Dr. Donald A. Donahue is a professor with University of Maryland Baltimore and president of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine. A fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and Royal Society for Public Health, Professor Donahue holds a BSc (Sociology and Political Science), an MBA, an MS (Health Law), and a Doctorate in Health Education. He serves on the boards of the American Academy of Disaster Medicine, Team fEMR, One Health Lessons, High Alert Institute, and the Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, co- chairs the World Humanitarian Forum Medical and Health Programming Board and is faculty with the Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians fellowship in disaster medicine.