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MCA G-Force crew member Mike Pagano "PAGS" recently
volunteered in the Hurricane Katrina Animal Relief
Effort. He was put in charge to quickly formulate a plan
to turn a vacant elementary school into a large triage
center for rescued animals. This small grass roots
organization was based from an all volunteer network and
donations. There was no sense of mission and a myriad of
disorganized and fragmented plans in place before he
arrived.
With no water, electricity, fuel, and small core of
volunteers with various qualifications, Mike used his
leadership training and experience as an F/A-18 Fighter
Pilot in the US Marine Corp and methods of strategic
alignment with Master Connection Associates to put
together a team of supervisors to organize an execution
plan, opened lines of communication with outside
agencies and created an overall team concept to align
everyone with a common goal. The animal rescue system
that was implemented and maintained during this time
will be used as a model for future disasters. He is
currently working with FEMA and several US Government
Agencies to integrate the process into their rescue
system and creating parallel processes that can be used
for human rescue. The success story of the shelter was
featured on CBS Evening News, The Speed Channel and was
picked up in news stories by the Associated Press (AP),
New York Times and The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. |
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