Jennifer Gray Thompson is the founder and CEO of After the Fire USA, a national nonprofit advancing survivor-led recovery after megafires. Since the 2017 North Bay fires, she has worked across disaster-affected communities in California, Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii and beyond, helping leaders navigate the complex years of rebuilding. Gray Thompson is a nationally recognized advocate for disaster recovery reform and has testified before the U.S. Senate on improving federal disaster systems. Her work has helped advance more than $6 billion in federal tax relief for disaster survivors. She was named to the Forbes 50 Over 50: Impact list and serves on the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Disaster Response Reform Task Force. Gray Thompson is also host of the How to Disaster podcast and creator of the Wildfire Leadership Summit.