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Good Will, Good Relations, Good Markets
Business Civic Leadership Center
2007 ANNUAL REPORT
impact
positive resultspublic-private partnerships
community
impact
inspiration
impact
public-private partnerships
inspiration
inspiration
better business
better business
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Front Cover Photos (left to right)
• U.S. Chamber President & CEO Thomas J. Donohue (l.) and Microsoft’s Akhtar Badshah at 2007 Corporate Citizenship Awards Dinner
• National Building Museum, the 2007 Awards Dinner venue
• Weyerhaeuser volunteers rebuilding a hurricane-destroyed Mississippi home
• ChoicePoint Chairman & CEO Derek Smith at a ChoicePoint-sponsored charity run/walk
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Good Will, Good Relations, Good Markets
Business Civic Leadership Center
2007 ANNUAL REPORT
Executive Director’s Letter
Corporate Community Investment Program
Disaster Assistance and Recovery Program
Global Corporate Citizenship Program
Business and Society Relations Program
BCLC Services
2008 Calendar
Board of Directors
Staff
2007 Supporters
CONTENTS
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Above Photos (l to r)
• Dow funded a trip for Dow retirees/WWII vets to tour Washington, D.C., shown at the WWII Memorial
• Partnership Award presentation (l. to r.: Lisa Hamilton, UPS Foundation; Donna Hyland, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta; Dan Amos, Afl ac; Gary Perlin, Capital One)
• Presentation of a KPMG Village built to assist displaced tsunami victims in Sri Lanka
• Atop the U.S. Chamber building and overlooking the White House, KMPG Foundation’s Bernard Milano and BCLC’s Stephen Jordan
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Dear Colleagues,
2007 may well go down as a year of transition in the fi elds of corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility. It was
defi nitely another year of evolution and growth for the Business Civic Leadership Center.
The CSR “movement” seems to be splitting into several different sub-disciplines. Some companies and organizations are focusing
on climate change reduction, others on sustainability. Some emphasize codes of conduct and others emphasize building trust
and relationships. Some rely on abstract themes, while others increasingly are looking at the concrete impact of real issues on
real places.
BCLC is evolving in the direction of sustainability, trust, and problem-solving in specifi c contexts.
We launched the Corporate Community Investment program at the May Partnership Conference. We built relationships with sev-
eral key government agencies, most notably the Economic Development Administration and the Small Business Administration.
We marked the second anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and Rita with the release of our report on long-term recovery issues, and
we implemented many of the lessons learned from this study in our response to the San Diego wildfi res.
Our Global Corporate Citizenship program developed further, as we reached out to the Association of American Chambers of Com-
merce in Latin America, the European Council of American Chambers of Commerce, and individual American Chambers in Africa
and Asia to build up our relationships and strengthen our network.
All of these activities kept with our operating philosophy of building good will, good relationships, and good long-term markets.
But as the year went on, our program working groups and board of directors, to whom we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude,
continued to push us to be more ambitious.
We started the year focused on our events and networking. We ended the year focused on problem-solving and advocacy for
improving current development practices.
Just as we have played an important role in improving disaster assistance and recovery practices over the last few years, our
goals moving forward are to contribute to the development of community investment practices in the U.S. and emerging-market
development practices abroad.
We will continue our work on the subject of trust-building and social capital management, because we believe that improving
public, private, and nonprofi t relations is integral.
The issues in which we are engaging are complex, diffi cult, and long-term. They will not be resolved overnight, but new strategies,
relationships, and dynamics are emerging and BCLC is being built to enable them.
Sincerely,
Stephen Jordan
Executive Director’s Letter
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UPS Foundation President Lisa Hamilton and BCLC Executive Director Stephen Jordan discuss disaster recovery lessons learned at a March 2007 forum.
UPS’ Mike Thomas assisting the World Food
Programme in Indonesia, August 2007Intel supports the development of teachers and
students around the world
Two children inside an Abbott-funded pediatric
clinic built for HIV-infected youth in Malawi
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CORPORATE COMMUNITY INVESTMENTMaking a Difference Where We Live
“The CCI program’s efforts will strengthen commu-nities’ workforce, competitiveness, and economic sustainability. Capital One is proud to partner with BCLC to help corporations invest wisely to improve the health and well being of local communities.”
