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We're on a mission
to transform disaster
recovery

We're on a mission to
transform disaster
recovery

who we are

Bright Harbor is a disaster recovery company. With our Disaster Survivor Platform, we're on a mission to help every survivor unlock more resources, rebuild faster, and recover more resiliently.

Experienced Management

Bright Harbor is the company we wish we never had to build. But with the traditional recovery ecosystem straining under a dramatic increase in disasters, it's the company that survivors need.

OUR STORY

who we are

Bright Harbor is a disaster recovery company. With our Disaster Survivor Platform, we're on a mission to help every survivor unlock more resources, rebuild faster, and recover more resiliently.

Experienced Management

Bright Harbor is the company we wish we never had to build. But with the traditional recovery ecosystem straining under a dramatic increase in disasters, it's the company that survivors need.

OUR STORY

who we are

Bright Harbor is a disaster recovery company. With our Disaster Survivor Platform, we're on a mission to help every survivor unlock more resources, rebuild faster, and recover more resiliently.

Experienced Management

Bright Harbor is the company we wish we never had to build. But with the traditional recovery ecosystem straining under a dramatic increase in disasters, it's the company that survivors need.

OUR STORY

our team

We've assembled a team of experts to build the tools survivors, government agencies, and VOADs need to change recovery for good.

Leadership

Pete Gaynor

President

Former FEMA Administrator and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security; directed federal response to 300+ disasters, including COVID-19

Joel Wish

Chief Executive Officer

Founder of Bright Harbor; previously co-founded Climate Draft and started his career at GE

Dinh Lai

Chief of Staff

Former White House Presidential Fellow with senior leadership experience spanning the National Security Council, MetLife, and global insurtech

Gavin Blair

Chief Operating Officer

Former SVP of Customer Operations at Lemonade

Erik Person

Chief Technology Officer

Former VP of Engineering and Founding Engineer at Corvus by Travelers; prior engineering leadership at Hudl

Shankhri Balaji

Survivor Experience Lead

14+ years in product leadership, spanning head-of-product and product consulting roles

Caroline Williamson

Lead Product Manager

Former Amazon and Morgan Stanley; Columbia MBA

Eduardo Weigend

Vendor Partnerships

18+ years in CAT response and large loss claims; most recently VP & U.S. CAT Director at CRU GROUP

Heather Robson-Jones

Senior Recovery Advisor

Former DCM lead and recovery programs expert.

Advisors

Dan Kaniewski

Advisor

Former FEMA Deputy Administrator for Resilience; later led catastrophe risk and resilience advisory at Marsh McLennan

John Mills

Advisor

FEMA External Affairs Officer, serving on Incident Management Assistance Teams across major disasters including the Lahaina wildfires, Hurricane Florence, and Midwest flooding and tornado response

Zach Iscol

Advisor

Former NYC Emergency Management Commissioner; Marine combat veteran and founder of the Headstrong Project

Nate Mook

Advisor

Former CEO of World Central Kitchen, grew it from under $1M to $500M in annual relief spend; now CEO of All Hands and Hearts

Bill Cullen

Advisor

Marshall Fire survivor

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