Name: David Meltzer
Title: Senior Vice President for American Red Cross International Services
Where you are living: Washington, DC, USA
What is your hometown? Roslyn, NY

American Red Cross role:

David is the senior executive in charge of the international operations of the American Red Cross. His responsibilities include managing American Red Cross government and privately funded programs in over thirty countries plus the $560 million Tsunami Recovery Program. In addition, he has overall responsibility for the international disaster response activities of the American Red Cross as well as the dissemination of international humanitarian law in the United States. Finally, David is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies affecting the American Red Cross and the International Movement of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Education and Professional background:

• B.A., University of Pennsylvania
• J.D., George Washington University
• Member, District of Columbia Bar
• Board of Directors, Motient Corporation (including Chairman of the Compensation Committee)
• Board of Directors, United Cerebral Palsy Research & Education Foundation
• Board of Directors (past), Washington Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Association

Publications, media, and awards:

• "Better Business Lawyering," Legal Times, 2002
• "Unusual Road to an IPO," National Law Journal, 2002
• Numerous print and TV interviews