11 January 2006
Kevin Kellems, current Senior Advisor to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, has previously served as Communications Director and Spokesman for Vice President Dick Cheney.
Kevin Kellems, Senior Advisor to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, has been named Director of Strategy of the World Bank's External Affairs Department effective January 10.
In an official announcement to World Bank staff, Paul Wolfowitz said the following of Kellems' accomplishments in his role as Senior Advisor. "[Kellems] has helped us to mobilize support for the multilateral debt relief initiative; to emphasize the development stakes in international trade negotiations; and to improve public understanding of the importance to the development agenda of governance, transparency and accountability."
Wolfowitz continued to say that "Kevin has applied his extensive experience in strategic planning, international affairs, and policy communications to the challenges of our poverty reduction mission. He has shown a keen appreciation for the important role that communications, representation, and issues management play in the development process."
Wolfowitz defined Kellems' new responsibilities as follows:
- "Bring greater strategic alignment and integration of EXT’s role in the communications, representation, and issues management functions across World Bank Group units, regions, and networks;
- "Enhance EXT’s effectiveness with sharp focus on action and results; and,
- "Strengthen the Bank’s global public affairs impact, in part through integration of newer multimedia platforms with more traditional communications tools."
Kellems' has previously served as Communications Director and Spokesman for Vice President Dick Cheney and Advisor to Richard Lugar, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Additional Resources
- World Bank Whispers, by Al Kamen, In the Loop, The Washington Post, January 11, 2006 (The Washington Post)
- Whose Vault Is It? Cheney-Rumsfeld cabal solidify power at World Bank, Pentagon, by Ward Harkavy, The Village Voice blogs, January 11, 2006 (Village Voice website)
- Wolfowitz Watch, (Bank Information Center website)