Volunteer Spotlight: Mike Moody

Mike Moody working Disaster Assessment after the Nashville 2020 tornados.

Red Cross volunteer Mike Moody is currently deployed to assist those impacted by the recent flooding in Middle Tennessee. He has been a volunteer with the Nashville Area chapter for three years and has held several roles in the organization. He began as a Disaster Action Team volunteer, was promoted to supervisor and is now serving as Disaster Assessment chapter lead. He has also served as a case worker and was promoted to case worker supervisor. 

He has been involved in several disaster recovery operations in his time at the American Red Cross, including casework for the West Tennessee floods in February 2019 and disaster assessment after the Middle Tennessee tornadoes in March 2020. 

These events are two of the most memorable for Mike, who said “I was humbled by the people I met in the Tennessee River floods in west Tennessee. They lost everything. And a year and a half later, I spent two weeks walking through the neighborhoods in Nashville and Mount Juliet area. There were a number of organizations out there offering to help and do whatever was required. Neighbors were helping neighbors. Those two experiences were really humbling, being able to try and help these people get back on their feet.”

Story by Elizabeth Storey/American Red Cross.