As the Director of Emergency Response and Preparedness, Tom is currently working from our headquarters near Washington, DC to manage the day-to-day operations of Project HOPE’s global coronavirus response efforts, including in the United States. Tom has nearly a decade of experience in international disaster response and health emergencies, having responded to disasters including major earthquakes in Haiti and Papua New Guinea, Hurricane Matthew, Cyclone Idai, the 2015 Avian Flu outbreak in the US, cyclones in the Philippines and a polio outbreak in Nigeria among others.