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Charles F. (Chic) Dambach (Writer, Lecturer, Peacebuilder)

Charles F. (Chic) Dambach (born January 21, 1944) is past president of the Alliance for Peacebuilding and currently a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University, lecturer on campuses and at conferences, and director of the Middle East Peace Working Group.

Early years and education

The youngest son of Dr. Charles A. Dambach, an Ohio State University Professor and Christine Dambach, a high school teacher, Chic Dambach was born in Columbus Ohio, and attended Oklahoma State University on an athletic scholarship where he earned a BA degree in speech – communications in 1967. He earned an MBA degree from [[Wake Forest University]] in 1977.

Early career

Dambach served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia (1967-1969) and he was selected Peace Corps Volunteer Leader for the region. He was executive director of the Mid-Kansas Community Action Program; a regional health agency planner in Cleveland, OH and Greensboro, NC, then executive director of the local arts councils in Greensboro as well as Columbia, SC. Dambach was the founding executive director of the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies (now Americans for the Arts). During the 1980s he was a champion kayak racer, and he became chairman of the US Canoe and Kayak Team (now USA Canoe/Kayak) and president of the Pan American Canoe Federation. He served as a competition official in the Seoul, Barcelona, and Atlanta Olympic Games.

Peacebuilding Career

In 1992, Dambach became president and CEO of the National Peace Corps Association where he established the Emergency Response Network to mobilize Returned Peace Corps Volunteers to respond to special needs throughout the world. The program is now operated by the Peace Corps as Peace Corps Response. In 1999 Dambach and John Garamendi (currently a Member of Congress) formed a team of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers that helped end the border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea and reduce violence in the Congo civil war. Later, as President and CEO of the Alliance for Peacebuilding, he established a network of organizations and professionals to help build sustainable peace and security worldwide. Along with [[Harriet Fulbright]], Dambach produced the Global Symposium of Peaceful Nations, and he helped Peter Yarrow develop the Operation Respect anti-bullying program. Dambach served two years as chief of staff for Congressman John Garamendi, and he is currently a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University, Director of the Middle East Peace Working Group, and a lecturer and consultant.

Dambach delivered the Peace Corps Human Rights Day Lecture, and he won the Global Coalition Peace Award from the International Platform Association, and he was named the Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma State University and Distinguished Alumnus of the Worthington (Ohio) schools. He serves on several nonprofit boards including the Alliance for Peacebuilding, International Peace and Security Institute, Charity and Security Network, Future Symphony, and CityLit Project. His memoir Exhaust the Limits, the Life and Times of a Global Peacebuilder is published by Apprentice House of Loyola University Maryland. He is co-author of Structures and Practices of Nonprofit Boards and The Business Professional's Guide to Nonprofit Board Service published by BoardSource.