Richard Walden

For 35 years, I have run Operation USA, an international relief and development nonprofit based in Los Angeles, CA. Operation USA has sent over $450 million in aid to 100 countries. We are currently active in California with material aid to community clinics, the Oklahoma City tornado disaster, the Hurricane Katrina-affected areas of the US Gulf Coast, the Pine Ridge S.D. Native American Reservation,Cuba, China, Haiti, Japan, Chile, Nicaragua, East Africa, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, The Philippines, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In China, we built 2 primary schools and 5 health clinics in Sichuan Province following the earthquake of May 2008. A large Operation USA-built primary school has opened in Jacmel, Haiti. In a tsunami-affected port town, a Seniors Community Center project was opened in Ofunato, Japan. We combine agile and rapid response to disasters with long term recovery projects. Specialties: international conflict resolution & mediation; international development strategies, microfinance, water resources, public health