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Julie Gerke

President of the Walmart Foundation and Senior Vice President of Philanthropy at Walmart, leading Walmart.org including the company's disaster response philanthropy.

Sep 30, 2026

On Solid Ground

On Solid Ground

Episode 3: Wake of the Storm

Sep 30 · 23m

Caroline Modaresi-TiraniHOST
16:35
Those investments aren't just in the middle of the storm, they're before and after it too.
Julie GerkeGUEST
16:41
I had the privilege of going to eastern Kentucky not long after the floods to be a part of thinking about what our role was, really learn and listen.
Julie GerkeGUEST
16:51
And I was standing in a parking lot that had showers and these kinds of things in it.
Julie GerkeGUEST
16:57
And it was pretty late in the afternoon.
Julie GerkeGUEST
17:00
People had gone home.
Julie GerkeGUEST
17:02
And this couple had just finished showering.
Julie GerkeGUEST
17:04
It was probably a week after the disaster.
Caroline Modaresi-TiraniHOST
18:03
It sounds like you've experienced what recovery looks like in the days, weeks after a disaster as something very different, something very human.

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