Patrick R. Dunn spent thirty years running operational crisis rooms across four continents, through 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and Hurricane Sandy. Before that he was a National Park Service interpretive ranger, where he learned to read a room and connect people to the landscape in front of them. He trained in narrative craft at the University of Maine under Stephen King and the folklorist Sandy Ives. Today he's a WSET Level 3 certified wine professional based in Sparks, Nevada, and the author of Stop Leading on Empty. He works with the properties and audiences that want real readiness and a story worth defending on the floor.