Board
Evacuteer.org is currently comprised of five board members with the ability to expand to nine (9) under evacuteer.org’s bylaws and governance. The board officially meets a minimum of six times per year, with many unofficial ad-hoc meetings, telephone and email conversations during Hurricane Season.
Current Board Members:
Robert X. Fogarty
robert@evacuteer.org
Director, evacuteer.org
Mr. Fogarty received a journalism degree from the University of Oregon in December, 2005. He came to New Orleans in 2007 and served for two years as Mayor C. Ray Nagin’s Volunteer Coordinator through AmeriCorps VISTA. In that role, he successfully mobilized over 200 volunteers to assist with the first ever City Assisted Evacuation Plan in advance of Hurricane Gustav. After that event, Fogarty recognized the vital role volunteers played. He knew that there needed to be a mechanism to effectively recruit, retain and communicate with citizens who wanted to be involved during a mandatory evacuation. He currently works in Mayor Nagin’s Office of Community Development. The Gambit Weekly named him to their 2009 “40 under 40″ list.
Kristin Gisleson-Palmer
kpalmer@prcno.org
Executive Director, Rebuilding Together New Orleans
Mrs. Gisleson-Palmer is the executive director of Rebuilding Together New Orleans, a non-profit whose mission is to renovate existing homes owned by elderly or disabled New Orleanian homeowners. During Hurricane Gustav, Gisleson-Palmer mobilized 40 Rebuilding Together staffers and AmeriCorps members to work the evacuation as well as the re-entry at the Union Passenger Terminal.
Guillermo Olivos
guillermo@evacuteer.org
MBA Candidate, Yale University School of Management
Mr. Olivos worked in coastal Mississippi for 2 1/2 years after Hurricane Katrina in relief and recovery for a number of non-profits. He received his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 2005 and is in his 2nd year at the Yale School of Management as a candidate for Masters of Business Administration. Over the summer of 2009, he worked in New Orleans and completed the evacuteer.org 1023 filing from scratch; this was approved by the IRS as a 501(c)3 organization in a record 38 days after mailing. He also created the evacuteer.org training curriculum to be aligned with the needs of the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security for the City. He continues to assist with development and sustainability strategy in an advisory role from Yale.
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LtCol. Jerry W. Sneed USMC (ret.)
jwsneed@cityofno.com
Director, City of New Orleans’ Office of E
mergency Preparedness
Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Sneed is the director of the City of New Orleans Office of Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness. He oversees the City Assisted Evacuation Plan and recognizes the need for evacuteer.org to be in place and ready when his office needs them. His first duty in New Orleans was to coordinate the “Look and Leave” program in the Lower 9th Ward directly after Hurricane Katrina–as a volunteer. He served over 30 years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps.
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Kay Wilkins
kwilkins@arcno.org
CEO, Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross
Kay W. Wilkins, the Chief Executive Officer for the Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross, has over 25 years of experience with the organization, serving in roles ranging from Director of Emergency Services to Human Resources. She is an appointed member of the Critical Incident Response Team for American Red Cross National Headquarters. In 2005, Kay and her chapter faced their greatest challenge—Hurricane Katrina. Together, they weathered the storm, and went on with the national American Red Cross to partner with other local and national organizations to mount the largest disaster relief effort in national history. In 2006, Kay took the initiative to lead her Chapter through a resiliency project facilitated by George Washington University. Today, Kay and her staff are working to help Southeast Louisiana recover and taking lessons learned from their service in Hurricane Katrina to develop plans for the current hurricane season.