Karen Tria has over a decade of professional experience in disaster risk management and resilience. She has a Master’s in Disaster Risk and Crisis Management from the Asian Institute of Management. Her fields of specialization include Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM), Crisis Management, Business Continuity Management, Anticipatory Actions, Humanitarian and Emergency Response, Disaster Preparedness, Project Management, Strategic Stakeholder Engagement, Disaster Recovery/ Rehabilitation, Climate Change Adaptation, Monitoring, and Evaluation. In recent years, Ms. Tria has been tapped as a technical consultant and an expert by local and international organizations and the government. She is an Adjunct Faculty of the Asian Institute of Management under the School of Executive Education and Lifelong Learning. She is a BC Consultant of the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation in enhancing their BCM program for MSMEs in the Philippines. She is also the BCM Consultant of the Philippine Business for Social Progress under the DFAT-UNDP Strengthening Institutions and Empowering Localities Against Disasters and Climate Change (SHIELD) Programme in the Philippines. Under the project, she is leading the creation of the cocoa industry-wide business continuity plan for the province of Agusan del Sur.