Heroes Are Human: Lessons in Resilience, Courage, and Wisdom from the Covid Front Lines

Bob Delaney's life story has been told in his two books - Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob (named one of USA Today's Best Books of 2008) and Surviving the Shadows: A Journey of Hope into Post-Traumatic Stress - as well as on HBO Real Sports, ESPN, ABC Sports, CNN and numerous other TV, radio and press media outlets. His unique experiences will entertain and educate - from the landmark New Jersey State Police undercover operation infiltrating the Mafia to his days as an NBA referee running the courts to his insights into Leadership, Post-Traumatic Stress Management and Self Care. He is also the host of The Play - a docu-series directed by award-winning filmmaker Antonino D'Ambrosio - that explores issues of mind health, trauma, resiliency, and self-care, unified by the theme that not all wounds bleed. It has aired on NBA TV and Amazon. Dave Scheiber is a national award-winning journalist and author. In addition to co-authoring Covert and Surviving the Shadows with Delaney, he has co-authored Position to Win: A Look at Baseball and Life from the Best Seat in the House (with Tampa Bay Rays baseball announcer Dewayne Staats), the Voice of Business: The Man Who Transformed the United States Chamber of Commerce (with Dr. Richard Lesher) and To Be Frank: Building the American Dream in Business and Life (with philanthropist Frank Morsani). He is a past first-place winner in the prestigious National Headliner Award, the Green Eyeshade Awards, and the Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest, and a member of a Tampa Bay Times investigative team nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Dave has authored stories appearing in publications from the Washington Post to Sports Illustrated to many more outlets. Richard F. Mollica, MD, MAR, is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT) at Massachusetts General Hospital. Since 1981, Dr. Mollica and HPRT have pioneered the medical and mental health care of survivors of mass violence and torture in the U.S. and abroad. Under his direction, the HPRT conducts clinical, training, policy, and research activities for populations affected by mass violence around the world. He is currently active in clinical work, research, and the development of a Global Mental Health curriculum, focusing on trauma and recovery. The Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery certificate program at HMS is the first of its kind in global mental health and post- conflict/disaster care. The program now has 1000 alumni working in over 85 countries. Dr. Mollica also co-founded with his Italian colleagues the Italian National Trauma Center (INTC). The INTC focuses on recovery in the central Italian earthquake zone (Norcia) and on care of COVID-19 survivors (Rome). Dr. Mollica has published over 160 scientific manuscripts. His first book was Healing Invisible Wounds: Paths to Hope and Recovery in a Violent World (2006), and his most recent book is A Manifesto: Healing a Violent World (2018).