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Eskinder Negash
President and Chief Executive Officer
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- Served as Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) from 2009-2015
- Managed a budget of over $1.5 billion at ORR
- Oversaw services for more than 850,000 people during his tenure at ORR
- Served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of USCRI for seven years
- Was Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the International Institute of Los Angeles for 15 years
- Served as Chair of the Joint Voluntary Agencies Committee of California
- Served as Chair of the California State Refugee Advisory Council
- Served as a Board Member of the Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
- Received an 'Outstanding American By Choice' award from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2009
- Honored by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in 2010 as one of ten distinguished individuals whose stories epitomize the refugee journey
- Served in the Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee for Public-Private Partnership in 2016
- Naturalized U.S. citizen recognized for significant contributions to his community and adopted country
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