International Rescue Committee [to 16 May 2015]
http://www.rescue.org/press-release-index
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The International Rescue Committee Announces New Members of Board of Directors
Timothy Geithner Elected Chair of IRC Overseers
New York, May 12, 2015 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC), one of the world’s leading humanitarian organizations providing relief and relocation services to people impacted by crisis, today announced that Timothy F. Geithner has been elected Chair of the IRC Overseers, the group that advises the organization’s Board of Directors on matters of policy, advocacy and fundraising. Mr. Geithner also will continue to serve on the IRC Board of Directors.

Mr. Geithner’s commitment to humanitarian issues and relief through the IRC dates back to 1979, when he visited refugee camps along the Thai-Cambodian border with Sheppie Abramowitz, the well-known champion of refugees and IRC’s former vice president of advocacy in Washington, DC. Geithner has described those experiences as life-changing…

…Since 2010, the IRC Overseers were co-chaired by business consultant Glenda Burkhart and CBS Evening News Anchor Scott Pelley. Ms. Burkhart has been elected Secretary of the IRC Board of Directors. She and Mr. Pelley will remain actively involved with the IRC as Overseers.

The organization also announced a number of new additions to the Board. They include:
:: Pamela Saunders-Albin
:: François-Xavier de Mallmann, Global Co-Head, Consumer Retail Group, Goldman Sachs International
:: Tom Nides, Chairman of Morgan Stanley
:: Tracy Wolstencroft, President & CEO, Heidrick & Struggles, has rejoined the Board.
A full list of the IRC Board of Directors and of Overseers can be found on this page of the IRC website

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Nepal Earthquakes: Getting aid through to remote villages as the rainy season starts
Posted by The IRC on May 15, 2015
As Nepal struggles to recover from the devastation of two major earthquakes in less than a month, aid workers from IRC partner AAR are getting food and emergency supplies through to thousands of survivors in remote mountain villages.

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Crisis and coup in Burundi drive tens of thousands of refugees to Tanzania
Posted by The IRC on May 13, 2015
As violence continues in Burundi in the wake of President Pierre Nkurunziza’s contested reelection bid, tens of thousands of Burundians are fleeing to neighboring Tanzania. With news today of a military coup in the country, the IRC is preparing for even more refugees to flood across the border.