WASHINGTON, July 17,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Red Cross announced
today that it has elected three new members to its Board of
Governors.
The newly-elected members are:
- Christina Chiu, President of
Empire State Realty Trust
- Mary G. Berner, President and
CEO of Cumulus Media Inc.
- Gunjan Kedia, President of U.S.
Bancorp
"We are delighted to welcome three exceptional leaders to the
American Red Cross Board of Governors," said Chairman Gail J. McGovern. "Each of them brings
tremendous experience and a deep dedication to the humanitarian
mission of the Red Cross. Christina Chiu, Mary G. Berner and Gunjan Kedia will provide our Board of Governors
with expertise and guidance that is vital to our organization as we
continue to deliver comfort, relief and hope to those facing
disaster and emergencies."
About Christina
Chiu
Christina Chiu is
President of Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT). Chiu previously
served in other roles at ESRT including as Executive Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operating
Officer. Before joining ESRT, Chiu spent 18 years at Morgan
Stanley, where she was Managing Director and Chief Operating
Officer of the Global Listed Real Assets Investing business,
responsible for business development and capital raising efforts,
institutional investor and consultant relationships, oversight of
the day-to-day investing business, and execution of strategic
initiatives. She began her career as a real estate investment
banking analyst on both principal investing and strategic advisory
transactions.
About Mary G.
Berner
Mary G. Berner
has been President and CEO of Cumulus Media Inc. since October 2015, after having served on the
company's Board of Directors for six months. Before joining
Cumulus, Berner served as President and CEO of MPA - The
Association of Magazine Media, where she leveraged her deep
understanding of media to aggressively champion and advocate for
the industry among advertisers, investors, consumers, and
regulators. Berner previously served as CEO of Reader's Digest
Association and President and CEO of Fairchild Publications. When
Fairchild became a division of Condé Nast Publications, she
continued her leadership role while also serving as an officer of
Condé Nast.
About Gunjan
Kedia
Gunjan Kedia is
President of U.S. Bancorp, where she oversees the Bank's three
business lines – Consumer and Business Banking; Payment Services;
and Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking. She
also serves as a member of the U.S. Bank Managing Committee, its
senior most leadership group. Kedia brings 30 years of financial
services experience to her role. Before joining U.S. Bancorp in
2016 she held leadership positions at State Street Financial in
Boston, where she was executive
vice president and led the investment servicing business in the
Americas; BNY Mellon, where she was head of global product
management; and McKinsey & Company, where she was a partner and
a core leader of the financial services practice. She began her
career at PwC.
The Red Cross is led by a Board of Governors who govern, direct
and oversee management of the business of the organization. At the
Annual Meeting of the Red Cross held on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, Chiu, Berner and Kedia
were each elected to a three-year term by delegates from local Red
Cross units. In addition. the delegates elected Cliff Holtz, Red Cross president and CEO, to the
Board and re-elected other current Board of Governors members for
additional terms.
For more information about the Red Cross Board of Governors,
visit redcross.org/leadership.
About the American Red Cross:
The American
Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides comfort to victims of
disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation's blood; teaches skills
that save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and
supports veterans, military members and their families. The Red
Cross is a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and
the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission. For
more information, please visit
redcross.org or CruzRojaAmericana.org,
or follow us on social media.
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