Robert Zachritz
Senior Director, Advocacy and Government Relations
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With almost 15 years of congressional experience, Zachritz manages a team of advocates and creates strategies for World Vision’s engagement with the U.S. government on public policies. His areas of focus include the annual meetings of the G8, international development assistance, food aid and global health issues. Zachritz holds an MA in International Trade/Business from George Mason University and has traveled to more than 30 countries. | |
In the media
| 10/12/2011 | NPR: Famine-stricken Somalia suffers from donation drought |
| 10/11/2011 | USnews: American foreign aid saves lives in desperate places |
| 06/27/2010 | Huffington Post: World Vision Responds to G20 Communiqué |
| 06/26/2010 | Bloomberg BusinessWeek: G-8 Leaders Agree to $7.3 Billion Plan for Maternal Health |
| 06/18/2010 | Voice of America: G8 leaders called on to address poverty, maternal and child health |
Congressional Testimonies
| 03/11/2010 | On global hunger: Food as a right Tom Lantos Human Rights Caucus On Facing Global Hunger: Food as a Right |
| 05/08/2008 | On the global food crisis Before the Congressional Children’s Caucus, Congressional Health Caucus and the Foreign Affairs Committee on Africa and Global Health |
| 06/16/2005 | On food aid programs Before the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs, House Agriculture Committee |
| 06/24/2004 | On the benefits and challenges of global school feeding programs Statement before the Human Rights Caucus, United States Congress |
Multimedia
Robert Zachritz at the G8/G20 Summits in Toronto
Media contacts
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- Seattle bureau
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- International news
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