Raymond Chavez

Raymond Chavez has more than 25 years of experience with program development and multimedia communications for environmental, social and economic programs in the United States, the UAE and internationally. This includes project design, strategic planning, public-private partnerships and fundraising for sustainable development and environmental programs, public relations campaigns and special events.

Raymond’s program development and multimedia communication experience spans the full spectrum of sustainable development including: agriculture, biodiversity, climate change, coastal ecosystems, forestry, environmental education, information and communication technology (ICT), renewable energy and water security. Raymond has worked on diverse public–private sustainable development programs in Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Latin America, Middle East and the Pacific – enabling the transfer of skills and lessons learned across borders and cultures at the local community, regional, national and global levels.

During the past ten years, Mr. Chavez has specialized in strategic planning and production of communication and marketing initiatives for multi-donor funds that provide support for environmental and sustainable development programs. This includes work with the senior leadership of bilateral, multilateral foundation and corporate donors.

Raymond’s multimedia production experience includes work as an award-winning writer, director and producer of documentary films for BBC, CNN, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, PBS, public service announcements and education programs for the internet, television, radio, print and social media.

Communications and public relations work includes producing, directing and fundraising for highly successful environmental-focused multimedia public education campaigns. This includes serving as a producer, creative director or manager of iconic live events including: the Earth Day 20th and 30th Anniversary Concerts on the Washington DC Capitol Mall; the first UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and the UN Rio+20 Summit in 2012, UN Climate Change negotiations in Copenhagen – Special Events Producer in 2009, Senior Producer for artist Maya Lin’s ‘What is Missing?’ Biodiversity Memorial in 2009 – 2010, and Clinton Global Initiative ‘Commitments to Action’ presentation curating from 2009 to the present.

Recent events and related education initiatives for which Raymond served as a Senior Producer include the Eye on Earth Summit, Abu Dhabi in 2011, the UN Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20) in 2012, the Eye on Earth Special Initiatives and Alliance during 2013 – April 2014. New global summits and international events for which Raymond works as a Senior Producer include the UN Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Conference in Samoa during September 2014, the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA) in Abu Dhabi in March 2015 and the UN Messengers of Peace – Call To Action event being planned for the UN Climate Change Negotiations in Paris during December 2015.