BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Angela Blanchard Chief Recovery and Resilience Officer City of Houston   Angela is known locally\, nationally and internationally as a w ell-respected thought leader\, expert practitioner\, educator and speaker.   She currently serves as the Chief Recovery and Resilience Officer for t he City of Houston as part of Mayor Whitmire’s executive leadership te am.  Blanchard’s proven track record for revitalizing neighborhoods and leveraging diversity stems from her unique approach: building on strength s rather than focusing on deficits\; empowering people to maximize their s kills and talents\; and operating a nonprofit with the efficiency and inno vation of a major corporation. Her highly successful framework for communi ty development\, Appreciative Community Building\, has been a catalyst for neighborhood investment and transformation. She works with leaders in cit ies around the world as they address complex challenges in communities und ergoing upheaval. Blanchard’s breakthrough achievements in community dev elopment and disaster have received numerous accolades: elite awards from top institutions\, three invitations to the Obama White House\, and extens ive press coverage including the New York Times\, Places Journal\, Wall St reet Journal\, CNN\, The Washington Post\, Yahoo News\, NPR\, Fast Company \, The Houston Chronicle\, and BBC among many others. Angela Blanchard is a visionary leader for evolutionary change. For more than 30 years\, she w as the driving force behind a highly acclaimed nonprofit organization that has impacted and transformed neighborhoods across the Greater Houston. Ba kerRipley a leader in the community development sector brings resources\, education and connection to more than half a million hardworking residents to keep the region a place of welcome and opportunity. Please join us as we learn more about the City’s plans for our community resilience and re sponse natural\, human-made\, and weather disasters.  DTEND:20250327T180000Z DTSTAMP:20261030T144202Z DTSTART:20250327T163000Z LOCATION:Tonys Restaurant SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Angela Blanchard\, Recovery & Resilience/Houston UID:1c3ea99a-5205-4804-a905-4a8b1e597a3e X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Ange la Blanchard
\nChief Recovery and Resilience Officer
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Angela is known locally\, nationally and internationally as a well-respected thought leader\, expert practitioner\, educator and speaker. \; She currently serves as the C hief Recovery and Resilience Officer for the City of Houston as part of Ma yor Whitmire&rsquo\;s \;executive leadership \;team. \;

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Blanchard&rsquo\;s proven track record for rev italizing neighborhoods and leveraging diversity stems from her unique app roach: building on strengths rather than focusing on deficits\; empowering people to maximize their skills and talents\; and operating a nonprofit w ith the efficiency and innovation of a major corporation. Her highly succe ssful framework for community development\, Appreciative Community Buildin g\, has been a catalyst for neighborhood investment and transformation. Sh e works with leaders in cities around the world as they address complex ch allenges in communities undergoing upheaval.

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\nBlanchard&rsquo\;s breakthrough achievements in community developmen t and disaster have received numerous accolades: elite awards from top ins titutions\, three invitations to the Obama White House\, and extensive pre ss coverage including the New York Times\, Places Journal\, Wall Street Jo urnal\, CNN\, The Washington Post\, Yahoo News\, NPR\, Fast Company\, The Houston Chronicle\, and BBC among many others.
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\nAngela Blanc hard is a visionary leader for evolutionary change. For more than 30 years \, she was the driving force behind a highly acclaimed nonprofit organizat ion that has impacted and transformed neighborhoods across the Greater Hou ston. BakerRipley a leader in the community development sector brings reso urces\, education and connection to more than half a million hardworking r esidents to keep the region a place of welcome and opportunity.\n\n

Please join us as we learn more about the City&rsquo\;s p lans for our community resilience and response natural\, human-made\, and weather disasters. \;

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