San Diego, California
Shawn VanDiver spent twelve years in the U.S. Navy and the years since building coalitions that get things done, from a wartime evacuation effort that became the nation’s leading Afghan resettlement coalition to the boardroom of one of the country’s largest convention centers.
What Shawn Does
As founder and president of #AfghanEvac, Shawn built and leads a coalition of more than 250 organizations working directly with the U.S. government on Afghan relocation and resettlement, one of the largest civil-society humanitarian partnerships in American history.
See the record →As Principal at Gaslamp Consulting, Shawn advises government, nonprofit, and private-sector leaders on executive positioning, government relations, and high-stakes communications.
Read the bio →A regular voice on CNN, PBS NewsHour, NPR, and MSNBC, and before Congress, on national security, refugee policy, and veteran-led advocacy. Available for briefings, panels, and keynotes.
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Shawn speaks on Afghan resettlement and refugee policy, veteran-led advocacy, coalition building, and civic leadership, drawing on more than two decades of experience from the Navy to the Situation Room.
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