On September 8, 2015

Vermont Red Cross worker deployed to Washington wildfires

On Aug. 30, the American Red Cross announced it would be deploying Vermont and New Hampshire’s chief communications officer Lloyd Ziel to work in Wenatchee, Washington in response to the raging wildfires that plague the area.

Ziel will work with the public affairs team, working with local and national media as well as working interdepartmentally keeping Red Cross leadership aware of activities and events happening on the ground. He’ll be deployed for two weeks.

A resident of North Sutton, N.H., Ziel serves as the Red Cross communicator for the New Hampshire and Vermont region.

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