Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW, is the executive director and co-founder of the Trauma Resource Institute. She has co-created the Trauma and Community Resiliency Models. Elaine has presented at major international conferences including the Trauma and Resilience Conference, Berlin, Germany, the 64th Annual Conference on Global Affairs, ISTSS and the Psychotherapy Networker. She has taken her work to Nepal, Great Britain, Tanzania, Haiti, the Philippines, Turkey, China, Guatemala, Kenya, Rwanda and the United States.