Jeff Erlich, Executive Director of American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan (AmCham Kazakhstan)
As director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan,
Jeff works to improve the business climate for more than 200
member companies.
From 2019 to 2024, Jeff was a senior social performance advisor
for Chevron, helping define and execute strategy for win-win
engagements with stakeholders and communities in the United
States and abroad.
From 2014 to 2019, he was deputy head of the Organization for Security and Cooperationโs
long-term mission in Ukraine, supporting a wide range of efforts across the OSCEโs political
military, economic and environmental and human dimensions.
He first came to Kazakhstan in 1998 as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Baikonur. After, he
joined the Eurasia Foundation and became president of the Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia
when it spun off. Jeff has also served on the boards of KIMEP, Spoon Foundation and the
Kazakhstan Community Loan Fund. Before that, he worked as a journalist in Washington.
Jeff holds masterโs degrees from the Fletcher School and the University of Massachusetts and a
bachelorโs degree from The American University. He speaks Russian and some Kazakh,
Spanish, Ukrainian and Thai.
Event Details
At least 95 percent of Fortune 500 companies contribute to disaster relief. This may seem obvious, but in 1990 that percentage was less than 20 percent.
This roundtable discussion will explore why companies give, what effective disaster philanthropy looks like, and how relief can be more effective.
AmCham member companies and nonprofits will share their experience providing disaster relief in Kazakhstan and other countries. The session will be moderated by AmCham Executive Director Jeff Erlich, who prior was Chevron's lead global advisor on disaster relief.
The session will be held at Narxoz, to allow participants to continue the discussion at the AmCham Sundowner at 6 pm, also at Narxoz.
