Local Business Veteran Added to ShelterBox Board of Directors

Murray W. Ray, a former Chief People Officer at QAD with extensive global business and leadership experience, is joining the ShelterBox USA Board of Directors.

“ShelterBox believes that shelter is a human right – that shelter from the chaos of disaster and conflict is vital,” said Ray, a Santa Barbara resident. “When you suddenly have nothing, we can provide some hope for the future.”

Murray is current member and past President of the Rotary Club of Montecito and has been a Rotarian in Australia and the USA for 31 years.

Murray is presently Chairman of PCT Global and just completed 6 years as Chairman of ShipHawk, where he remains a Board Advisor. He has also served as Board President of Crescend Health and a Board Member of PathPoint after managing the merger of Crescend with PathPoint.

Murray received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and statistics from the University of Western Australia. He also completed the advanced management programs at the Australian Management College, Mt. Eliza, and the University of Hawaii.

Ray joins another local resident, Vice-Chair John Glanville, on the 17-member ShelterBox USA Board.  Glanville is the CEO and President of Maps.com and General Manager of Benchmark Maps, which publishes recreational map products of the American West.  John also serves as Managing Director of Athenaeum Capitol Partners LLC, a technology venture capital fund.

ShelterBox has helped nearly three million people worldwide since its founding, is rated 100% on Charity Navigator and was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for its work in the world’s worst disaster zones.

Media Contact:  Paul Vercammen PVercammen@shelterboxusa.org 323-646-4315