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Dr. White's work at Meridian requrires extensive skill and experience in strategic and operational planning, public/private partnerships, program/organizational management, and collaborative strategies related to government affairs and public policy. Dr. White works with and within large multi-organizational teams in complex collaborative structures, where vision and persuasion are essential in achieving group objectives.Dr. White’s work at Meridian has been focused in the areas of resilience, disaster response and recovery, homeland security, and issues related to national and global stability and security. She leads multi-organizational and multidisciplinary teams in exploring collaborative solutions to improved disaster recovery; has been extensively involved with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s work in disaster recovery/response and public-private partnerships necessary for critical infrastructure protection; and has worked closely with local communities seeking to improve their resilience to disasters and crises. Dr. White has been an integral member of the Community and Regional Resilience Institute’s (CARRI) projects to increase the resilience of local communities, create a national community of interest around community resilience, and work with national policy makers and influential stakeholders on policies and practices to nurture resilient communities.