Italy’s Logistics Cluster: Delivering Aid in Crisis Zones with the World Food Programme

Good day.

My name's Enrique Alvarez, and welcome everyone to another very exciting episode of Logistics with Purpose.

We have amazing guests here today.

I'm the co-founder and managing director at Vector Global Logistics, and I'm really, really happy to be here with you, Kristi, as always.

How are you doing?

I'm good.

We have been looking forward to this interview for a while.

I feel like it's also special when we get to actually meet our guests in person.

The amazing thing about talking to people all over the world is talking to people all over the world, but when you actually get to meet them, it's a totally different experience.

So Noemi and I got to hang out a few months ago, and I'm looking forward to learning more about Kelly and hearing his expertise as well.

But we are delighted to introduce the World Food Program, one of the most respected NGOs in the world.

I am Kristi Porter, Chief Impact Officer at Vector, and delighted to bring this conversation to, for you today.

So without further ado, let me introduce Noemi Penzetti.

I hope I did not butcher that, and Kelly Bradley.

Thank you, Kelly, for having an easier name on me [laughing].

They are both from the logistics cluster, which is the platform led by the World Food Program that helps deliver life-saving aid in some of the world's most complex environments.

So they're both here from Rome.

We're grateful for their time, for their ability to join us.

We've had to reschedule a couple of times because logistics and the world at large.

And so here we are, and we're looking forward to a great conversation.

So Noemi is the project and communications officer.

She brings a very strong background in humanitarian advocacy, UN operations, and global communications.

And alongside her today is Kelly Bradley, the team lead for technical operations support, which with an extensive frontline experience responding to crises around the world, of which we have no shortage, and look forward to hearing more and more about their expertise.

So today we're gonna talk about both their strategic and field experiences and what humanitarian logistics looks like today.

It is an ever-evolving issue, so we're delighted to have this conversation.