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Scott S. Cowen is president of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also Seymour S. Goodman Memorial Professor in the A.B. Freeman School of Business and professor of economics in Tulane's School of Liberal Arts.

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans, flooding 70 percent of Tulane's uptown campus and all the buildings of its downtown health sciences campus. Tulane's faculty, staff and students were dispersed around the country for an entire semester. Under President Cowen's leadership the campus was repaired and on December 8, 2005, the Board of Tulane approved his Renewal Plan, a sweeping effort that strengthens and focuses the university's academic mission while strategically addressing its current and future operations in the post-Katrina era. A remarkable 87 percent of Tulane students returned for classes in January of 2006.

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Welcome


My name is Ky Luu and I am the Executive Director for the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy.

The Leadership Corner is a forum where leaders from the non-governmental organizations, United Nations, local and national authorities, and other stakeholders can share their experiences, insight, and motivations to support individuals and communities affected by natural and man-made disasters.

We hope that the stories and interviews that will be collected and broadcast here in the Leadership Corner will shed light on the real world challenges that our community faces, promote best practices, provide guidance for practitioners, allow our community to hear and learn first hand from decision makers, and inspire the next generation of leaders.

Archive of Leadership Interviews

Folder Gary Lum Interview
DRLA Executive Director Ky Luu interviews Dr. Gary Lum, Assistant Secretary, Health Emergency Management Branch Office of Health Protection, Department of Health and Ageing
Folder Gisli Olafsson Interview
Ky Luu, J.D., Executive Director of the DRLA, interviews Gisli Olafsson, Disaster Management Technical Advisor at Microsoft Corporation
Folder John Blaney Interview
Interview with Ambassador John Blaney, the U.S. ambassador to Liberia from 2002 to 2005.
Folder Ken Keen Interview
 
Folder Mafa Chipeta Interview
DRLA Executive Director Ky Luu interviews Mafa Chipeta, the Sub-regional Coordinator for Eastern Africa and FAO Representative in Ethiopia.
Folder Margareta Wahlström Interview
DRLA Executive Director Ky Luu interviews Margareta Wahlström, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
Folder Moazzam Malik Interview
DRLA Executive Director Ky Luu interviews Moazzam Malik, the Director for UN, Conflict and Humanitarian issues in the UK Department for International Development (DFID).
Folder Randolph Kent Interview
DRLA Executive Director Ky Luu interviews Dr. Randolph Kent, the director of the Humanitarian Futures Programme at Kings College, London
Folder Scott Cowen Interview
Scott S. Cowen is president of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also Seymour S. Goodman Memorial Professor in the A.B. Freeman School of Business and professor of economics in Tulane's School of Liberal Arts.
Folder Thomas Staal Interview
DRLA Executive Director Ky Luu interviews Thomas Staal, currently the mission director for USAID’s mission in Ethiopia.

Upcoming Interviews


  • Ky Luu, J.D., Executive Director, DRLA

 

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