Companies connected to AWESOME leaders step up to help Covid-19 crisis response

March 28, 20201 minute read

As the supply chain of many companies plays an essential role in that company’s ability to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, AWESOME leaders are involved in their efforts. Kathy Wengel, Francesca DeBiase and Susan Brennan are three of those leaders.

In an article on the Johnson & Johnson website, Kathy Wengel, EVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer for J&J describes how the global healcare company’s supply chain is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kathy is an AWESOME Advisor and 2014 honoree of the AWESOME Legendary Leadership (ALL) Award.

AWESOME Advisor Francesca DeBiase, Chief Supply Chain and Sustainability Officer for McDonald’s, said on Twitter that McDonald’s has donated 400,000 KF94 masks to the State of Illinois Emergency Management Agency for use by police, first responders and others helping to fight the pandemic. Francesca received the (ALL) Award in 2017.

Bloom Energy Corp., whose EVP/COO is Susan Brennan, a 2018 recipient of the AWESOME Legendary Leadership (ALL) Award, is partnering with Almo Corporation to refurbish unused, out-of-warranty ventilators and ship them to state agencies and hospitals throughout the country, READ MORE