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Robert Enholm
President
Phone: 202-330-4124
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Robert A. Enholm joined Citizens for Global Solutions as its Executive Vice President in August 2008. He brings to this project his organizational and legal skills and his experience working with nonprofit organizations. In 2006 he served at the United Nations as the Chief of the Central Emergency Response Fund Secretariat, helping to establish a new $500 million emergency humanitarian relief fund that was part of the U.N. reforms undertaken by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He was a corporate lawyer for 25 years, elected to partnership in two different national firms and serving as general counsel of two companies. He has been admitted to practice law in California, New York and Georgia. He was also the founding principal of Candle Spark Strategies, providing advice to nonprofit organizations regarding their use of emerging Internet technologies. He received his bachelor's degree in Economics and History from the University of California at Davis and his law degree from Berkeley.
Recent Blog Posts
The threats of cyber-terrorism or cyber-warfare have been discussed in ever widening circles for some time. As modern society and commerce rely increasingly on digital technology, we recognize the growing scale of the damage and disruption that could be caused by malicious attacks on networks and computers. Potential targets often cited include power plants and power grids, banking and financial networks, water and sewage facilities, public transportation systems, and communication networks.
The role that global institutions might play in limiting cyber-attacks is less frequently discussed.
(With Patrick Fiedler)
Colleagues from Citizens for Global Solutions and we attended a panel discussion on Thursday, January 28, 2010, hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) entitled "Rethinking Human Development - Part One." The "Part One" indicates that this is the first of a series of such presentations to be offered during the year.
The panelists were Anne-Marie Slaughter, Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department; Kemal Dervis, former Administrator of UNDP currently at The Brooking Institution, and Jeni Klugman, Director of UNDP Human Development Report Office, all moderated by David Yang, Senior Advisor in the Washington Office of UNDP.
The focus of the panel was UNDP's "Human Development Index" (HDI), a ranking of nations that relies on measures of education, health and income, seeking to measure human well-being rather than merely economic growth.
The "Sarkozy Commission," headed by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, has spearheaded a push to further legitimize the HDI and recommended that the HDI include improved and expanded indicators. In the panel discussion, Dr. Dervis suggested a greater reliance on "medians" rather than averages or "means" to make data more comparable.
Yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United holds tremendous implications for Citizens for Global Solutions and our supporters. As you read the editorials in newspapers and online and listen to the pundits on television, I invite you to consider how this decision fundamentally changes the advocacy landscape in which we often operate.
This morning, I will leave it to the law professors and historians to put this decision in context and to dissect the constitutional principles in play. I will put aside the "pros" and "cons" of the decision to focus on this: As a practical matter, the financing of political speech and advocacy in the U.S. will immediately change.
Citizens United, the plaintiff in this case, is a nonprofit corporation that has historically opposed Citizens for Global Solutions on issues relating to United States respect for international law and customs, such as ratification of the Law of the Sea.
Citizens for Global Solutions takes seriously our responsibility to represent in Washington the interests of our members and supporters and to educate and empower our members and supporters on the issues of U.S. leadership in building international institutions and respect for rule of law. We will continue to do so as we analyze and adapt to the consequences of this decision.