Boston, MA (October 17, 2012) —  Global Rescue has partnered with Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) to offer YPO members and their families worldwide crisis response, evacuation and consultative services.

“We are excited to partner with YPO and to protect and provide critical services to their members wherever they may travel,” said Global Rescue Senior Director of Response Services Tiger Shaw. 

As a partner of YPO, Global Rescue will offer the organization’s members and their families a choice of memberships, which include advisory, field rescue and evacuation services.

About YPO

YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) is a not-for-profit, global network of young chief executives connected around the shared mission of becoming Better Leaders Through Education and Idea Exchange™.  Founded in 1950, YPO today provides 20,000 peers and their families in more than 120 countries with access to unique experiences, world-class resources, alliances with top learning institutions, and specialized Networks that help them enhance their business, community and personal leadership.  Altogether, YPO member-run companies employ more than 15 million people around the world and generate US$6 trillion in annual revenues.  For more information, visitwww.ypo.org.  Also find YPO on Facebook and Twitter.

About Global Rescue

Global Rescue is a crisis response and risk management company that provides best-in-class medical, security, advisory, consultative and evacuation services for individuals, corporations, governments and NGOs worldwide.  The company’s emergency response teams are comprised of paramedics, physicians and security personnel, many of whom are veterans of elite military special operations units.  Through an exclusive relationship with Johns Hopkins Medicine, Global Rescue members benefit from the oversight of some of the world’s finest physicians.  Global Rescue utilizes medically equipped aircraft to fly members to their home hospital of their choice in the event of an illness or injury requiring hospitalization.  Global Rescue is the official provider of medical evacuation and advisory services to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Teams, the American Alpine Club, NASA and many leading companies.  For more information, visit www.globalrescue.com/ypo. 

For further information, please contact Global Rescue at +1 617 459 4200