Bobby Jefferson
Bobby Jefferson is DAI’s first-ever VP, Global Head of Diversity, Equity, Engagement, and Inclusion (DEEI) steeped in the issues of racial and social justice. He has reflected on those issues for two decades as a professional in the global development industry. He has lent his insights by serving on DAI’s Racial and Social Justice Initiative (RSJI) Steering Committee since its inception.
In 2020 Bobby joined the Board of Directors of the Society for International Development-Washington, (SIDW) D.C. Chapter, a position to which he was re-elected in 2021. As a member of SID-Washington’s Executive Committee, he has been instrumental in shaping the organization’s strategic thinking on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): chairing the DEI Committee; establishing the Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity Workgroup; and setting in motion the DEI Strategic Plan. Bobby is a founding member organization of the Coalition for Racial & Ethnic Equity in Development (CREED) and a co-chair of the Council of International Development Companies (CIDC) new DEIA Committee. He participates in British Expertise International’s Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Working Group.