Red Cross Names McGovern New Head

The Red Cross announced today that Gail J. McGovern will take over as President and CEO of the organization.  Ms. McGovern was a corporate executive with AT&T and Fidelity Investments for many years, is currently a professor teaching marketing at the Harvard Business School, and is a trustee of Johns Hopkins University.  The Red Cross announcement describes her as “business leader” and “nonprofit volunteer.”  She has a strong record as a fundraiser for a number of charities, and those skills were likely of particular interest to the Red Cross.

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