The Kentucky Region Red Cross is excited to welcome Zach Stokes to our team! Zach joins us from the Tennessee Region and will become our new Senior Disaster Program Manager serving Kentucky, Southern Indiana and Southern Illinois.
Zach Stokes is from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He graduated from Norwich University in Vermont with a Bachelor of Arts in Studies in War and Peace and a Master of Arts in Military History. While finishing a Master of Science in Justice Studies in 2016, he started volunteering with the Central Southwest Chapter of the Oklahoma Red Cross and was soon deployed to Louisiana for the Baton Rouge Floods, then to western Oklahoma for a tornado. He joined AmeriCorps, a network of national service programs that work to improve lives and foster civic engagement, in 2017, and served with the West Michigan Chapter of the Michigan Region Red Cross. There he supported chapter activities and responses, as well as helped plan and coordinate the Home Fire Campaign and Sound the Alarm.
In 2018, Zach became the Disaster Program Specialist for the Nashville Area Chapter of the Tennessee Region Red Cross. He helped increase both the Disaster Action Team and Preparedness Education programs. He participated in several major disaster responses, including 90- and 40-unit apartment fires, flash flooding, and windstorms. During the 2020 Middle Tennessee Tornado response, he led Community Engagement and Partnerships, and increased partnerships with the NAACP, Islamic Center of Nashville, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, National Baptist Convention, African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International.
Outside of work, Zach loves to watch football, read military history books, try new restaurants and food, kayaking, and hanging out with his 9-month puppy, Trey. He looks forward to exploring Kentucky and meeting the staff and volunteers of the Kentucky Region.
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