— Carolyn Berkowitz, Capital One Vice President of Community Affairs
community
BCLC launched its Corporate Community Investment (CCI) pro-
gram during the May 2007 National Partnership Conference
in Washington, D.C., with a signifi cant show of support from
the business sector and community stakeholders.
The heart of the CCI program is the dialogue and partner-
ships we facilitate among business leaders, policy makers,
charitable organizations, economic developers, and commu-
nity planners. Together we are working to shape the strategic
role the business sector plays in building economically and
socially viable U.S. communities that are able to overcome
21st century challenges.In October, BCLC won funding from the U.S. Department of
Commerce Economic Development Administration to carry
out two program activities. The fi rst, an unprecedented
national survey conducted in partnership with Indiana
University’s Center on Philanthropy, will uncover trends
in how, where, and why companies invest in their local
communities.
The second, a series of community forums across America,
brings national companies together with local chambers
of commerce, government agencies, and civic organiza-
Many leading companies have joined BCLC’s working group to guide our approach to corporate engagement in the community, including Capital One, CVS Caremark, and Siemens.
A Harlem shop owner who received pro bono consulting services from Booz Allen Hamilton Siemens has undertaken efforts to encourage and challenge students to
become excellent in the subjects that will help keep America competitive.
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BCLC Awarded Department of Commerce Grant In October, BCLC was granted $218,296 from
the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic
Development Agency. “EDA is proud to partner
with the BCLC to advance strategies that will
keep America competitive as we enter the 21st
century,” said U.S. Assistant Secretary for Economic
Development Sandy K. Baruah.
tions to identify opportunities for corporate citizenship to
assist with local challenges and create positive change
in the community.
Forums last year were held in Boca Raton-Delray Beach,
FL; Minneapolis; New Orleans; Phoenix; and Pittsburgh,
and will continue throughout 2008. Findings from each
community will become part of a national framework
guiding the future of business investment in local com-
munities.
BCLC’s fi rst report on Corporate Community Investment,
The Future of America’s Communities and Competi-
tiveness, came out in December. It aims to incite new
thinking and strategies to achieve community progress
through the engagement and leadership of business.
Sixteen different companies are featured, including IBM,
PNC, and Verizon.
The early success of the CCI program is promising. In
2008 BCLC is poised to help businesses make even more
impact in American communities. We welcome you to
join us in advancing the success of U.S. communities
through the invaluable investments of the business com-
munity. Please contact us if you would like to learn more.
Atop the U.S. Chamber headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C., (l. to r.) Andrea Taylor, Microsoft; Philip Reiner, Johns Hopkins University; Perry Gruber, Intel; Anne Diedrick, JPMorgan Chase;
Mary Wong, Offi ce Depot Foundation; Stephen Jordan, BCLC; Susanne Trimbath, STP Advisory Services; Jay Hein, White House Offi ce of Faith-based and Community Initiatives
(l. to r.) Ben Erulkar, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development;
Stephen Jordan, BCLC Executive Director; and Ryan Streeter, Senior Advisor to BCLC
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Disaster Assistance and Recovery Promoting Economic Recovery and Restoration
BCLC is mobilizing an effort through its Disaster Assistance
and Recovery program to improve the process of community
recovery and restoration in the aftermath of disasters.
In 2007, some of the most civically engaged companies,
including Microsoft, Offi ce Depot, and UPS, joined BCLC’s
working group to partner with us on disaster relief and
recovery issues. We have built an expert network of disaster
assistance providers and economic recovery specialists to
bolster our effort to be an effective, long-term partner to
communities that have suffered a major disaster.
BCLC’s network and infl uence grow with each convening of
experts from the corporate citizenship, emergency manage-
ment, and humanitarian fi elds. In March we hosted a forum
on “Lessons Learned About Long-Term Recovery” with key
leaders, such as Don Powell, former federal coordinator of
Gulf Coast rebuilding, and Lisa Hamilton, president of the
UPS Foundation.
