About Thomas Phelan

Dr. Tom Phelan, President, Strategic Teaching Associates, Inc., is a founding member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a member of the IBM Crisis Response Team which responded to Katrina and the Indian Ocean Tsunami. He serves on the Board of PPBI, Editorial Advisory Boards for Disaster Recovery Journal and Disaster Management Canada, and is a member of IAEM. Tom teaches at Elmira College, among others. Tom earned a Doctorate from Syracuse University, and has consulted and presented in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Sri Lanka, and Singapore. He can be reached at [email protected].