United Way of the Coastal Empire
George Shields currently serves as the Treasurer for the Isle of Hope Historical Association Inc. and volunteers at the United Way of the Coastal Empire. Previously, George held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Distribution Cooperative, Inc., where responsibilities included providing warehousing, inventory, and delivery functions for health system members. George has extensive experience in financial roles, having worked as Controller and Treasurer at IBT Technologies, Controller at Datapath, Vice President of Finance at Exide Technologies, Finance Director at Lucent Technologies, and Senior Manager of Financial Operations at The BOC Group. George earned a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business.
United Way of the Coastal Empire
The mission of United Way of the Coastal Empire is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities. We are united by a vision of the community in which all people have the opportunity to reach their full potential and families thrive. Our focus is on our commitment to the most vulnerable in our community with an emphasis on basic human needs such as food, shelter, health, and safety in addition to community disaster response. This is the historical core of the United Way of the Coastal Empire’s mission. Beyond our core mission, we want to help all people to reach their full potential. This means providing pathways for Upward Mobility, with a focus on the thousands of our neighbors who have been unable to get ahead, living one paycheck or one crisis away from devastation.