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In 2005, Business Roundtable, an organization made up of 160 CEOs from leading U.S. companies, launched the Partnership for Disaster Response to expand corporate commitment—beyond financial contributions—to disaster response. The Partnership soon had its "baptism by fire" in assisting with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
In this conversation, Eric Nee, the co-host of Social Innovation Conversations and managing senior editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, interviews Tom Lehner, director of public policy at Business Roundtable and manager of the Partnership for Disaster Response. Lehner discusses how Business Roundtable got involved in disaster relief, what financial and logistical resources business brings to large-scale catastrophic events, how the Partnerhsip responded to Katrina, and how it plans to expand its partnerships with agencies and organizations such as the American Red Cross.
Thomas J. Lehner is director of public policy at Business Roundtable where he manages all aspects of the Roundtable’s activities on corporate governance, executive compensation, proxy voting, shareholder communications, and business ethics. In his role as director of the Corporate Governance Task Force, Lehner has actively promoted the Roundtable’s positions on corporate governance and ethics to policymakers and the media. He has also managed the Roundtable’s efforts to improve business and government collaboration to strengthen homeland security, improve disaster response, upgrade cyber security, enhance supply chain security and resiliency, and expand screening of prospective employees for sensitive positions.
Prior to joining the Roundtable, Lehner was executive vice president for the American Financial Services Association where his work included reform of bankruptcy laws, renewal of the national credit information system, and testimony before Congress on preventing identity theft. He also served more than seven years as chief of staff to Senator Charles S. Robb of Virginia, and was appointed by Virginia Governor Mark Warner to the state’s Charitable Gaming Board.
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