That exchange of knowledge and ideas, along with BCLC’s
fi ndings from prior research and experiences, led us to
identify four main aspects of the disaster response process
on which we can create impact and improvement:
1. Business-to business partnerships
2. Business-to-nonprofi t partnerships
3. Business-to-government partnerships
4. Sustainability, or preparing for recovery
“For the UPS Foundation, being involved in BCLC has enhanced our learning about corporate citi-zenship topics, such as disaster assistance, and given us a way to voice our issues and concerns to policymakers.”
—Lisa Hamilton, President, UPS FoundationOffi ce Depot’s Mary Wong and Tom Serio discuss lessons learned in disaster recovery
A Baxter grant enabled volunteer nurses to go to
Mississippi after the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes
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BCLC’s June disaster assistance and recovery workshop,
co-hosted by FEMA, convened high-level members of
the business, emergency management, and humanitar-
ian fi elds. With a New Madrid Fault Zone earthquake
scenario, participants identifi ed and worked through the
communication and coordination barriers that have in
the past reduced the effectiveness of disaster response
efforts.
Marking the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, BCLC
Executive Director Stephen Jordan appeared on C-SPAN
on August 27 to announce our second report on Disaster
Assistance and Recovery, Long-Term Recovery Issues and
Case Studies. The publication calls for more attention on
long-term recovery needs and chronicles the community
rebuilding involvement of companies such as The Coca-
Cola Company, JPMorgan Chase, and Shell Oil Company.
BCLC began an alliance in the fall with the Small Busi-
ness Administration (SBA) to allow our organizations to
work together closely in major disaster zones to expedite
the ability of the community to recover.
BCLC and SBA tested the alliance in October when re-
sponding to the southern California wildfi res. In partner-
ship with the International Economic Development Coun-
cil and local chambers of commerce, BCLC coordinated
an economic impact survey to determine what the local
business community faced. BCLC’s Gerald McSwiggan
and Ines Pierce also helped the impact area’s chambers
create a recovery coalition to provide a mutual support
system for the affected communities.
Through the support of the Offi ce Depot Foundation,
BCLC launched the National Disaster Help Desk for
Business during the wildfi res response. The new help
desk is a one-stop information and coordination resource for
corporate donors, small businesses, and chambers of com-
merce and is a model that will be implemented across all of
BCLC’s programs.
BCLC is in a prime position in 2008 to continue to deliver on
the mission of our Disaster Assistance and Recovery pro-
gram. If you are interested in playing a role in this important
facet of disaster response, please contact us to learn more
about our program.
BCLC Responds to Wildfi resWith more than ½ million acres burned across
seven counties, the Southern California fi res cre-
ated an economic impact of $2.09 billion. Gerald
McSwiggan, BCLC manager of special projects,
went to San Diego to meet with local chambers
of commerce and to identify opportunities for the
national business community to support relief and
recovery efforts.
BCLC National Help Desk [email protected]
Shell’s Coming Home Campaign supported many recovery
and rebuilding efforts in New Orleans
BCLC Executive Director Stephen Jordan and SBA Administrator
Steve Preston signed an MOU on August 24
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Global Corporate Citizenship Linking Aid and Economic Growth for Long-Term Solutions
BCLC’s Global Corporate Citizenship program seeks to
improve the economic and social situations in developing
and underdeveloped countries by linking the activities of
multinational companies, American chambers of commerce
overseas, aid agencies, and development organizations.
We facilitate partnership building and information sharing
among corporate citizens and stakeholder organizations
including the Department of State, Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC), United Nations (UN), U.S. Agency for In-
ternational Development, World Bank, and U.S.-based NGOs
operating around the world.
Included in our working group are leading companies such
as Booz Allen Hamilton, the Dow Chemical Company, and
GlaxoSmithKline, all of which work alongside BCLC to help
fi nd solutions to the problems created when lack of opportu-
nity persists.
