Dr. Naturale is a traumatic stress specialist focused on crisis intervention, behavioral health response to disasters and mass violence, and suicide prevention. She has provided traumatic stress response training and consultation throughout the U.S. having led the NY mental health response to 9/11/01, the Boston Marathon bombing and responding to over 40 natural disasters and 14 of the last mass violence shooting events. Dr.

Taylor Brown is a PhD Candidate in Social Welfare with a Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory at UC Berkeley and a Research Associate with Tulane’s Consortium for Emergent Disaster Resilience. His work theorizes ecosocial policy and evaluates how social protection and welfare institutions shape climate adaptation and inequality. His current projects span U.S. disaster programs—including FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program and the National Flood Insurance Program—and cross-national energy assistance programs and adaptation planning.