Immediately elevate brand or PR concerns, legal threats, food-safety issues, partner complaints with reputational risk, unapproved use of brand assets, high-dollar or recurring commitments, events with significant staffing or operational complexity, and any request outside the approved marketing, donation, or event budget. • Escalate major partnerships, unapproved claims or creative, large or recurring donations, high-cost or complex events, and commitments that carry legal, PR, food-safety, capacity, or brand risk.