In April, the McGraw-Hill Companies co-hosted in their
Manhattan offi ces a forum called “Outlook for Public-
Private Global Development Initiatives.” Presenters from
Abbott, Chevron, MCC, UN, and other organizations dis-
cussed the need for better governance, information access,
and linkages between social and economic objectives.
In September BCLC and the World Bank Institute presented
a conference titled “The Role of Corporate Citizenship in
Emerging Markets,” which focused on partnership strate-
gies for global development. Business leaders, corporate
foundation heads, and American Chamber executives from
Afghanistan , Argentina, China, England, Germany, Ghana,
Jamaica, Kenya, Paraguay, Philippines and South Africa,
attended.
Abbott and Abbott Fund support midwife training in Afghanistan Andrew Natsios, President’s Special Envoy for Sudan and Georgetown University professor, and
Henrietta Fore, Acting Administrator of USAID, at a September BCLC conference
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Richard Holbrooke of the Global Business Coalition on
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria and John Danilovich
of the MCC keynoted the event. Among the sessions,
discussion centered on challenges in specifi c regions,
Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, for example;
opportunities to deploy technology and communication
tools; the value of corporate volunteers and skill-based
service; and the need in the developing world for access
to capital.
At the conference we introduced our second report on
Global Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Citizenship in
Emerging Markets. Expert opinions, recommendations for
the future of global corporate citizenship, and case stud-
ies from GlaxoSmithKline, KPMG International, Marathon
Oil Company, and 10 other companies are featured.
BCLC’s 2008 priority is to advance understanding that
business is part of the solution—not the adversary—in
global development challenges. We will help companies
fi nd and leverage development programs already taking
place around the world, enabling all parties to better put
their resources to use.
We welcome companies and AmChams to learn how to
get involved in our Global Corporate Citizenship program.
YOU SHOULD KNOW:
• Asia and Latin America/Caribbean …The regions that concern companies the most from a corporate citizenship perspective
• Education and environment … The two areas with the most global corporate citizenship engagement
• Health/medical and environment … The top two global issues of concern, regardless of corporate citizenship involvement
BCLC survey of companies, May 2007
Marathon Oil Company and health specialists instituted a
malaria-eradication program in Equatorial Guinea
Dan Runde, International Finance Corporation, and Ted Nevins, AIG,
at an April BCLC conference
Richard Holbrooke, head of the Global Business Coalition, discussing how companies
are participating in the fi ght against HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria
“BCLC strengthens Dow’s corporate citizenship by providing improved insight and understanding of the rapidly changing expectations of business as we grow our business and become engaged members of new communities around the globe. “ —Bo Miller, Global Director, Corporate Citizenship, The Dow Chemical Company
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Business and Society Relations Empowering Companies
BCLC’s Business and Society Relations program aims to raise awareness about the positive role of business in society by
advancing access to information about corporate citizenship and community engagement programs and refuting negative
stereotypes or unfounded attacks.
We showcase the hundreds of often-ignored examples of how the involvement of the business community leads to positive
social, civic, and economic changes.
We are focused fully on building good will, good relations, and good long-term markets and work in partnership with govern-
ment agencies and civil society groups to solve problems.
Managing Stakeholder RelationsTrust is one of the leading barriers to good business and society relations. In January 2007 BCLC presented a forum on “How
to Build Trust” and issued a report titled Values Matter. Our report analyzes historic and current levels of trust in the business
sector and chronicles the trust-building activities of several of today’s best-known companies, including Chiquita, Google,
KPMG, Southwest Airlines, and Xerox.
Panelists at the “How to Build Trust” forum, (l. to r.) Arthur Rothkopf, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Kathryn Brown,
Verizon Communications; Stan Emert, Symetra Financial Corp.; and Stephen Young, Caux Round Table
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Showcasing ExcellenceTV personality Ed McMahon hosted BCLC’s 2007 Corporate Citizenship Awards Dinner at Washington, D.C.’s National
Building Museum on November 7. More than 500 business and civic leaders joined BCLC to honor the 25 fi nalists and
winners featured in the awards program.
Starfi sh Television Network joined BCLC last year to fi lm interviews with offi cials from the fi nalist and winner companies
and, along with footage of the Awards Dinner, will produce and air a show dedicated to corporate citizenship in 2008.
