Tom Raezer Email & Phone Number

Foreign Service Officer assigned to US Embassies and Consulates in Doha, Santo Domingo, Bogota and Jeddah and seconded to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), Sinai, Egypt.• Negotiated an end to Qatar’s use of passports without photos.• Promoted US-Qatari security cooperation as the Security Assistance Officer (SAO) and International Military Assistance Training (IMAT) specialist by recruiting Qatari officers for training/exchange programs in the US.• Managed a staff of over 50 employees for maintenance, motor pool, engineering, warehouse/inventory management, budget/finance and procurement/contracting operations and on-site construction management projects.Foreign Service Officer assigned to the Department of State in Washington, DC at the Office of Transportation, the Bureau for Populations, Refugees and Migration, the Office of the Procurement Executive, and the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center.• Program Officer for the Orderly Departure Program (ODP), with major program management responsibility for refugee operations based in Bangkok that resettled Amerasians, family reunification and released reeducation camp detainees from Vietnam. • Worked as a Procurement Analyst for the Department’s Procurement Executive.

• Taught English as a second language to Saudi students, including royal family. • Worked as a Foreign Student Advisor to assist students from overseas in housing, American customs and other transition issues.• Consulted with the Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association (FVPPA), including work to promote passage of the McCain amendment in 1996.• Consulted with the US- Committee for Scientific Cooperation with Vietnam, including travel to administer the TOEFL (ETS, Princeton, NJ) test in Vietnam.

• Supported tactical training and operations for the 18th Airborne Corps and trained infantry troops in interrogation methods and how to resist them. • Returned to active duty at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) following Operation Desert Storm for the exploitation of captured Iraqi documents. • Established and managed an active DIA account for classified documents pertaining to country studies in Southeast Asia (TS/SCI required and granted) and worked to establish the new military occupational specialty dedicated solely to psychological operations.

• Conducted program studies and inter-agency consulting for work-flow analysis, procurement and project management, including implementation of office automation applications through consultation with the Yankee Group, Boston, MA.• Negotiated leases for over 100,000 square feet with commercial real estate firms for Department of Labor offices throughout Region IX (California, Nevada and Arizona).• Completed major on-site manpower analysis studies at several naval installations, including Point Magu Naval Air Weapons Station, Point Magu, CA.

Mba

Ma, International Studies

Ba, English Literature

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa