Evan is a first year graduate candidate with a concentration in Humanitarian Crises & Displacement. His academic interests lie at the intersection of displacement and development, pairing a quantitative and evaluation skillset with practical hands-on emergency medical training and casework experience. Prior to attending Georgetown, Evan was a Regional Disaster Response & Recovery Specialist with American Red Cross, where he served in sheltering and casework leadership positions on multiple deployments to Guam, California, and Florida, in addition to his “blue skies” role coordinating home fire response to nearly 10 million residents of Northern California Region. At SBP, a disaster recovery nonprofit in Louisiana, Evan founded the FEMA Appeals Program to advocate for rural, indigenous, and low-income residents in disaster-stricken areas of southern Louisiana during the fallout of two major hurricanes. This program went on to return over $1 million in additional rebuilding assistance to over 300 households and has since expanded to four other states. Evan’s development experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal from 2019-2020 serves as a foundation for technical skills instruction, intercultural communication, and language skills. Evan speaks Wolof, Spanish, and basic French. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics at Tufts University in 2016. He intends to lead a career in international crisis response and recovery, utilizing a development framework to lead efficacious efforts alongside local communities.