Awards fi nalists and event sponsors also attended a roundtable on corporate citizenship and partnership building hosted
on the White House campus by the White House Offi ce of Faith-based and Community Initiatives.
Microsoft is the winner of the 2007
Corporate Stewardship–Large
Business Award. Microsoft’s civic
activities include IT skills training
for underserved populations, sup-
port for local software industries
around the world, philanthropy, and
environmental stewardship.
ChoicePoint Inc. won the 2007
Corporate Stewardship–Small/Mid-
size Business Award. As a provider
of identifi cation and credential
verifi cation services, ChoicePoint
partners with the National Center
for Missing and Exploited Children
and other organizations that work
with youth.
Cisco received the 2007 Interna-
tional Community Service Award
for its Networking Academy, which
provides training in networking and
IT. Evaluations from six countries
showed that nearly two-thirds of
the programs’s students found jobs
and three-fourths of those em-
ployed obtained jobs that require
networking skills.
Entergy won the 2007 U.S. Commu-
nity Service Award. Its Low-Income
Initiatives program helps indi-
viduals and families in Louisiana,
Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas
achieve economic self-suffi ciency
by supporting job training, literacy,
scholarships, and affordable hous-
ing programs.
Afl ac and Children’s Healthcare
of Atlanta are the winners of the
2nd-ever Partnership Award. Afl ac
and the hospital have partnered
to create one of the largest U.S.
pediatric cancer facilities and are
recognized for their partnership to
fi ght childhood cancer.
The corporate citizenship programs of our winners and fi nalists are impressive, and are all on BCLC’s Web site.
The nomination period for the 2008 Awards program is ongoing until June 27.
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BCLC SERVICES Research and CommunicationsBCLC produces a broad range of content to spread knowl-
edge and awareness of best practices in corporate citizen-
ship and public-private partnerships.
The Corporate Citizen. Our monthly e-newsletter
is devoted to current events, trends, research, and policy
developments and involves monthly contributions by leading
companies and thought leaders.
Publications. BCLC releases yearly in-depth reports for
each of its programs: Corporate Community Investment,
Disaster Assistance and Recovery, and Global Corporate
Citizenship, as well as an annual wall calendar featuring the
prior year’s supporters and telling a pictorial story of corpo-
rate citizenship.
Web Site. BCLC’s Web site includes a Corporate Citizen-
ship Profi le Library with case studies from a variety of lead-
ing companies tackling today’s issues. The site also includes
dedicated portals for research and discussion on the topics
of Business and Society Relations, Corporate Community
Investment, Disaster Assistance and Recovery, and Global
Corporate Citizenship.
Partnership FacilitationWith our network of leading companies and corporate foun-
dations, 2,000 state and local chambers, and 100 American
chambers of commerce overseas, BCLC is in the premier
position to facilitate partnerships among the business, non-
profi t, and government sectors.
Through working group meetings, companies form relation-
ships with other businesses interested in the same fi elds.
We work regularly with such government organizations as
the Department of State, Economic Development Admin-
istration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S.
Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of
Treasury, U.S. Small Business Administration, U.S. Trade
Representative, and the White House Offi ce of Community
and Faith-Based Initiatives.
We have solid relationships with multilateral organizations
such as the United Nations and World Bank, as well as
prominent nonprofi t organizations including American Red
Cross, America’s Promise Alliance, Points of Light-Hands
On Network, and United Way.
Ombudsman/Help Desk ServicesBCLC helps companies navigate government bureaucra-
cies, fi nd solutions to social and philanthropic problems,
and troubleshoot challenging developmental questions
and roadblocks.
BCLC’s National Disaster Help Desk for Business
(1-888-MY-BIZ-HELP, [email protected]),
sponsored by the Offi ce Depot Foundation, is designed to
enhance economic recovery after a disaster by providing
information-sharing and coordination services to business-
es, local chambers, nonprofi ts, government, and disaster
recovery specialists. In 2008 BCLC plans to build the Help
Desk concept across all of its programs.
