Aaron Sherinian

Aaron Sherinian is the Chief Communications and Marketing Officer of the United Nations Foundation. Sherinian has led the UN Foundation’s public relations efforts, media relationships, strategic outreach, and online presence since 2009. He was involved with the design of the Social Good Summit, #GivingTuesday, Rio+Social, International Day of Happiness,^[1] and the Momentum1000 global social media rally. The UN Foundation Public Affairs team won three consecutive honors by PRNews as "Public Affairs Team of the Year" in 2012,^[2] 2013,^[3] and 2014.^[4]

Career

Before joining the United Nations Foundation, Sherinian was the Managing Director of Public Affairs for the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. government development assistance agency. He oversaw the agency’s strategic communications portfolio, media relationships, public relations agenda and a global re-branding. Sherinian's professional background includes a decade as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State. Before returning to Washington, his diplomatic service included tours at U.S. Embassies in Ecuador, Armenia, Costa Rica, Colombia, and in Washington serving two Assistant Secretaries of State. Aaron’s experience also included work at the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See (Vatican).

Before joining the Department of State, Sherinian worked at the Washington International Trade Association (WITA). He also held positions as a marketing consultant for the Italian distributors for Apple Computer and as a freelance interpreter and writer in Italy.

He is a member of the Arthur Page Society, the Seminar, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), and the National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC).

Personal life

Sherinian was born in Pasadena, California. He holds degrees from the Johns Hopkins University (School of Advanced International Studies – SAIS) and Brigham Young University. In addition to Spanish, he speaks Italian, Armenian, and French. He has four children. Sherinian served a full-time mission for the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Milan, Italy. He has been featured by the Mormon Church in video vignettes as part of their "I'm A Mormon" series.^[5]

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