Dr. Tom Phelan, President, Strategic Teaching Associates, Inc., is a Founding Member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a member of the IBM Crisis Response Team, responding to Katrina, and the Indian Ocean Tsunami. He serves on the Board of PPBI, Editorial Advisory Boards for Disaster Recovery Journal and Disaster Management Canada, and is an IAEM member. Tom teaches at American Public University, Elmira College, the Onondaga Community College, Empire State College, and consults for IT Crisis, Virtual Corporation, the American Institutes for Research, and Vantage HRS.

Tom served with DMORT in St. Gabriel, Louisiana (2005), at the World Trade Center (2001), and received the New York State Senate Liberty Award for his service at Ground Zero. His clients include several corporations and government agencies.

Tom earned a Doctorate from Syracuse University, and has consulted and presented in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Sri Lanka, and Singapore.