Global Humanitarian, Disaster Response & Resilience Expert, Founder of Third Wave Volunteers
Dr. Alison Thompson Biography
Dr. Alison Thompson is a global humanitarian and Incident Commander with over 25 years of frontline experience managing refugee camps, field hospitals, and resilience hubs in response to natural and man-made disasters. Her work spans crises such as the Syrian, Afghan, Venezuelan, and Ukraine refugee emergencies, as well as disaster response efforts across the United States and in regions including Haiti, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Colombia, and Turkey.
She is the founder of Third Wave Volunteers, a nonprofit organization she launched as a first responder on September 11, 2001, in New York City. The organization has since grown to a network of 30,000 volunteers operating worldwide. Dr. Thompson has led critical missions including managing an 80,000-person internally displaced persons (IDP) camp and field hospital in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake, and building tsunami recovery infrastructure and early-warning systems in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Her work has been recognized with numerous honors, including the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from President Joe Biden (2022), the Order of Australia from Queen Elizabeth II (2010), the U.S. Army Medal of Excellence (2010), the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award (2019), and the Paul Harris Award from Rotary International (2010). She currently serves as Ambassador to the Haitian Ministry of Environment, a Board Member of MACtown homes for people with disabilities, and on the Advisory Board of the United Nations Chaplains Association.
Dr. Thompson is also a filmmaker and author. Her award-winning documentary "The Third Wave" premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, presented by Sean Penn and Bono, and her book of the same name was published by Random House.
Her current missions include leading medical training and food aid delivery in Ukraine, building water wells for the Wayuu tribes in Colombia’s La Guajira desert, and providing wildfire and hurricane disaster relief across the United States.
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Dr. Alison Thompson Speaking Topics
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Volunteerism & Community Engagement
Why everyone is needed in disaster response.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
How companies can make a real impact.
Dr. Alison Thompson Videos
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Dr. Alison Thompson is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Volunteerism & Community Engagement, Corporate Social Responsibility, Climate Change & Disaster Acceleration, Technology in Disaster Response, Sustainable Solutions and Gender-Based Violence. The estimated speaking fee range to book Dr. Alison Thompson for your event is available upon request. Dr. Alison Thompson generally travels from Miami, FL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Jasmine Crowe-Houston, Marilyn Tam, Alexandra Cousteau, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and John Legend. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Dr. Alison Thompson for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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