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Barron Segar

Barron SegarBarron Segar serves as Vice President, Regional Fundraising, for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. 

In this capacity, Mr. Segar is responsible for five regional offices and a New York Philanthropic Board.   Regional offices are located in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, and Houston.

Before joining UNICEF, Mr. Segar served as the Director of Development for Georgia Public Broadcasting, where he had management responsibilities for $8.5 million in development activities.  He and his team set an organizational record and were recognized nationally by PBS.  Before joining public broadcasting, Mr. Segar worked in the financial services industry as a Regional Vice President with management responsibilities for 26 banking centers.

Outside of UNICEF, Mr. Segar is a Founding Board Member and Corporate Secretary of the Elton John AIDS Foundation where he serves on the executive team that has distributed more than $175 million in America and internationally.  Mr. Segar serves on the Advisory Board of Project Open Hand and is a lifetime member of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. In 2009, Mr. Segar was recognized by Fundraising Success Magazine with the 2009 Fundraising Professional of the Year award.  He was in the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2000.

 


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