Mary Boyer is a Disaster Risk Management Specialist who joined the World Bank in 2015. She co-leads the Global Program for Emergency Preparedness and Response (EP&R) and the Global Program for Disaster Risk Financing the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), which focuses on building capacity within governments towards developing strong EP&R systems and cost-effective national strategies for disaster risk financing. Prior to the Bank, she supported development of the inaugural risk pool of African Risk Capacity.  She has also managed community-driven disaster risk management projects through stabilization programming in Afghanistan with USAID.