Team Rubicon

Team Rubicon
Founded 2010
Founder William McNulty, Jacob Wood
Type Non-governmental organization
Focus Disaster Relief, veteran integration
Location
  • Los Angeles, California
Area served
Worldwide
Employees
55
Volunteers
35,000
Slogan Disasters are our business. Veterans are our passion.
Website teamrubiconusa.org

Team Rubicon is an American non-government organization (NGO) founded by U.S. Marines William McNulty and Jacob Wood.[1] Team Rubicon's mission is to unite the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders to rapidly deploy emergency response teams.

History

Team Rubicon formed in January 2010 following the Haiti earthquake, when McNulty and Wood led a medical team into Port-au-Prince three days after the quake. On the streets of Port-au-Prince, TR's military veterans realized a simple truth: natural disasters present many of the same problems that confront troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as unstable populations, limited resources, and uncertain information. The skills cultivated on those same battlefields - emergency medicine, risk assessment and mitigation, teamwork, and decisive leadership - are invaluable in disaster zones.

Since the Haiti earthquake, Team Rubicon has deployed on over 120 operations including international operations in Pakistan, Chile, Burma, Sudan, Ecuador, Nepal, and Turkey. Domestically, Team Rubicon responded to the Midwest tornado outbreak, Branson, Missouri tornado, the Dallas area tornadoes, Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Debby, Hurricane Isaac, Hurricane Sandy, and the tornado destruction of Moore, Oklahoma. The team's role in domestic disasters is both to provide timely humanitarian assistance and as an outlet to let veterans continue to serve. In fact, Team Rubicon can have skilled volunteers--from their 35,000 strong veteran membership--in a disaster zone in less than 24 hours.[2] They call this bridging the gap, and are motivated in part by the suicide of an early member Clay Hunt. In June 2015 Team Rubicon completed its 100th disaster mission, Operation Five Points in Aston, PA.

General (Ret.) David Petraeus joined Team Rubicon's Board of Advisors in 2013.[3][4] Civil rights expert Ehsan Zaffar joined the Board of Advisors three years later in 2016.[5]

Organization

Team Rubicon is organized after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) model into ten regions. Region I includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Region II includes New York and New Jersey. Region III includes Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. Region IV includes Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. Region V includes Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Region VI includes Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Region VII includes Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. Region VIII includes North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and Utah. Region IX includes California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii. Region X includes Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Team Rubicon is also a nonprofit partner of the Got Your 6 campaign.[6]

Team Rubicon Global

Team Rubicon Global incubates, launches, oversees and enables Team Rubicon organizations in countries around the world. It helps them reach maturity and supports international deployments. TRG maintains brand control, shares stories, sets operating standards, and maintains strategic international relationships.

See more at http://teamrubiconglobal.org/

See also

References

  1. ↑ "TED Speakers", "TED.com" February 2, 2014
  2. ↑ Torres, Justin. "Just What the Doctor Ordered". Philanthropy Roundtable. Philanthropy. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Eleanor Goldberg, "David Petraeus Volunteers With Team Rubicon, Mission Continues, Other Organizations To Help Vets Reintegrate", "The Huffington Post", April 29, 2013
  4. ↑ Ben Smith, Emily Orley "General David Petraeus’ New Campaign", "Buzzfeed" April 28, 2013
  5. ↑ "Get to Know Ehsan Zaffar on Our Board of Advisors | Team Rubicon". 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  6. ↑ Tim Molloy "Hollywood Unites Behind ‘Got Your 6′ Initiative for Veterans", "The Wrap" May 9, 2012

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