American Red Cross Announces New Chairperson for Corporate Advisory Council.

Business Editors

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2001

The American Red Cross announced today that Timothy J. McClimon, executive director of the AT&T Foundation, will serve as the chair of the organization's Corporate Advisory Council (CAC). Past chairs include Stanley Wright of Eastman Kodak, Richard Mund of the Mobil Foundation and John Mason, chairman of the Monsanto Fund. With his significant experience in corporate philanthropy, McClimon will bring a new focus to this leadership role.

Established in 1986, the American Red Cross Corporate Advisory Council is comprised of executives from some of America's most respected companies. The CAC serves in an advisory role to the Red Cross, and the business and community leaders who serve on the council support the organization in the pursuit of charitable dollars. They also provide organizational outreach and assist in the identification of new issues affecting the American people to which the Red Cross could respond. McClimon will strengthen and develop the important role these philanthropic partners play in helping to enable fulfillment of the Red Cross mission to provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.

"In an ever-changing business and philanthropic environment, we need a strong council that is fully engaged in the mission of the Red Cross," said Jennifer Dunlap, senior vice president for development of the American Red Cross. "Both Tim and the AT&T Foundation have been long-time, avid supporters of the American Red Cross and our humanitarian mission. We are very pleased that he has accepted the chair position for our Corporate Advisory Council and look forward to the leadership contribution he will make in his new role."

The American Red Cross is dedicated to helping make families and communities safer at home and around the world. A humanitarian service organization currently operating on a budget of $2.7 billion, the American Red Cross annually mobilizes relief to the victims of more than 63,000 disasters nationwide and has been the primary supplier of lifesaving blood and blood products in the United States for more than 50 years. The American Red Cross also trains more than 11.7 million people in vital lifesaving skills, provides direct health services to 2.5 million people, provides more than 24 million locally relevant community services, assists international disaster and conflict victims in more than 50 countries, and transmits nearly 1.4 million emergency messages between members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families. Dr. Bernadine Healy is president and CEO of the American Red Cross.