Gail McGovern Biography

Gail McGovern has invigorated the Red Cross a $3.3 billion organization by leading drives for financial stability and streamlined operations nationwide. Under her direction the Red Cross eliminated its operating deficit in 2009 and has since maintained a balanced budget. McGovern has also initiated extensive modernization projects including an overhaul of IT systems nationwide expansion of Red Cross health and safety instruction and a growing social media presence.

McGovern oversaw the American Red Cross response to multiple high-profile disasters including the Haiti earthquake Japan earthquake and tsunami and the record-breaking tornadoes floods and wildfires that affected the U.S. in 2011.

On March 10 2011 she was appointed to the 10-member President’s Management Advisory Board serving as the only nonprofit leader on this White House panel.

Earlier posts included serving as a faculty member at the Harvard Business School president of Fidelity Personal Investments and executive vice president of AT&T’s $26 billion Consumer Markets Division.

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