Office Depot Foundation

Office Depot Foundation 
http://officedepotfoundation.org/?page_id=488

Disaster Recovery

Not If…But When

From its inception in 1994 as the Office Depot Disaster Relief Foundation, the Office Depot Foundation has clearly understood the often-devastating impact that a natural disaster can have on individuals, nonprofit organizations, small businesses, communities and even entire nations.  And make no mistake… disasters WILL happen; it’s just a question of when.

Through the years, the Foundation’s philosophy has evolved from one that viewed disasters as isolated events to one that acknowledges the full spectrum of a disaster’s life cycle – from preparedness, to immediate relief when a disaster strikes, to short-term recovery and long-term rebuilding.

The Office Depot Foundation’s strategic priority of “Helping communities prepare for disasters, as well as recovering and rebuilding afterwards” includes the following disaster-related initiatives:

• National Disaster Help Desk for Business (1-888-MY-BIZ-HELP)
• Leadership of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center’s Business Disaster Assistance and Recovery Program
• Resources for disaster preparedness, recovery and rebuilding through the Office Depot Foundation website
• Disaster-specific relief, recovery and rebuilding efforts
• Disaster assistance grants for Office Depot associates

Learn more:

• Preparedness
• Recovery & Rebuilding
• Grants
• Information for Associates

Office Depot

James S. Rubin was a director at the Office Depot, Inc, and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Note: Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Hudson Institute (think tank), and the Committee for Economic Development.   

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Klaus Kleinfeld is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), was a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013       

http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/commercial-club-of-chicago-members.html

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).     

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is a lender & philanthropic arm for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Thomas J. Donohue was the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, is the president & CEO for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and a trustee emeritus for the Hudson Institute (think tank).

Edward Wanandi is a trustee emeritus for the Hudson Institute (think tank), and a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Larry D. Thompson was a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.  

James S. Rubin was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a director at the Office Depot, Inc.

Steve A. Odland is the CEO for the Committee for Economic Development, and was the chairman & CEO for the Office Depot, Inc.

Julie Daum is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Henrietta Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Mary Agnes Wilderotter is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Brenda J. Gaines is a member of the Belizean Grove, was a director at the Office Depot, Inc, and the mayor's deputy chief of staff for Chicago (IL).

Rahm I. Emanuel is the Chicago (IL) mayor, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.  

Richard M. Daley was the Chicago (IL) mayor, Valerie B. Jarrett was his deputy chief of staff, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett was Mayor Richard M. Daley’s deputy chief of staff, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.  

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is a lender & philanthropic arm for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.