The American Red Cross has named Guy Triano CEO of the Eastern Pennsylvania Region. Triano now oversees Red Cross operations for more than 6.5 million people in 17 counties from Philadelphia north to the New York border, including Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and Schuylkill counties.

The Bucks County resident is no stranger to the Red Cross. Triano has been with the nonprofit organization for over 14 years, all in the biomedical field.

He first joined the Red Cross as an account manager for Atlantic and Cape May counties. Most recently he served as director of donor recruitment for the Pennsylvania-New Jersey and the New York-Pennsylvania blood region, where he was responsible for collecting 550,000 units of blood annually. He was named Director of the Year in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

“I’m proud to be a part of the American Red Cross because it is an organization that helps so many people in so many different ways,” said Triano. “After spending most of my time focusing on the collection of lifesaving blood, I’m excited to also be helping the organization’s many humanitarian services.”

Triano heads one of the busiest Red Cross regions in the country. In an average year the American Red Cross Eastern Pennsylvania Region:

• Responds to more than 1,000 local disasters

• Provides direct disaster assistance to more than 5,000 people

• Installs approximately 10,000 free lifesaving smoke alarms

• Trains nearly 100,000 people in first aid, CPR and other lifesaving skills

• Provides almost 5,000 services for military members, veterans and their families

• Trains approximately 8,000 students in disaster preparedness through The Pillowcase Project

• Collects more than 150,000 blood donations

The Eastern Pennsylvania Region also operates the Red Cross House in Philadelphia, the only-of-its-kind Red Cross Center for Disaster Recovery in the United States.

Triano lives with his wife and two boys in Bucks County. Triano is also very involved with coaching both of his sons’ baseball teams and sits on the Board for Neshaminy Kids Club.