Chris E. Stout is a licensed clinical psychologist and holds a joint governmental and academic appointment in the Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and serves as Illinois' first Chief of Psychological Services for the Department of Human Services/Division of Mental Health. He currently serves on the Illinois Disaster Mental Health Coalition and at the International Center on Human Responses to Social Catastrophes of the University of Illinois. He holds the distinction of being one of only 100 world-wide leaders appointed to the World Economic Forum's Global Leaders of Tomorrow 2000 - joining the ranks of Tony Blair, Bill Gates, JK Rowling, and Lance Armstrong, and was an Invited Faculty at the Annual Meeting in Davos. Dr. Stout is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, past-President of the Illinois Psychological Association, and is a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice. He was appointed as a Special (Citizen) Ambassador and Delegation Leader to South Africa by the Eisenhower Foundation. He has been interviewed by numerous national media outlets including CNN, NBC, Oprah, Time, Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Modern Healthcare, Associated Press, and the Chicago Sun-Times. He produced the critically acclaimed four volume set The Psychology of Terrorism, and has published or presented over 300 papers and 27 books/manuals on various topics in psychology. His works have been translated into 6 languages. He has lectured across the nation and internationally in 17 countries, visited 6 continents and over 60 countries.