Cathryn Celeste Helm Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Division Chief, Office of Trade and Labor Affairs: 2005 – Retired 2012International Labor Affairs Bureau
• Managed total value of $90 million in appropriations to support over 45 international technical assistance projects to improve social safety nets and protect the basic rights of workers;
• Supervised team of up to 23 international relations officers with oversight of global projects;
• Recruited and mentored numerous young professionals to support existing staff;
• Represented the Bureau in various inter-agency working groups;
• Advised and reported on policy and technical issues to senior Administration officials;

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Senior Advisor, Office of the Deputy Undersecretary 2004 – 2005
• Managed quality control for all correspondence, memos and reports for Bureau’s front office;
• Drafted report on technical assistance project in Iraq for the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations.International Labor Officer, Detailed to the U.S. Department of State 2003 – 2004Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights.
• Analyzed U.S. embassy cables on labor issues for East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) and flagged action required for senior management;
• Reviewed and edited labor rights sections of the Human Rights Report for the EAP region.Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
• Served as liaison officer for East and South Asia, building a successful interagency network, including the White House, CDC, HHS, Peace Corps, DOD and USAID;

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF LABOR Office of the Executive Secretary, Agency Liaison Officer 1999 – 2000
• Reviewed and summarized sensitive letters, memoranda, and reports on complex policy and programmatic issues for the Secretary of Labor;
• Participated in high-level executive staff meetings and planning of Secretarial events;
• Researched and reported on the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa to the Office of the Deputy Undersecretary, International Labor Affairs Bureau. OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR Attorney 1986 - 1998
• Practiced appellate litigation in cases arising under federal statutes pertaining to workers’ compensation;
• Successfully litigated precedent-setting legal interpretations resulting in published decisions;

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Law

Activities and Societies: Family Law Practitioner, Poverty Law Center

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History, Criminal Justice

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Sigma - National Criminal Justice Honor Society Phi Alpha Theta - Scholarship in the Field of History