Cornerstone Launches DisasterReady Mobile App to Enable Offline Training for 1.5M+ Humanitarians

Alongside this milestone during the week of World Humanitarian Day, Mini Peiris has been appointed to the Cornerstone Foundation Board of Directors

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. (“Cornerstone”), a global leader in workforce readiness solutions, today announced the launch of the DisasterReady mobile app, where humanitarians can download courses for offline mobile learning, providing access to critical training even with limited or no internet. The courses provided aim to build skills that help aid workers complete difficult and often dangerous work more safely and effectively, at no cost. Since its founding, DisasterReady has reached more than 1.5 million learners in 195 countries, offering courses in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish on topics ranging from personal safety and security to program management and humanitarian essentials.

Additionally, Cornerstone’s Chief Marketing Officer, Mini Peiris, has joined the Board of Directors of the Cornerstone Foundation, which supports both DisasterReady and NonprofitReady. The appointment was announced during the week of World Humanitarian Day, the United Nations-designated day honoring humanitarian workers’ dedication, courage, and sacrifice in service to others. In her new role, Peiris will support the Foundation’s mission to build the capacity of nonprofit organizations and the people who carry out their work, joining a board dedicated to strengthening the humanitarian, development, and nonprofit sectors through free access to online training and professional development.

“Humanitarian workers show up in the hardest moments the world faces, often at real personal risk, so that others can survive and rebuild,” said Peiris. “I am deeply grateful for their courage and their compassion, and I don’t take lightly what it means to stand in support of people in this work. Joining the Cornerstone Foundation board is a chance to support the people and organizations equipping humanitarians with the skills they need, and it feels especially meaningful to share this on a day set aside to honor them.”

“On behalf of the Cornerstone Foundation board, I’m delighted to welcome Mini,” said Miriam Wardak, chair of the Cornerstone Foundation Board of Directors. “So much of our work comes down to making sure humanitarian and development professionals actually know these free resources exist and can find their way to them to increase their positive impact. Mini has spent her career building that kind of awareness at scale, and I’m excited about what her perspective will bring as we look for new ways to reach the people doing this work. We’re fortunate to have her join us.”

Cornerstone employees and leaders have supported the Cornerstone Foundation and its programs, including DisasterReady and NonprofitReady, since the Foundation’s founding in 2010. The Foundation operates independently of Cornerstone’s commercial business and is funded through the company’s ongoing philanthropic support.

In honor of World Humanitarian Day, inspired by this year’s UN campaign to protect those who help others, the Cornerstone Foundation has prepared a tribute featuring video stories, quotes, and photos from humanitarians around the world, highlighting how continuous skill-building helps deliver aid safely, supports well-being, and prepares the humanitarian workforce of the future.

For more information on the Cornerstone Foundation’s tribute honoring humanitarian and development professionals in recognition of World Humanitarian Day, please visit: disasterready.org/world-humanitarian-day-2026/

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At Cornerstone, we believe in AI that works in the service of people, amplifying their judgment to drive high-performing, future-ready organizations forward. Cornerstone Workforce AI™, the intelligence platform for workforce readiness, brings together workforce and labor market data into a proprietary Cornerstone People Graph™, translating signals into intelligence, targeting learning where it matters, developing critical skills, and surfacing hidden talent. Delivered as an open, enterprise platform across whatever application your people work in every day, Cornerstone Workforce AI is built for scale, security, and trust, with certified AI guardrails. As an industry leader, Cornerstone is helping approximately 7,000 organizations, 140M+ users, across 186 countries build continuous workforce readiness.