This woman's job is to make Boston stronger

The World | Aug 10, 2015
Meet the former active-duty Air Force member who will soon be Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Boston. She wanted to be an ornithologist when she was a kid but instead turned into an expert on homeland security, emergency preparedness and the social factors that make city dwellers vulnerable during disasters.

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