Gregory Doolittle Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Emergency Manager in the City of New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (NOHSEP), currently holding the Mass Care Coordinator portfolio. A respected multi-disciplinarian with the capability to serve in planning, operations, or mass care roles as needed. Assigned the considerable challenge of coordinating mass potable water distribution to New Orleans residents during the city’s activation for Mississippi River Saltwater Intrusion, Sept-Oct 2023. Mass Care Manager on the city’s Hurricane Francine response, Sept 2024. Supervised shelters, ERCs, and O2 distro

Serves as a reservist Community Assistance Group Supervisor in FEMA's Interagency Recovery Coordination (IRC) Cadre. Oversees a team of Community Assistance professionals tasked with streamlining federal aid to local governments after disasters as part of FEMA’s recovery support function. Most recently deployed to Florida in response to Hurricane Idalia, Nov 2023-Jan 2024

Louisiana, United States

Responsible for the implementation of disaster programming, from house fires to hurricanes, across Louisiana. Moved beyond service delivery as a facilitative leader across the disaster cycle, collaborating with Red Cross leadership, senior government officials at the state and local level, and other community stakeholders.As an effective operational Mass Care Manager, oversaw sheltering, feeding, and supply distribution missions. Ensured Red Cross services are available to diverse and last-mile communities regardless of race, nationality, or class.An experienced remote manager, overseeing 9 disaster program managers across the geographic breadth of the state in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Shreveport, Madisonville, Houma, Lake Charles, Alexandria, and Monroe. Deployed on emergency assignment to Red Cross disaster responses including:o Government Relations lead for Texas-based response to Hurricane Ida, August-September 2021o Regional Lead for the migrant/asylum seeker influx at the Southern Border, January 2021-May 2022o Deployed to Florida in response to Hurricane Ian as the Feeding Lead at the highest level of Red Cross activation Oct.-Nov. 2022. Supervised 50 staff, managed 38 mobile feeding routes, fed 6,600 people per day.

Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

Responsible for the implementation of the disaster services program in the Southern Geomarket of the Texas Gulf Coast Region. Leads and manages a team of Disaster Program Managers and Disaster Program Specialists responsible for the implementation of disaster preparedness, response, and recovery programming.-Point person in the Texas Gulf Coast Region for the ARC's Disaster Response to the influx of migrants on the southern border of the US in 2021. -Acts as a facilitative leader, aligns with local, state, and federal government to enable the entire community to participate in the disaster cycle-Ensures that American Red Cross Services are available and accessible to diverse communities -Serves during times of disasters of any scale in an operational leadership role for the region; serves in leadership roles on larger operations regionally, divisionally, or nationwide-Serves as the Red Cross thought leader on a local level with government and other agencies and organizations involved in disaster response. Ensures interface with community leaders, corporations, businesses, and government agencies.

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for providing business development, grants management, communications and administrative support to country offices in the region, as well as to the regional unit. Navigates pre- and post-award regulations and processes of IRC donors including the United Nations, and US and European public and private donors.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Oversaw the implementation of the $27 million, USAID-funded Afghanistan Public Financial Management (APFM) task order under the governing Public Financial Management Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract from April 2016 until the end of the project in December 2018-Member of implementing team for the £38 million U.K. Department for International Development-funded Syria Education Programme which enables Syrian teachers to continue educating their students in spite of the war from the start of the programme until July 2018-Undertook project financial management processes including monthly invoice review and budget re-forecasting-Ensured overall compliance with USAID, DFID regulations, as well as Chemonics' policies and procedures -Supported business development efforts in Afghanistan and other regional business units with research, recruitment, and editorial support; technical writer for Bangladesh Human Rights RFI, management writer for the winning $8 million Timor-Leste tourism project, coordinator for $150 million the Afghanistan Value Chain-Livestock proposal.-Provided short-term technical assistance to APFM on a two-month closeout assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan.-Provided short-term technical assistance to the Regional Agricultural Development Program-South on a two-month communications assignment in Kabul and Kandahar, Afghanistan. Composed reports on project activities undertaken by technical specialists in subject areas like cold chain development and air cargo shipments. Supervised the local communications team (12 staff) and supported agricultural technical staff in the implementation of project activities through the development of reports and management of outreach efforts

Pragya Uk, Development House, London Ec2A4Lt

A project support and awards management team member at Pragya, a development NGO based in Gurgaon, India which specializes in addressing the needs of last-mile communities in Himalayan India and Nepal. Wrote proposals to grant-making institutions in an effort to secure funding for Pragya’s existing projects focusing on agriculture and disaster risk reduction as well as proposed projects focusing on appropriate technology/renewable energy. Regularly engaged with and supported Indian and Kenyan implementation staff in the field.

London, United Kingdom

Earned a Master's of Science in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies with merit

Geneva, Switzerland (Worked Remotely From The Uk)

Part of a team of LSE students commissioned as consultants for the UN OCHA-Emergency Preparedness and Environment Section. Composed a report on environmental mainstreaming within OCHA programming, focusing on the feasibility of assessing environmental impact of disaster relief efforts in real time. Communicated and collaborated with remote UN practitioners in the Sudan, South Sudan, Myanmar, and Afghanistan.

Newark, Delaware

- Paid employee of the English Language Institute to foster cross-cultural interaction- Worked inside and outside the classroom to improve Saudi and Chinese students’ understanding of the U.S.- Promoted to Senior Mentor, additional duties include sharing best practices with less experienced colleagues

Newark And Wilmington, De, Usa

Assisted Dr. Y.A. Payne and his Participatory Action Research (PAR) team with a street ethnography project. The project sought to ascertain the link between structural violence and crime in Wilmington, Delaware, the city with the highest per-capita murder rate in the country at the time. Worked with a diverse array of non-traditional academic researchers, predominantly coding film footage of ethnographic interviews. The project eventually became a documentary film entitled The People’s Report.

University Of Delaware, Newark, De

Paid research assistant in the field of diversity research under Dr. James Jones. Designed and executed a survey of 8,000 university students’ attitudes toward diversity with a special emphasis on their attitudes toward Asian international students, a rapidly expanding population on campus at the time. Also served as the receptionist for the Center.

Wilmington, Delaware

-Assisted in the assembly of juries-Processed legal documents and mail delivered to the Clerk’s Office -Observed the wide variety of civil and criminal cases that came through the court

Washington, Dc

Worked with the advocacy team on Capitol Hill to promote preservation of Peace Corps funding

Master'S Degree, International Development And Humanitarian Emergencies

Bachelor'S Degree, International Relations And Affairs

Activities and Societies: I completed terms abroad in Geneva, Switzerland studying international economics as well as in Tanzania studying.

High School, Advanced Diploma