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Chris Deri
Executive Vice President - Edelman
USA

Chris Deri advises Fortune 500 companies across various sectors onissues and strategies related to the environmental and social impactsof their activities. He also works with NGOs that focus onsustainability, ethical conduct and global public health.
Chris provides counsel and support around communications strategy &programming, issues management, public affairs, CSR reporting,management training, public-private partnerships and stakeholderengagement.
Select key clients include: Starbucks, Avaya, Merck, AIG and theInternational AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
Before joining Edelman, Chris served as Vice President Al Gore’sRegional Business Outreach & Finance Director in the Northeast forthree years. He was responsible for finance, as well as acting as theVice President’s liaison to elected officials and business leaders inthe region.
Prior to that, Chris served as the Director of Institutional Affairsfor the National Minority AIDS Council’s (NMAC) – a national training& lobbying organization representing 3000 + community-basedorganizations.
Chris taught English at Shandong University in the People’s Republic ofChina. He speaks Mandarin. He is a term member of the Council onForeign Relations and lives in New York with his wife and threedaughters.