Skills That Transfer: How Red Cross Service Powers Data Scientist’s Career
Published in American Red Cross Greater Pennsylvania News, 2025
This profile explores how Louis Luangkesorn’s 20+ years of volunteer service as a disaster response planner for the American Red Cross and his professional career as a data scientist mutually reinforce one another.
Beginning in mass care while studying supply chain management at Northwestern University, Dr. Luangkesorn now specializes in information and planning. He works with county emergency management agencies to forecast service demands under high uncertainty, supporting strategic operational leadership while pioneering data-driven planning tools.