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KoKo

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6. Here's a bit of what the New Director after Katrina did to change the operation...
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 04:31 PM
Oct 2014

She's a former AT&T Executive and Marketing Professor at Harvard. So..maybe the changes she made weren't helpful. After Katrina, though one wonders why didn't they seek someone with some Relief Agency background?
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This is from the ProPublica Info:
When McGovern took the reins, she inherited a sprawling operation with hundreds of chapters across the country. The Red Cross has more than 26,000 employees. After a storm, the full-time staff mobilizes volunteers and a smaller corps of disaster relief experts, known as reservists.

While often praised as a stabilizing presence by those outside the Red Cross, McGovern initiated a series of changes inside the organization that roiled the venerable charity. She executed layoffs and reorganizations that closed local chapters and centralized power at national headquarters in Washington. In part, these changes reflected several years of operating in the red. In its most recent year, the Red Cross ran a $70 million budget deficit. “Fundraising fell short of our target in a year without any huge national disasters,” McGovern wrote in a September email to executives.

More at:
ProPublica Documents: TRULY DISGUSTING READ...

. http://s3.amazonaws.com/propublica/redcross/the-red-cross-secret-disaster.html


This is terrible get the red out Oct 2014 #1
One would have thought after the Katrina debacle... hlthe2b Oct 2014 #2
They appointed a new head after Katrina.. Here's her Background...(AT&T Executive) KoKo Oct 2014 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author KoKo Oct 2014 #20
OWS did a much better job Warpy Oct 2014 #3
Here's a bit of what the New Director after Katrina did to change the operation... KoKo Oct 2014 #6
UGH. Business people can't run health care and can't run charities Warpy Oct 2014 #7
Crossed 'em off years ago KamaAina Oct 2014 #5
Charity Organization CEO's Paid Too Much in General-- yellowwoodII Oct 2014 #8
That's a real Eye Opener.....those salaries. Seems way much for Charity Organizations KoKo Oct 2014 #18
Lizzie Dole ruined the Red Cross and it has never recoevered...nt joeybee12 Oct 2014 #9
Yes...folks should do a "Wiki" or "Duck Search" on Liddy Dole's Tenure at Red Cross..... KoKo Oct 2014 #11
And using those resources to prepare for her presidential run... joeybee12 Oct 2014 #16
Damned thieves are everywhere. fucking vermin. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #10
Search out "Other Groups" who are "On the Ground" to give your support. KoKo Oct 2014 #12
kick for truth Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #13
NPR did a story today "Red Cross 'Diverted Assets' During Storms' Aftermath To Focus On Image" adirondacker Oct 2014 #14
NPR is controlled by a rightwinger. I threw them into the dumpster years ago. Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #15
It was "ProPublica" in coordination with NPR... KoKo Oct 2014 #19
I wonder who really controls the RC and where the money went? nt kelliekat44 Oct 2014 #17
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