Vicki escarra biography of barack obama

Since 2012 Vicki Escarra has been the global CEO of Opportunity International, a global non-profit organization that helps people in developing nations work their way out of poverty. Escarra has been named among America’s top 50 most powerful and influential executives by The NonProfit Times for three consecutive years.

Luckily, this transition doesn’t have to be done alone. As president and CEO of Feeding America, Escarra increased fundraising by 300 percent, nearly doubled its client base, and increased corporate contributions from $8 million to $33 million in about six years. She advises BCG and their clients on strategy, innovation and growth, transformation, and agile principles to develop new ways of working.

Vicki has previously served on the board of A.G.

Edwards, HealthNet, and Centene, along with many nonprofit boards. “The Board of Directors is profoundly grateful to Vicki for her more than six years of dedicated service."

Prior to Feeding America, Escarra spent nearly 30 years at Delta Air Lines, where she rose to Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, upholding the responsibilities over 52,000 employees.

Since 2003, she has been a board member A.

G. Edwards, alongside several other boards such as Association of Professional Women and the Committee of 200.

Through partnerships with companies like Walmart and General Mills she quadruped revenue and helped to grow Feeding America to a $1.2B organization—making it America’s largest domestic hunger relief organization at the time.

As a Senior Advisor to BCG (Boston Consulting Group), Vicki is involved in BCGs global Consumer Practice, Travel & Tourism, and is a leading member of BCG’s People and Organization Practice.

She focuses with leaders on defining the business imperatives, behavior modifications, team dynamics, and individual results necessary for success. From 2004 to 2006 she worked as a chairman of the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Vicki was awarded the Committee of 200 (C200) Annual Luminary Award in 2014 presented by Accenture for recognizing the role that education and training play in helping people secure employment.

She has advised and coached executives and high-ranking officials across several industries and sectors both internationally and domestically. This resulted in the reorganization and transformation of international business.

Vicki also led extensive reorganization and rebranding efforts of the nation’s premier food bank/pantry network not-for-profit, from America’s Second Harvest to Feeding America.

It’s a real leap of faith. She received a Four Freedoms Award in 2009 from the Roosevelt Institute in the Freedom from the Want category, which honors people who embody Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s vision for democracy in their life and work. The organization provides loans, savings programs, insurance, training and other financial services to more than 5 million people in 23 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

At Opportunity International Escarra has led initiatives to create a long-term strategic plan, rebrand the organization, streamline operations and increase global fundraising by 30 percent in 2013, expanding the organization’s work around the world.

“Vicki’s impact on the Feeding America network has been phenomenal,” said David Brearton, Feeding America board chair via a statement. She obtained a bachelors degree in psychology at Georgia State University. She was able to increase donations by 300% and doubled the population served, establishing it as the 3rd largest not-for-profit in the nation.