Jennifer Gray Thompson firmly believes we have to run towards the issue and not flee. She does not subscribe to climate doom/fatalism.
You might say that Jennifer Gray Thompson, a Sonoma resident helping communities rebuild after life-changing wildfires and megafires, was destined for this line of work. But with her mission rooted in community disaster, she continues to suffer an inherent degree of unease. “I still get afraid, and I’ve learned to live with a certain degree of anxiety,” she says.
I'm a tragic optimist, I think that we're likely to burn down or be evacuated several more times in our lives. But I also believe we will act...
NPR's Pien Huang speaks to Jennifer Gray Thompson, founder and CEO of After the Fire USA, about what to expect from long-term recovery after...
Today, Gray Thompson is a leading national expert in recovery from wildfire, working from ground zero to the federal level to empower local ...
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