![Robert X. Fogarty](https://chsfomaha.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/robert-fogarty-HOF-headshot-2.jpg)
The entrepreneur has lifted his adopted home of New Orleans through the founding of organizations aimed at protecting vulnerable citizens in disasters as well as promoting artistic expression and love for the city. He was working in the corporate world in 2007 when he felt a calling to join Americorps. He worked as a volunteer coordinator for the mayor as New Orleans activated an evacuation plan with the approach of Hurricane Gustav. Afterwards, Fogarty founded evacuteer.org, a non-profit that recruits and trains evacuation volunteers to assist vulnerable citizens in an emergency. In 2010, he founded Dear New Orleans, an arts organization encouraging people to take photos with messages written on their bodies expressing love for the city. It exploded into Dear World, with countless people globally expressing themselves and spreading hope through the interactive storytelling method.