Where Crisis Meets Capacity
The Chrysalis Alliance Inc. was created to strengthen front line workers attending to traumatized individuals and communities using real-time, field-ready, practical tools - so teams can serve with clarity, steadiness, and care, and without re-traumatizing themselves.
To be the national standard for trauma recovery for service providers—equipping practitioners and organizations with a clear, ethical, real-time framework that restores safety, strengthens resilience, and supports measurable, lasting transformation.
Emma M. Churchman LLC developed proprietary trauma-informed leadership tools and training frameworks used by organizations in high-impact environments.
The Chrysalis Alliance is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit governed by its Board of Directors.
Any use of curriculum or trademarks is governed by formal agreements and ethical oversight.
Emma M. Churchman, MDiv is a trauma chaplain, Quaker minister, and trauma-resilience educator with 25+ years of experience supporting people and organizations in the aftermath of crisis.
Her work sits at the intersection of trauma recovery, spiritual care, and operational leadership - helping front line teams stay steady, make clear decisions under pressure, and recover faster after disruption.
Emma serves as the President and CEO of The Chrysalis Alliance Inc. and is the founder of the Trauma Recovery Certification Program, a practical, evidence-informed training designed for professionals serving in high-impact environments - disaster response, long-term recovery, and community-based care.

Her approach translates trauma science into field-ready tools that strengthen psychological safety, reduce burnout, and support sustainable service without losing the heart of the mission. She also integrates her personal experience of living through Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina in 2024.
She is the bestselling author of The Deep End of Hope in the Wake of Hurricane Helene (GracePoint, 2025) and Unshattered: Surviving My Mother's 123 Personalities and Transforming a Legacy of Abuse (GracePoint, 2025). Her newest book, Navigating the Deep End: Resilient Leadership in a Volatile World (GracePoint, 2026), explores leadership and ethical decision-making in crisis. As a PhD candidate in Conscious Business Ethics, Emma brings both research and lived experience to the work of helping front line workers, businesses, and communities move from survival to restoration - with integrity, clarity, and courage.
Emma is the founder of the Trauma Recovery Certification program, a groundbreaking training for professionals who want to address trauma at its roots—not just manage symptoms. Her teachings blend clinical understanding with soul-deep wisdom, making her a sought-after speaker for those ready to engage in real, raw healing.
Her bestselling book, The Deep End of Hope in the Wake of Hurricane Helene (GracePoint, 2025), takes readers on an unforgettable journey of spiritual resilience during one of nature’s most recent catastrophic events.
Her forthcoming memoir, Unshattered: Surviving My Mother’s 123 Personalities and Transforming a Legacy of Abuse (GracePoint, October 2025), is a bold invitation to rewrite the stories we inherit.
Her third book, The Deep End: Resilient Leadership in a Volatile World, explores navigating leadership in crisis (GracePoint, June 2026).

Jenni Campbell is the Director of Strategic Partnerships for The Chrysalis Alliance Inc.
In this role, she cultivates and manages relationships with 120+ disaster response and recovery organizations across the country, translating those relationships into partnership contracts to deliver the Trauma Recovery Certification Program® and supporting program delivery directly.
Jenni brings more than two decades of disaster recovery leadership and executive business experience to The Chrysalis Alliance’s national scaling effort.
She is the founder and Executive Director of the Los Angeles Region Community Recovery Organization (LARCRO), which she established from the ground up in 2019 in the wake of the Woolsey Fire, to ensure that institutional knowledge, process, and experience gained would benefit all 88 cities and over 5,000 square miles of LA region for future disasters. LARCRO became the coordinating body for long-term recovery from the 2025 LA Fires - providing executive leadership through the active recovery period. She previously served as Chair of the Los Angeles Woolsey Fire Long Term Recovery Group and as Director of the Domestic Disaster Program at Church World Service, where she directed national disaster response strategy and led fundraising and program expansion across government and nonprofit partnerships.
Her fluency in the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) structure and deep relationships within this national network make her uniquely positioned to bring the Trauma Recovery Certification Program® to scale. She is also becoming a Certified Trauma Recovery Practitioner®.
Before her work in disaster recovery, Jenni built a strong track record as a business strategist and growth leader - growing a company from $140K to $2.1M in revenue in under three years, landing national distribution through Whole Foods, and growing community fundraising by over 300%. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from California State University, Sacramento, and, as a community servant, is deeply involved in hospice volunteering and local service.
✓501(c)3 registered nonprofit | EIN: 42-1834781
✓Founded by Emma M. Churchman LLC | Gerton, NC
✓Aligned with FEMA national disaster management standards
✓ Aligned with NVOAD emotional and spiritual care guidelines