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Bobby Ray Gordon
Humanitarian Operations Advisor

Bobby Ray Gordon joined COE in September 2005 and is serving as the Humanitarian Operations Advisor in the Humanitarian Affairs and Practice Unit of the Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs.

From July 2002 to July 2005, Bobby Ray worked as a Protection Officer for the International Rescue Committee [IRC] under its SURGE Project with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR]. Under the SURGE Project, Bobby Ray was deployed as a Protection Officer by IRC to UNHCR Branch Office Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2002-2003, where his work focused on protection issues facing internally displaced persons [IDPs] in Sri Lanka, refugee status determinations and refugee resettlement. From 2003 to 2004, Bobby Ray led the Protection Unit for UNHCR Sub-Office Herat in Herat, Afghanistan, addressing protection issues for IDPs, returning refugees, asylum seekers and refugees in Western Afghanistan. From 2004 to 2005, Bobby Ray was the Protection Officer assigned the Darfur Portfolio in UNHCR Branch Office Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, where he represented UNHCR Darfur operations in UN operations in Khartoum.

In 1991-1992, Bobby Ray was a Peace Corps / United Nations Volunteer Programme volunteer assigned as a Legal Consultant to UNHCR Hong Kong. His work with UNHCR Hong Kong dealt with interviewing Vietnamese asylum seekers in Hong Kong and assessing their claims for refugee status determination.

From 1986 to 1991 and from 1992 to 2002, Bobby Ray practiced law in Honolulu, Hawaii, concentrating in civil litigation.

Bobby Ray received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1983 and a Juris Doctor degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1986. He has also completed the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UN CMCoord Training Course [February 2006] and UN CMCoord Staff Training Course [March 2007].

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