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The inevitable city

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and 10 principles of crisis leadership

by LINTON J
Published in March 2016 - Page 41

Scott Cowen with Betsy Seifter
Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-27886-9

Dr. Scott Cowen was the President of Tulane University in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck the city in August 2005. When it became apparent that city, state, and federal officials couldn’t agree on decisive solutions to the multi-faceted disaster, he stepped up to the plate and formed a team of civic, business, and not-for-profit leaders to develop and implement solutions.

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