Goodbye, Red Cross?

I've been writing about the Red Cross for almost ten years. ProPublica just released an article entitled "The Corporate Takeover of the Red Cross". It documents the decline of the organization under the woman who has been CEO since 2008, Gail McGovern. Basically, it seems as though she has decimated many of the local chapters and alienated many of the volunteers. An internal survey of Red Cross employees found just 35 percent responded favorably to the statement, “I trust the senior leadership of the American Red Cross.”

Like any modern corporation, McGovern has set goals to secure the organization’s financial future and improve its delivery of disaster services. Yet, these goals have seldom, if ever, been met.