Gail McGovern, A&S '74, often offered her teams a dose of perspective whenever they faced a challenge. "I would always say to people, 'Hey, calm down, we're not saving lives here,'" she says. "When I ...

WASHINGTON, April 9 (UPI) -- The American Red Cross said it named Gail McGovern, Harvard professor and former Johns Hopkins University board member, as its chief executive officer. McGovern takes ...

Gail McGovern, 67, became the eighth CEO in five years at the American Red Cross in 2008, as the country entered its most severe economic downturn in seven decades. Today, she remains at the head ...

Gail McGovern, the president and CEO of the American Red Cross, has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer but expects to make a full recovery, she said Friday. McGovern, 58, told The ...

Earlier this week, CBS News visited the American Red Cross to learn about blood donation during the coronavirus pandemic. CBS News sat down with Gail McGovern, the CEO of the American Red Cross ...

The American Red Cross's CEO, Gail McGovern, has spelled out the organization's promise to donors repeatedly in recent years. "Ninety-one cents of every dollar that's donated goes to our services ...

"We are going to make sure that every designated dollar that is going to this storm is used appropriately," said Gail McGovern, president and CEO of the American Red Cross, on "CBS This Morning ...

This story was co-produced with NPR. American Red Cross CEO Gail McGovern has long portrayed her organization as a beacon of openness, once declaring "we made a commitment that we want to lead the ...

"We're very proud of the fact that 91 cents of every dollar that's donated goes to our services," Red Cross CEO Gail McGovern said in a speech in Baltimore last year. "That's world class ...

Two weeks after Sandy hit, Red Cross Chief Executive Gail McGovern declared that the group’s relief efforts had been “near flawless.” The group’s self-assessments, drawn together just ...

Red Cross CEO Gail McGovern told Grassley's office the charity "gave [the Government Accountability Office] everything that they asked for" during an earlier review. The report, however ...