About Us
Co-creating With Amazing People
American Refugee Committee is and always has been about amazing global citizens taking action to change our world. More than 35 years ago, Chicago businessman Neal Ball started ARC. He recruited a volunteer relief team who deployed to the Thai-Cambodian border. Even in the face of terrible tragedy, that first ARC team was characterized by their incredible energy and belief that anything was possible.
Today, we’re facing challenging global humanitarian crises that require 21st Century solutions. But we’ve found that co-creating together with impassioned, dedicated people, limited only by their own imaginations, remains the key to designing new solutions that resonate. We still believe that ARC should exist, first and foremost, as a platform for realizing the goodwill of everyday people – people from Sweden to Somalia, Minnesota to Malaysia, Uganda to the U.S.
We’ve found that something incredible will result as long as we begin the journey with amazing people, agree on a destination and move together towards it transparently and open to possibility.
Our Mission
ARC works with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to refugees, displaced people and host communities. We help people survive conflict and crisis and rebuild lives of dignity, health, security and self-sufficiency. ARC is committed to the delivery of programs that ensure measurable quality and lasting impact for the people we serve.
Our Vision
Every person who participates in an ARC program or project will have a better chance to take control of their life and achieve self sufficiency.
ARC Leadership
Our Senior Management Team provides leadership and support to more than 2,000 staff around the world.
Daniel Wordsworth
President and CEO
Mark White
Chief Financial Officer
Sarah Hartman
Vice President, Creative
John Griffith
Head, Global Operations
Colleen Striegel
Vice President, Human Resources and Administration
Mark Mortenson
Chair
Neal Ball
Founder & Honorary Chair
Perry Witkin
Vice Chair
Holly Robbins
Secretary
Maureen Reed
Treasurer
Paul Bennett
Ward Brehm
Imad Libbus
Greg Page
Jay Shahidi
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Richard Voelbel
Mary Whitney
Abraham Leno
Dem. Republic of Congo
Adan Adar
Somalia
Dula James
Darfur, Sudan
Tariq Cheema
Pakistan
Bernad Ochieng
Rwanda & Uganda
Randhir Singh
South Sudan
Fifi Sabang
Thailand & Myanmar
2017 Annual Report
ARC’s Annual Report outlines the organization’s activities throughout the preceding year. Our annual report is intended to give refugees, donors, partners, stakeholders and other interested people information about ARC’s worldwide activities and financial performance.
Past Annual Reports
View or download our Annual Reports from recent years.
2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2012-13 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005
Privacy Policy
We take trust very seriously. When you share your personal information with ARC, we hold it dear and don’t share or sell it. It’s just that simple. Read our full privacy policy.