As part of the National Capital & Greater Chesapeake Region, the Southern Maryland Chapter provides life-saving services in Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s counties that include emergency disaster relief to local families and emotional and financial support to military families.
For more than a century, the American Red Cross has worked to help people prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. Each and every day the Red Cross helps communities by providing disaster response (most often for home fires), support for military members and their families, life-saving trainings courses, the collection and distribution of much needed blood and blood products, support for international issue, meaningful volunteer opportunities, and so much more.
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The American Red Cross strives to build strong and sustainable relationships with diverse communities in the National Capital Area. Our volunteers, programs and services reach thousands of people with disaster preparedness materials and other lifesaving information. To make a request to have the American Red Cross at your event, please submit an online request here.
(202) 409-0969 | karine.sewell@redcross.org
Karine Sewell is Executive Director for the Red Cross of Southern Maryland which includes Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s counties. Karine is charged with focusing externally on core mission delivery and being the face of the Red Cross for the media, elected officials, donors and community partners. Prior to this position, Karine served as Executive Director for the Red Cross chapter serving Montgomery and Prince George’s counties from 2013 to 2020. Karine has more than 25 years of management experience including 18 years in higher education. From 2002 to 2013, Karine worked as Senior Director of Development for Howard University Colleges of Dentistry and Medicine. She worked with Deans and senior staff to develop policies and procedures for fundraising, processing and acknowledging gifts while providing leadership and mentoring to directors of development. She has also worked in External Relations at the University of Maryland College Park and as Area Director of Development in Central Maryland for the United Negro College Fund. She is a graduate of Howard University in Washington, DC. and lives in Charles County, MD where she has been a youth advocate and mentor for 17 years.