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;• Assisted in smooth transition for major office reorganization in cooperation with Administration priorities;• Developed and implemented strategic plan for newly established Division of Trade Agreement Administration and Technical Cooperation; • Completed Management Training at the Brookings Institute, Washington, D.C. • Coordinated closely with the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Trade Representative, U.S. Agency for International Development, International Labor Organization, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, Office of the Director for National Intelligence, among other USG agencies and non-governmental organizations.• Served as the primary intelligence community interface for ILAB, representing ILAB at interdepartmental meetings.

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, and Labor, Office of International Labor Affairs• 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; • Advocated successfully and prepared for U.S. Department of State to co-host the 3rd Roundtable on HIV/AIDS and the International Workplace with USDOL and USAID;INTERNATIONAL LABOR AFFAIRS BUREAU International HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Program, Coordinator 2000 – 2003• Appointed first Coordinator to develop new federal program for global HIV/AIDS workplace education;• Built support through interagency process and launched HIV/AIDS technical assistance program with the 2001 Congressional Appropriation for $10,000,000; • Led project design missions to Benin, Dominican Republic, Ghana, India, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Russia, Togo, Ukraine and Vietnam; • Developed and initiated strategic planning, procurement process, project implementation and monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS workplace projects;• Expanded program to reach 16 countries with total funding of $20,000,000 within two years;

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; • Presented oral arguments before the agency appellate tribunal (Benefits Review Board) and the federal circuit courts of appeal, including the 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th circuits.

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