Karisma Elien

Karisma has specialized experience in community outreach, wraparound services for unaccompanied minors and community health initiatives. After Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck St. Croix and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2016, she played a key role as disaster recovery specialist, helping to renew and restore neighborhoods across the islands. This effort involved helping a quarter of the territory’s population to return to safe and stable housing, and over a thousand households to access code-compliant roof repairs. Currently Karisma is part of AECOM’s program management and grant administration team helping the City of Detroit manage $826 million in appropriated American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) funds for over 100 programs and projects directed at public safety and community health.