Kathleen Eid-Heberle, RN has been an active volunteer nurse with the Greater Carolinas Chapter of the American Red Cross for three years and has volunteered in other chapters around the country for 17 years. She has volunteered with our chapter in various capacitices including co-chair of the Disaster Health Services Committee, Health Services Representative for the Disaster Services Committee, Disaster Instructor, assisting in shelters during local disasters and carious other Disaster Services Activities. Kathleen is also a member of the Public Relations Speaker�s Bureau to make presentations on behalf of the American Red Cross. Kathleen endlessly promotes the American Red Cross and continuously recruits new volunteers to become active in our programs.

Kathleen Eid-Heberle grew up in Switzerland, Japan and France. She attended the University of Scranton where she obtained a Bachelors Degree in Nursing with a minor in French. Kathleen practiced nursing all over the country and is currently working in the Emergency Department at University Hospital. Kathleen and her husband Mark have two children, Colleen who is 5 years old and John who is 3 years old.

Kathleen has been a volunteer nurse with the American Red Cross for 18 years. She has served as chairperson of several local and state committees and was a member of the National Nursing Committee where she helped develop and implement the State Nurse Liaison program. She continues to be an advisor for the program, and has used her expertise in various aspects of the Red Cross such as on disasters, health education in the community, babysitting training for young adults, blood services and speaking engagements. Kathleen also volunteered with Special Olympics for four years teaching the Olympians how to ski.

Her other hobbies include traveling, skiing, swimming and playing tennis.

�The Red Cross is truly a humanitarian organization," says Kathleen. "It reaches out to so many people; whether it is responding to a disaster, offering numerous classes to the public or being a resource in the community. It is truly an organization that is there for the people and an organization for which I am very proud to be a part.