Jennifer graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Community and Family Services.
Jennifer has successfully held a multitude of disaster training institutes, engaging a region of over 1500 Disaster volunteers, and oversaw the deployment of over 500 volunteers to support national disaster relief operations while also serving as a Staff Services Manager. In this position, Jennifer built and oversaw a workforce engagement plan that focuses on the successful onboarding and engagement of disaster volunteers. Prior to her role as Regional Volunteer Services Officer, Jennifer served as the Regional Manager of Disaster Workforce Engagement for the American Red Cross, serving the Oklahoma and Arkansas Region. Jennifer joined the Red Cross as a Disaster Program Manager in September of 2012 and began fulfilling her duties as RVSO in January of 2018. Jennifer Young is the Regional Volunteer Services Officer for the Kansas-Oklahoma Region of the American Red Cross. My family and I are very excited about what the future holds as part of the American Red Cross family”. I look forward to continuing to learn more about the Red Cross programs, from our work with military members to helping those affected by disasters, in the coming weeks as I meet with our local chapters across Oklahoma. “ I previously have served as a Board member for the Red Cross in Muskogee, so I know about the great work the organization accomplishes. “I am honored to have been selected to serve alongside such dedicated volunteers, generous donors and a mission focused staff,” Townsend said. Prior to Encompass Health, Townsend held the role of Senior Blood Program Consultant for the Oklahoma Blood Institute where she led blood collection efforts in five Oklahoma counties. During her time with OBI, she won the Charles’ Drew Award for increasing minority donations within the Cherokee Nation and was appointed to the National Committee for Blood Consultant Professionals. and collaboratively worked with operations to ensure financial success of over forty locations. Townsend most recently served as Regional President of Sales at Encompass Health, Home Health division where she had oversight of sales operations in the Western U.S. And we train individuals, businesses and community groups so they too, can be prepared.įort Gibson resident Alice Townsend has been named the Regional Chief Executive Officer for the Region of Oklahoma and the Executive Director for the Northeast Oklahoma Chapter. We plan ahead for the types of disasters that strike in our community. How do we do it? By practicing what we preach: preparedness. An average of 90 cents of every dollar the Red Cross spends is invested in humanitarian services and programs. The Red Cross is not a government agency and relies on donations of time, money and blood to do its work. The American Red Cross puts these donations to good use. We’re able to provide these services thanks to a corps of more than 3,000 dedicated volunteers and the generosity of our donors.
The Region provides vital services to the area 365 days a year-from responding to home fires in local neighborhoods, helping our military service members, veterans and families, teaching first aid and CPR to community groups and helping maintain the blood supply by hosting blood drives across the region. The American Red Cross Kansas and Oklahoma Region serves the more than 6 million people living across Kansas and Oklahoma.
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