Terry Goeldner

Terry joins the Grainger Center with over ten years of professional experience in logistics and project management in the international relief and development industry. Terry recently returned to the United States after three years in Afghanistan, where he initially worked as a provincial logistics coordinator for the United Nations during the presidential and parliamentary elections. He developed and implemented plans for the distribution and recovery of election materials for over 3 million Afghan voters. After the election, Terry stayed in Afghanistan to work as a program finance officer, managing an annual operations budget of more than $20 million for The HALO Trust, a British humanitarian agency specializing in clearance of mine fields.

Prior to managing logistics and program operations within the nonprofit sector, Terry spent several years working for the U.S. government’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, where he directed the delivery of emergency relief supplies across the globe. Terry also worked with the United Nations’ World Food Programme in Africa and the Middle East, where he coordinated the delivery of food assistance to several million households. Terry’s international, government, and private-sector work experiences have provided him with a broad perspective on logistics operations.