Dr. Jamie Aten

Dr. Jamie Aten is the founder and executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute and Blanchard Chair of Humanitarian & Disaster Leadership at Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). His newest book is A Walking Disaster: What Katrina and Cancer Taught Me About Faith and Resilience. He is also a spokesperson for Prayers & Action, which is committed to ending senseless acts of gun violence and to helping survivors. In 2016 he received the FEMA Community Preparedness Champion award at the White House. Follow on Twitter at @drjamieaten or visit his website jamieaten.com.