Leverage
According to their website, "RI's advocacy generates increases in resources and policy changes by governments and UN agencies that improve conditions for refugees and displaced people. RI does not accept any government or UN funding allowing their advocates to be independent. Rather, RI leverages donations from individuals, foundations and corporations."
In January 2010 RI announced that former U.S. Congress member Dan Glickman would be appointed in April as its new president, after serving as Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Glickman succeeded Kenneth Bacon, who became president in 2001 and led the organization until he died in August 2009. Bacon succeeded Lionel Rosenblatt, a former US State Department desk officer for Asia. Glickman resigned and Michel Gabaudan replaced him as current president in September of 2010. Prior to his role with RI, Michel served as the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representative for the United States and the Caribbean. The first president of the organization, Lionel Rosenblatt, still serves as President Emeritus.
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