Board of Directors
Guillermo Olivos
Guillermo@evacuteer.org
Assistant Director, Center For Social Value Creation, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Guillermo Olivos is the co-founder of evacuteer.org and spent the summer of 2009 developing the organization's founding documents. With five years of disaster response and NGO consulting experience, his work includes post-Katrina project management and community development in Biloxi, Mississippi, foreclosure prevention strategy in Denver, Colorado, work skills initiatives in Bangkok, Thailand, and volunteer work in Leogane, Haiti. Guillermo holds an MBA from Yale University and a BA from Dartmouth College.
Bivian (Sonny) Lee
sonnyleeiii@gmail.com
Director of Programs, New Orleans Jazz Institute
Founder, Son of a Saint Sports Foundation
Lee is the son of former Saints defensive back Bivian Lee Jr. and the Founder/President of Son of a Saint Sports Foundation, a non-profit organization that enhances the lives of fatherless young males through sports, mentorship and education. Sonny is also the Director of Programs for the New Orleans Jazz Institute and former Chief Aide to Tom Benson, Owner of the New Orleans Saints. Sonny is a native New Orleanian and graduated with honors from St. Augustine High School and the University of New Orleans. At UNO, Sonny majored in Marketing and Management. Upon graduation and prior to his 3-year stint with the Saints, Sonny held the title of Assistant Director of Operations for the New Orleans Zephyrs. In the A.D. role, Sonny held a major position in rebuilding the $2.1 million of damage to Zephyr Stadium after Katrina. Sonny has served on the Desire NOLA Board of Directors, the New Orleans Jazz Institute Advisory Board, and as a Committee Member for the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation.
Caroline Fayard
caroline@geauxcaroline.com
Attorney, New Orleans, La.
Fayard was born in Baton Rouge and grew up in Denham Springs, Louisiana. Caroline was the 1996 Class valedictorian and a member of the Navy Junior ROTC at Episcopal High School. Fayard graduated with honors from both Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan Law School. At Michigan, Fayard administered a fellowship program on behalf of the university.
She worked at both the White House and Congress before taking a position at Goldman Sachs. She later worked at the Washington-based firm of Williams and Connolly before returning to government service, and to Louisiana, to work as a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Stanwood R. Duval Jr. of the Eastern District of Louisiana. Fayard was later appointed to the faculty of the College of Law at Loyola University New Orleans and served there until 2009 when she returned to private practice. Fayard currently serves as Vice President on the Board of Louisiana Appleseed, a non-profit organization that promotes access to justice. She is a member of the Federal Bar Association, the Junior League of New Orleans and a Life Loyal member and former chapter president of Delta Delta Delta Fraternity, Inc. Fayard is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and New York.
Robert X. Fogarty
robert@evacuteer.org
Evacuteer.org, Board President
Dear New Orleans + Dear World, Founder
Robert X. Fogarty, 27, is the co-founder evacuteer.org and founder of Dear World. He started evacuteer.org after assisting the City of New Orleans to evacuate 18,000 residents without cars in advance of Hurricane Gustav, the largest hurricane evacuation in U.S. history.
In 2011, Fogarty started Dear World, a scalable version of Dear New Orleans, his for-profit photography venture for social good. Fogarty has photographed thousands, including Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Drew Brees, Academy Award Winner Susan Sarandon and NBA All Star Chris Paul. His photos are viewed 1.5 million times every month online, and 10 percent of Dear New Orleans’ revenue goes to evacuteer.org. He graduated from the University of Oregon School of Journalism in 2005.
Josh Sawislak, AICP
josh@evacuteer.org
Director, Clio Strategies
Josh Sawislak is the principal consultant of Clio Strategies, a small firm providing strategy consulting and public-private partnership development support to companies and public sector agencies. He holds an appointment as a senior fellow of the Telework Exchange where he researches and writes about management and nature of work policy. His blog entitled, Work: It’s a Verb, not a Noun is published in the Huffington Post. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.
As the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) Chief Emergency Response and Recovery Officer, Mr. Sawislak was directly responsible for business continuity planning, emergency management, and enterprise risk management across the agency. He served as GSA’s representative on NSC and White House interagency policy committees up to the Deputies level of discussion and decision-making. In his role at GSA, Mr. Sawislak was also responsible for support to FEMA, DoD, and USAID in preparation for and response to natural disasters and other emergencies. Prior to his appointment at GSA, Mr. Sawislak served in state government, but spent most of his career in the private sector where he held executive and management positions with some of the largest international firms in management consulting, infrastructure development, engineering, and architecture.
Ex-Officio:
Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, City of New Orleans
Position Currently Held By:
LtCol. Jerry W. Sneed USMC (ret.)
jwsneed@nola.gov
Deputy Mayor, Public Safety, City of New Orleans
Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Sneed's first duty in New Orleans was to coordinate the “Look and Leave” program in the Lower 9th Ward directly after Hurricane Katrina, which he did as a volunteer. In the past five years he has risen from volunteer to the Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and now serves as Deputy Mayor for Public Safety. His office is responsible for the City Assisted Evacuation Plan.
In this capacity he oversees the City’s public safety departments including NOPD, NOFD, EMS and Emergency Management with the goal of providing coordinated safety and security to citizens. By coordinating both internal city functions as well as external relations with other criminal justice entities, the Deputy Mayor helps limit duplicative efforts and maximizes the effectiveness of all facets of the system.
Lt. Col. Sneed served over 30 years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps.