ICRC joins the VR/AR Associaiton and Melissa Kiehl will Co-Chair our VR for Good Committee

We are thrilled to have Melissa Kiehl co-chair our VR for Good Committee!

Melissa has spent more than 15 years in the humanitarian sector working in program management, resource mobilization, communications and project evaluation with NGOs and UN agencies in Colombia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Liberia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand. She is currently working with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) which has developed an internal VR development team to create and disseminate virtual environments specific to humanitarian work.

As part of the ICRC Innovation team, Melissa serves as an advisor in the areas of Extended Reality and Strategic Foresight.

I am delighted to join this team and this endeavor. I feel there is so much we can explore and develop in immersive environments and I am excited to see what the future can bring through VR For Good.
— Melissa Kiehl, International Committee of the Red Cross