through a different lens then traditional disaster recovery professionals most often utilize.America Recovers began as an idea to help people and communities recover from disasters that hit them hard. At first it was a concept, then an organized entity and today it is an IRS approved 501c-3 non-profit. The focus of America Recovers is to teach people and communities how to plan for recovery through a different lens then traditional disaster recovery professionals most often utilize. America Recovers’ approach is to work backwards from “boom” thus planning for a new way of operating is built into the process of recovering from whatever event occurs that disrupts an individual and/or organization’s way of life. This approach focuses on the “after impact” state to determine what an individual, organization and/or community will look like, because change is inevitable once a life changing event occurs. There is no going back and there is no “new normal” in this approach. There is forward momentum to adapt through agility, focus and tenacity