“My interests sit at the intersection of their expertise – Amy has a strong organizational knowledge and disaster recovery background, and Abbie has a strong focus on structural and risk mitigation.

In the U.S., disaster-related average annual losses reach $112 billion. Yet, despite these risks, investment in prevention remains critically low.

2 Vineeta Thapa and Pairote Pathranarakul, “Gender inclusiveness in disaster risk governance for sustainable recovery of 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal”, International Journal of Disaster Risk ...