Randall BellRandall
Bell, PhD, is
a sociologist and economist who specializes in disaster recovery projects. No
stranger to how harsh the world is, Dr. Bell has consulted in more tragedies
around the world than anyone. He was retained for the orld Trade Center,
Flight 93, Sandy Hook, BP Oil Spill, Hurricane Katrina, the Bikini Atoll
Nuclear Test sites, the Northridge earthquake, OJ Simpson, Jon Benet Ramsey,
Heaven's Gate, and hundreds of other cases. He has been retained by the Federal
Governments of the United States, Canada, and Australia to help resolve
numerous crises, and his work has generated billions of dollars to rebuild
damaged communities. Dr. Bell's investigations have taken him to 50 states, and
seven continents. Having met with countless victims, he earned the nickname of Master
of Disaster. In every case, Dr. Bell observed the emotional consequences
and how some fared better than others. He was inspired to put his unique
research skills to work and study the cycle of trauma.

A
frequent guest of the media, Dr. Bell is the featured expert in Topic's
"Distressed Real Estate" documentary series streamed on Apple TV and Amazon
Prime. His career has been profiled by NBC's Today Show, Rolling Stone Magazine, The Wall Street
Journal, People Magazine, ABC's 20/20, Hallmark's Home & Family, and
many others.

Dr.
Bell is the author of MeWeDoBe and the founder of Core IQ, a
non-profit educational foundation that provides free online training on life
skills. He is certified through the Insight Prison Project to facilitate
group discussions with victims and offenders at San Quentin Prison. He has been
active in jail ministries and a volunteer in homeless shelters.

In Post-Traumatic Thriving, Dr. Bell lays out the academic research and
speaks freely about his trauma of being born with a congenital heart defect.
Diagnosed with PTSD, he utilized these principles to heal from his childhood
trauma and summit Africa's Mt. Kilimanjaro at 60.

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