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Kerri Murray, ShelterBox USA President

Kerri Murray serves as President of the global humanitarian relief organization, ShelterBox USA, a non-profit that provides emergency shelter and essential supplies to people displaced by crisis.  Kerri is celebrating ten years at the helm. Since 2009, Kerri has dedicated her life to helping refugees, and people made homeless by disasters, often serving on the front lines of the world’s worst disaster and conflict situations, including Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa, the war in Ukraine, after the Morocco earthquake, and in Grenada after Hurricane Beryl.  Kerri also did heavy lifting, helping to deliver vital supplies, including air purifiers, in Altadena after the Eaton Canyon Fire destroyed much of the working-class community.  Under her leadership, ShelterBox has significantly expanded its humanitarian work, including in conflict zones, and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times. Before working in nonprofits, Kerri spent 13 years as a healthcare leader at GlaxoSmithKline, working in the U.S. and Europe on vaccines, women’s health, anti-infectives, and cardiovascular disease. Kerri is a member of the Montecito Rotary Club and served for six years as Board President for GIRLS ROCK, a nonprofit that empowers and builds self-esteem in young girls through music education. Kerri has been a champion for human rights and has advocated for the most vulnerable. She was recognized in 2024 with the Martin Luther King Jr. Vision Award for her commitment to service to others from her alma mater, Providence College.

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Ukraine Crisis Update from Poland

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Humanitarian Groups Help Ukrainian Refugees

CNN Newsroom Live

A Million Ukrainians Flee Fighting to Poland

CNN International