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American Red Cross Fleet Unit Hires One, Promotes Two
The American Red Cross has hired additional staff for its enterprise fleet management unit.

Wheeler

Wheeler
The American Red Cross has hired additional staff for its enterprise fleet management unit.
In Charlotte, N.C., the American Red Cross has named Jeanne Wheeler as one of two enterprise fleet coordinators. Wheeler worked previously as a senior fleet analyst and project coordinator for Windstream Communications. In this newly created position, Wheeler will work with the director of enterprise fleet in support of the diverse American Red Cross fleet that ranges from compact cars to bloodmobiles to emergency response vehicles.
In Atlanta, the American Red Cross also named Paulette Gates an enterprise fleet coordinator. Gates has been with the American Red Cross since 2012, serving in the capacity of business operations specialist for the American Red Cross of Georgia Region based in Atlanta. She will now be a national staff member in this newly created position. Gates will be working with the director of enterprise fleet.

Larrabee
In Dayton, Ohio, the American Red Cross named Greg Larrabee as senior fleet analyst. Larrabee has worked for the Red Cross before as a senior reporting analyst in development finance and has now joined fleet. In this newly created position, Larrabee will be responsible for data analytics for trending and budget tracking, the creation of dashboards and other metrics measuring tools, program performance reporting, and database management. He will work with the director of enterprise fleet to support the 8,000 fleet units dispersed throughout the U.S. and its territories.
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