Full article by Douglas (Doug) Stockham, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, July 10, 2024.
In this feature article, the co-founder of the nonprofit Emergency Assistance Foundation describes the financial effects of the Maui wildfires. When a disaster strikes, some people do not have the protections or the financial means to fully recover.
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Douglas (Doug) Stockham
Douglas (Doug) Stockham co-founded Emergency Assistance Foundation (EAF) – a 501(c)(3) public non-profit – in 2011 to help companies take care of their team members in need. Bringing his entrepreneurial spirit to EAF, Doug created an organization thathas received more than $395 million in donationstohelp over340,000 individualsand families with grants totaling upwards of $270 million. He has positioned EAF to successfully respond to large-scale disasters – including devastating hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in 2017, the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, andtheongoing conflict in Ukraine – ensuring that financialassistancereaches those in need no matter the location or obstacle. Doug earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