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2008 Events CalendarJanuary 17 Disaster Assistance and Recovery Forum: Long Term Recovery in Southern California
—Applying Lessons Learned from Around the Nation (San Diego, CA)
April 8 Global Corporate Citizenship Forum: Transatlantic Conversation on Corporate Social
Responsibility with the European Council of American Chambers of Commerce (Washington, DC)
April 27–29 National Corporate Community Investment Conference: Shaping the Future of
Community Development (Disney, Anaheim, CA)
June 4–5 Business Disaster Assistance and Recovery Annual Workshop: Pandemic Flu – How Will Your Community Recover? (Microsoft Headquarters, Redmond, WA)
September 25–26 Global Corporate Citizenship Conference (Washington, DC)
November 18 2008 Corporate Citizenship Awards Dinner (Washington, DC)
Ongoing All Year Seminars, Webinars, and Local Corporate Community Investment Forums
2008 Publications CalendarJune: 3rd Annual Disaster Assistance and Recovery Report
July: Research Report from Inaugural CCI Survey
September: 3rd Annual Global Corporate Citizenship Report
November: 2nd Annual Corporate Community Investment Report
December: 2009 Wall Calendar
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Board of Directors
Eva Tansky BlumSenior Vice President; Director, Community Development; and Chair, PNC Foundation, PNC Financial Services Group
Kathryn C. BrownSenior Vice President - Public Policy Development and Corporate Responsibility, Verizon Communications
David ChavernChief Operating Offi cer and Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Jeffrey Crowe Chairman, Landstar System, Inc.
BCLC Offi cer: Chief Executive Offi cer
Lisa HamiltonPresident, UPS Foundation
Ginger HardageSenior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Southwest Airlines
Kurt HoffmanDirector, Shell Foundation
Stephen JordanExecutive Director, Business Civic Leadership Center
Sari MacrieVice President, Corporate Relations, Allstate Corporation
Thomas J. DonohuePresident and Chief Executive Offi cer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
BCLC Offi cer: Senior Vice President
BCLC thanks the former board members who retired from service in 2007: Linda Rozett, Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President of Communications, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Joan Walker, Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations, Allstate Insurance Company.
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Bernard MilanoPresident and Trustee, KPMG Foundation
Nancy PloegerPresident, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
Donald PressleyVice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
Anne Eleanor RooseveltVice President, Global Corporate Citizenship, The Boeing Company
Robert SearsExecutive Director, AmCham Philippines
Bill ShoreDirector, US Community Partnerships, GlaxoSmithKline
Arthur RothkopfSenior Vice President and Counselor to the President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Judy Richmond Vice President and Associate General Counsel, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Stan Harrell Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Offi cer, and Chief Information Offi cer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Other Elected Offi cers *
Reeta RoyDivisional Vice President, Global Citizenship and Policy, Abbott
BCLC Offi cer: Treasurer and Chief Financial Offi cer
BCLC Offi cer: Secretary and General Counsel
BCLC Offi cer: Executive Vice President
* Elected offi cers who do not serve on the board of directors
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Staff
Stephen Jordan Senior Vice President and Executive Director
Kathryn TraverDirector of Operations
Catherine “Kitty” TaylorSr. Communications Manager
Rebecca FreyvogelCorporate Relations Manager
Gerald McSwigganSpecial Projects Manager
Kyle NewellPrograms Coordinator
Caitlin CodellaPrograms Coordinator
Jed IpsenOffi ce Coordinator
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CONSULTANTS
Oliver Davidson, Disaster Assistance and Recovery
Don Eberly, Global Corporate Citizenship
Scott Fasnacht, Writer
Inès Pierce, Disaster Assistance and Recovery
Ryan Streeter, Corporate Community Investment
Annual Report Graphic Designer: Victor Montera Scott
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2007 Supporters
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2008 Corporate Citizenship Awards
Nominations accepted until June 27!
Visit www.uschamber.com/bclc/awards
Join Us
On Nov. 18 in Washington, D.C.
For the 9th annual Corporate Citizenship Awards Dinner and Celebration!
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