Inga Jelescheff
Jelescheff is the senior director of Program Management of the American Red Cross. She leads the Preparedness unit, a team who supports chapters and the helps the public prepare for disasters and other life-threatening emergencies through education and training programs. She has supervised American Red Cross teams at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah and at Super Bowl XLI in Miami, Florida. She has held both frontline and leadership volunteer and employee roles at domestic and overseas military stations and at national headquarters.
Jelescheff first began her Red Cross career as a volunteer at Yokota Air Base in Japan. She oversaw staff at various American Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services units throughout Asia. In 1997, Inga returned to the United States as a Red Cross employee and was assigned as Hub Manager at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. She took a position in Health and Safety Services at national headquarters in 1997.