Stephen Latham

# Dr. Stephen J. Latham - Author Biography

## Welcome Friend

Welcome friend!

I look forward to the prospect of our ongoing engagement as we seek together to learn, understand and address what are arguably the greatest threats facing humanity today: the all but certain arrival of the prophetic scenario described in the book of Revelation: the tribulation.

Please follow my blog to remain apprised of the latest reflecting, thinking and acting as we slowly but surely navigate through the contents of my latest book series titled **Resilience on the Road to Revelation**.

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## Professional Background

For those interested, allow me to provide you with a brief biographical sketch of my background, knowledge and experience.

Prior to writing this book, I acquired **20+ years of professional leadership and management experience** with international humanitarian and development programs, strategic planning, organization, and management; monitoring and evaluation; proposal writing, fund development, information management and data management; technical assessment/data analysis, budgeting, finance, socio-economic and environmental analyses; high level advocacy and mobilization.

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## Community Development and Resilience Experience

I have been engaged in the coordination and representation of institutional strengthening, capacity building, community-based development initiatives, and child- and youth-focused advocacy efforts in:

- Urban resilience in situations of chronic violence

- Disaster risk reduction (DRR)

- Climate change adaptation (CCA)/mitigation

- Sustainable livelihoods

- Peacebuilding/conflict prevention and mitigation

- Emergency preparedness, response, and recovery/rehabilitation

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## International Experience

In addition, I have extensive experience in international environmental, public health and international security issues.

Furthermore, I have provided effective and efficient management for:

- United Nations (UN)

- UN sponsored programs

- Private industry

- International development programs

I have worked in **17 countries**, most of which have been in Latin America and the Caribbean region but also the US and the Middle East. Also, I have carried out temporary work assignments in **45 countries** around the world.

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## United Nations Engagement

Moreover, I have been involved with the UN/UN related projects on environmental, health, and disaster management/risk reduction/community resilience issues.

I have broad-based experience in the design of programs and projects focused on violence prevention/reduction, and multidisciplinary resilient practices.

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## International Conference Participation

Beyond this, I have extensive experience (**20+ external engagements**) as speaker/panelist/discussant at:

- Global and Regional Platforms for DRR

- International Disaster Risk Conference/World Risk Forum (Davos, Switzerland)

- World Conference on Humanitarian Studies

- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)

- The World Bank

- Society for International Development

- The World Health Organization (WHO)

- The InterAmerican Association of Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences (AIDIS)

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## Senior Leadership

In my most recent roles, I have executed senior leadership roles as:

- **Country Director** for leading Christian international NGOs

- **Disaster Response Director** for leading Christian international NGOs

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## Disaster Response Deployments

Finally, I have been a long-standing member of a Latin America and Caribbean Regional and US Rapid Response Team, which involved the following disaster deployments to provide critical, rapid, life-saving support to disasters and protracted crises in highly at-risk contexts:

- **2017-2018** - Hurricane Maria Disaster Response (Cat 5 Level 3 Response)

- **2014-16** - Northern Triangle/Mexico Unaccompanied Children, Migrant & Refugee Crisis

- **2010** - Port-au-Prince, Haiti Earthquake—Cat 3 Level 3 Disaster

- **2007** - Tabasco Flood, Mexico; Cat 2 Level 2 Disaster

- **2005** - Hurricane Katrina—Cat 3 Level 3 Disaster

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## Education

As far as my education, I acquired:

### PhD in Systematic Theology

**Trinity Bible College and Theological Seminary**

- Academic distinctions

- 4.0 cumulative GPA

### Joint MBA/Master of Public Policy & Management

**University of Maryland at College Park**

- Graduate specializations in:

- Entrepreneurship

- International Security

- Environmental Policy

- Public Finance

### BA in Economics

**University of Maryland University College**

### BS in Industrial Design

**University of the Arts in Philadelphia**

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## Book Series: Resilience on the Road to Revelation

Please follow my Substack blog (my handle is **@resilienciero**) as we slowly but surely navigate through the contents of **Resilience on the Road to Revelation**.

A five-part book series addressing:

1. **The 7 Seals**

2. **The 7 Trumpets**

3. **The 7 Bowls**

4. **The 7 Churches**

5. **The 7 Planetary Angels**

...described in Biblical canonical and ancient extra-canonical texts.

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## Personal Invitation

Thank you once again for considering to go with me on the "road less travelled," a road that ultimately requires we become progressively more resilient physically, mentally, emotionally, psychologically and most importantly spiritually, as we approach the imminent eschatological scenario as described in the book of Revelation.

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**Yours faithfully on the journey,**

**Steve**

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## Connect With Me

📧 Substack: **@resilienciero**

📚 Series: **Resilience on the Road to Revelation**

🌍 Experience: **17 countries, 45 temporary assignments**

🎓 Education: **PhD, MBA/MPP, BA, BS**

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*"And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come."* — Matthew 24:14