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MISSION:

World Resources Chicago provides services to globally minded people to make an impact on the world, through more effective engagement in business, humanitarian action, philanthropy and civic participation.
 

ABOUT US:

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THE PRESIDENT:

Michael Diamond is the President of World Resources Chicago, a consulting firm in Chicago which helps businesses and organizations respond to global challenges and opportunities. He is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University and DePaul University. Previously, he was the Executive Director of The Global Chicago Center of The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.

For more than 25 years, Michael worked with refugee, rehabilitation and social and economic development programs around the world. For nine years, he was the Division Manager of Humanitarian Programs of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International and in that capacity he managed PolioPlus, Rotary’s global program to eradicate polio. For 15 years he worked with the international YMCA and lived in Bangladesh, Switzerland and finally came to Chicago. Through his humanitarian work he was visited 45 countries and has worked with people in over 150 countries.

He received his M.A. in Medical/Social Anthropology from the New School for Social Research in New York.

 

CLIENTS INCLUDE:

  • The Canadian Consulate
  • The Chest Foundation
  • Columbia College
  • Northwestern University – Global Health
  • Private health foundations
  • United Nations Association of the USA-Greater Chicago Chapter
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs
  • U.S. Department of State
  • U.S. Fund for UNICEF
 
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