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Gail J. McGovern joined the American Red Cross as president and CEO on April 8, 2008 and has taken a strong leadership role at the nation’s leading emergency response and blood services organization.

Along with overseeing responses to several high-profile disasters, McGovern has initiated steps to invigorate the $3.3 billion organization, including dramatically reducing its deficit and streamlining its operations.

Prior to joining the Red Cross, McGovern was a faculty member at the Harvard Business School and served as president of Fidelity Personal Investments, a unit of Fidelity Investments. She was also executive vice president for the Consumer Markets Division at AT&T, responsible for AT&T’s $26 billion residential long-distance service and largest business unit.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from Columbia University, and has since been recognized as alumna of the year from both universities.

McGovern is currently a member of the board of trustees of Johns Hopkins University and the board of directors of both the Hartford Financial Services Group and DTE Energy.

McGovern was recognized by Fortune magazine in 2000 and 2001 as one of the top 50 most powerful women in corporate America.

Blog Entries by Gail McGovern

A Record Year of Disaster and Recovery

0 Comments | Posted December 23, 2011 | g:i A

2011 will be remembered as a year of relentless disasters that cost thousands of lives and destroyed whole communities from as far away as Japan to as close to home as Joplin, Missouri, the heartland of America. The human toll was tragic. The Japan earthquake and tsunami alone claimed more...

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Corporate and Nonprofit Collaboration Is the Best Recipe for Disaster Response

0 Comments | Posted August 25, 2010 | g:i A

While disasters are inevitable, unfortunately, effective response to them isn't. With the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina upon us, we're reminded of the increasingly large role the private sector is playing in disaster relief worldwide, joining forces with nonprofit organizations to aid regions hit by natural and man-made disasters.

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