Latest Blog Posts
What long-term disaster recovery actually looks like
The news trucks leave in a week. The work takes years.
FEMA Risk MAP, in plain English
Flood maps are not bureaucracy for its own sake.
Hazard mitigation: a dollar now, six dollars later
The strongest case in emergency management is also the hardest to sell.
Hi, I'm Chris
I've spent fifteen years on the operational side of helping people through hard days: insurance claims, Red Cross shelters, a relief deployment in Malawi, and federal recovery work at HHS, the SBA, and FEMA. The throughline is the same everywhere. Own the messy, high-stakes reality, build the systems and relationships that make it work, and turn complexity into decisions. Lately I've gone AI-native by practice, rebuilding how I work around LLM tooling, and pointing a decade-plus of program and operations experience at what comes next.
Featured Projects
More ProjectsFEMA Region 9 Risk MAP Portfolio
Rebuilt regional reporting and data-tracking workflows for a 50-project floodplain-management portfolio whose tracking had quietly broken down.
SBA Community Navigators — $100M Federal Pilot
Grants Management Specialist on a $100M federal pilot program. Personally managed a $20M grantee portfolio across 50+ organizations, from application review through closeout.
COVID-19 Medical Logistics Surge
Coordinated logistics and data for 10,000+ NDMS and PHS responders and 130 Disaster Medical Assistance Teams across 12+ states during the federal COVID-19 response.
Hurricane Maria Evacuee Marketplace
Ran the Evacuee Marketplace inside a multi-agency center, distributing $3M in donated goods to 1,000+ displaced families.
Project Malawi — First Africa Program
Launched All Hands' first Africa program as IOM's implementing partner: 165 volunteers, data collection across 206 IDP camps and 162,000 flood survivors, delivered 7% under budget.
Hurricane Sandy Recovery Programs
Led disaster-recovery and leadership-development programs supporting Hurricane Sandy recovery; administered a $50,000 monthly budget and supervised AmeriCorps and FEMA Corps members.
Latest Blog Posts
More Blog PostsWhat long-term disaster recovery actually looks like
The news trucks leave in a week. The work takes years.
FEMA Risk MAP, in plain English
Flood maps are not bureaucracy for its own sake.
Hazard mitigation: a dollar now, six dollars later
The strongest case in emergency management is also the hardest to sell.