May 13: WACC Distinguished Speaker with Jake Wood, Co-Founder of Team Rubicon and Author of Take Command: Lessons in Leadership: How to Be a First Responder in Business

 Crossing the Rubicon: Leading in Crisis

Join the World Affairs Council of Charlotte as we host Jake Wood, Co-Founder of Team Rubicon and Author of Take Command: Lessons in Leadership: How to Be a First Responder in Business on Thursday, May 13, 2021.

Jake Wood is co-founder and CEO of Team Rubicon, a nonprofit organization that utilizes the skills of military veterans to deploy disaster response teams. Under Wood’s leadership, Team Rubicon has launched over 650 operations in response to natural disasters and humanitarian crises since the 2010 Haiti earthquake and grown from eight to 120,000 members. Team Rubicon has been finished in the top three of the Nonprofit Times’ “Top Nonprofit To Work For in America” lists three years in a row. Wood is a leading veterans’ advocate who has briefed President Obama on veterans’ issues, met with former Presidents Bush and Clinton on disaster response and testified before the Senate. As a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, Wood deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as a Scout Sniper and earned the Navy-Marine Commendation Medal.

After the program, WACC members and supporters are invited to stay online in the Zoom meeting for a reception. We will enable your microphone and camera for half an hour of networking and dialogue.

Date: Thursday, May 13, 2021
Presentation and Q&A: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST
Virtual Reception: 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. EST
Cost:  Free for WACC members and non-members

 

 

 

Biography:

Jake Wood co-founded Team Rubicon alongside William McNulty following the Haiti earthquake in 2010 and has served as its President & Chief Executive Officer since that time. Prior to Team Rubicon, Wood served in the Marine Corps as a Scout-Sniper, with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wood is a nationally recognized social entrepreneur and keynote speaker whose awards include being named a CNN Hero, the Heinz Award, Goldman Sachs’ 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, The Grinnell Prize, and the Chronicle of Philanthropy Forty Under 40. Wood is a published author and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. When not crisscrossing the country for TR on a 737, Jake and his wife like to disappear to destinations around the world. They’ve been to over 50 countries.>