Tom McSherry, MC – President and Founder

Mr. McSherry founded Crisis Preparation and Recovery, Inc. in 1995. He has over 30 years of experience in emergency and disaster services and over 25 years experience in the field of critical incident stress management (CISM). He also served as the Emergency Disaster Services Coordinator for the Western Territory of The Salvation Army for over 8 years.
He has performed hundreds of CISM interventions for private individuals, emergency service personnel, businesses, and non-profit agencies. He has been involved in managing The Salvation Army’s response and recovery efforts in disasters such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, a typhoon, wild land fires, tornadoes, air and train crashes, the Columbine High School shooting, and September 11th.
His organization affiliations include: President Emeritus of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, a member of American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, Past President of Arizona Emergency Services Association, and a member of the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists.
He is an adjunct instructor for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He is a trainer of 12 different Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) courses nationally and internationally, and has worked with emergency response agencies, schools, and hospitals to develop emergency response plans and CISM teams. He is also a Master Trainer for the Medic FirstAid training program.
He holds a Master of Counseling degree from the University of Phoenix and is a trained mediator.