Herald.com | 09/15/2005 | Dade's United Way chief to lead long-term disaster task force

Herald.com | 09/15/2005 | Dade's United Way chief to lead long-term disaster task force: "Dade's United Way chief to lead long-term disaster task force

Drawing on decades of experience, the head of the United Way of Miami-Dade takes the helm of a new national task force coordinating long-term disaster response.

BY THERESA BRADLEY

tbradley@herald.com

United Way of Miami-Dade

As a boy in Baltimore, Harve Mogul remembers watching his first hurricane peel the tar off the road in front of his house. Now, the head of the Miami-Dade United Way has been picked to cobble together a national task force in response to Hurricane Katrina, marking the first time since its 1887 founding that local United Way leaders have joined together to craft a coherent national plan.

The group includes local leaders whose experiences with Florida hurricanes, Iowa floods and New York terror attacks have made them experts in disaster response."