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Article: Red Cross president resigns in board fight
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- December 14, 2005
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NEW YORK - American Red Cross President Marsha Evans announced her
resignation Tuesday because of friction with the board of governors,
shortly before witnesses and lawmakers at a congressional hearing
assailed the charity's response to Hurricane Katrina.
Red Cross spokesman Charles Connor said the board was not unhappy
with Evans' handling of the hurricane crisis, "but had concerns about
her management approach, and coordination and communication with the
board." It was the second time in three years that such feuding led
to a leadership change after a national disaster.
At the hearing in Washington, lawmakers said the Red Cross' uneven
response to Katrina calls for major changes in how the ...