hazard data, building codes, resilient design guidelines, and climate research to inform resilience planning, design, and construction. Working closely with project teams, Barbara develops performance-based resilience strategies that improve hazard performance, support operational continuity, and reduce long-term risk for buildings and infrastructure in sectors including healthcare, transportation, and mixed-use development.