William McNulty (relief organization founder)

William McNulty (born 1977) is the co-founder of the international disaster relief organization Team Rubicon, and the founder of Team Rubicon Global.

McNulty speaks to a TEDx audience at Scott Air Force Base in 2012.

Early life and education

A 2015 Presidential Leadership Scholar, the Midwestern born and raised McNulty earlier earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics and communications studies from the University of Kansas and in 2007 a Master of Arts in Government from Johns Hopkins University.[1][2] McNulty is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Born of a family tradition of Naval and US Marine Corps service, McNulty served as both a TOW gunner and an intelligence specialist with the Corps. Applying their Marine Corps training in aftermath of the disastrous 2010 Port-au-Prince earthquake, McNulty and former US Marine Corps sergeant, Iraq and Afghanistan combat veteran, and sniper Jacob Wood recruited a team of fellow US Marine veterans, firefighters, and doctors to aid with the Haitian relief effort. Team Rubicon treated thousands of patients in camps deemed too dangerous by other relief organizations. A student of Latin, McNulty named the organization Team Rubicon because once the team crossed the Artibonite River separating the Dominican Republic from Haiti, the original members of Team Rubicon were irrevocably committed to their task of delivering doctors and supplies to Port-au-Prince.

Inspiration for founding of Team Rubicon

Observing in aftermath of the Port-au-Prince earthquake that the skills of these military veterans provided thereto largely unavailable bridge services which met the pressing needs of victims in the dangerous environment present immediately after the quake and until the scene settled sufficiently to allow safe inpour of major relief, McNulty and Wood decided to build on their organization. Today, known as Team Rubicon, the organization that McNulty and Wood founded has grown to comprise some 60,000 volunteers and has since aided over 225 major disaster relief efforts, including following Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, Irene, Isaac, and Sandy and the 2013 Moore tornado.

Honors

References
  1. Johns Hopkins University
  2. Hero Summit Presenters
  3. University of Kansas
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