Raymond C. Offenheiser

Raymond C. Offenheiser is the president of Oxfam America, a non-profit international development and relief agency and the U.S. affiliate of Oxfam International. Oxfam works to end global poverty through saving lives, strengthening communities, and campaigning for change. Since Mr. Offenheiser joined Boston-based Oxfam America in 1995, the organization has grown more than fourfold in size and has positioned itself as a leader on international development and global trade.

Mr. Offenheiser, who has worked his entire career in the non-profit sector, is a recognized leader on issues such as poverty alleviation, human rights, foreign assistance, and international development. Before joining Oxfam America, he served for five years as the Ford Foundation Representative in Bangladesh and, prior to that, in the Andean and Southern Cone regions of South America. He has also directed programs for the Inter-American Foundation in both Brazil and Colombia and worked for Save the Children Federation in Mexico.

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Global Interdependence Initiative at the Aspen Institute, the Advisory Board to the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at Notre Dame University, and the InterAction Board of Directors and was a founding board member of the ONE Campaign. Mr. Offenheiser has served as an advisor for the Harvard University's Asia Center, the Hesburgh Center for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame, the School for International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Inter-American Dialogue, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Mr. Offenheiser is a frequent commentator in the media on such issues as foreign aid, international debt, human rights, and global trade policies. He has appeared in programs on CNN, NPR, and the BBC, and has been a quoted source in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, and other major American newspapers.