Greater Chesapeake & Potomac Region
Gary J. Ouellette, Chief Executive Officer
Gary Ouellette began his blood services career in 1972 at the Connecticut Red Cross in Laboratory Management. In 1977, he transferred to the New England Region in Boston, MA. He worked in various aspects of blood services, including Assistant Chief Technologist, Operations Manager, Regional Director of Collections and Recruitment and Director of Hospital Marketing and Sales. In September 1997, he accepted the position of Chief Operating Officer charged with establishing the Utah Division of the American Red Cross Blood Services.
In April 2000, Mr. Ouellette was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Chesapeake & Potomac Region. The Greater Chesapeake & Potomac Region is the sixth largest Red Cross Blood Region in the country and distributes more then 308,000 red blood cells each year to over 65 area hospitals.
Gary was very active in town committees and served for six years as an elected official on the Board of Selectmen in his hometown of Millis, Massachusetts. He has published and presented papers both nationally and internationally. He holds a BA in Economics and a M.B.A. and is a Member of the International Honor Society of Economics. He is also a former Board member and President of A.D.R.P. (Association of Donor Recruitment Professionals). He is the recipient of Level I, II, and III Tiffany Awards for management excellence. The Greater Chesapeake and Potomac Region was awarded Region of the Year for FY06.
Glenn E. Dorris, Sr. (Dorris Consulting), Chairman - Board of Directors
Glenn began his career with Procter & Gamble in 1973 at the manufacturing site in Dallas, Texas, his home town. He has worked in several facets of P&G including manufacturing operations, sales organization development, total quality and human resources. Glenn came to P&G Cosmetics in Hunt Valley, Maryland in 1991 following the acquisitions of the Noxell and Max Factor companies, where he managed the HR integration of those sales divisions into the P&G company. He served as Associate Director of HR for Global Cosmetics from 1999 – 2003, and currently is working to integrate the German haircare and fragrance company – Wella AG – into P&G Beauty. Glenn has extensive experience in Human Resources and Organization Development, beginning with receiving a B.A. in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 1978. He also attended the University of Tennessee Institute for Statistical Quality Control, in Knoxville.Beyond his regular responsibilities at P&G, Glenn serves on the Business Advisory Board for Villa Julie College and has been actively involved with United Way of Central Maryland for several years. He chaired the P&G campaigns in 2002 and 2003, and helped train new members of the UW Executive On-Loan program. Glenn and his wife Susan have resided in Bel Air since 1993 and have two children and two grandchildren living in Harford County. Most free time beyond family activities is filled with sailing and golf as their primary interests.
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Jeff Pratt (United Way), LifeBoard Chair
Jeff Pratt joined United Way of Central Maryland in August, 2010 as part of the Development team. Before United Way, Jeff worked for four years at Johns Hopkins University as the Director of the Office of Faculty, Staff and Retiree Programs where he provided oversight and leadership for university-wide programs including service recognition, fundraising and a host of community-related activities, including blood drives.
Jeff earned his master’s degree in Human Services/Counseling and his bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the State University of New York at Oswego, where he also spent 13 years in alumni & development in a variety of positions honing his skills in event planning, public relations, marketing, program development and volunteer coordination.
Jeff joined the Greater Chesapeake and Potomac LifeBoard in 2007 and took over as the Chair in 2010.
