Agent Orange in Vietnam Program

Director Charles Bailey

Charles is the Director of the Aspen Institute Agent Orange in Vietnam Program. He has worked on solving the lingering problems related to dioxin contamination in Vietnam for over a decade. In 2007, he helped to establish the Ford Foundation's Special Initiative on Agent Orange/Dioxin.

Before coming to Aspen in May of 2011, Charles was one of the Ford Foundation's most experienced grant makers. Over three decades, he has worked in Asia, Africa and the United States, beginning with assignments in New Delhi, Cairo and Khartoum. Thereafter, he served in Dhaka as the Ford Foundation's representative for Bangladesh and in Nairobi as representative for Eastern and Southern Africa. He was representative for Vietnam and Thailand from 1997 to 2007. In 2011, he received the Vietnam Order of Friendship medal, the highest honor accorded by the government of Vietnam to non-citizens. This citation from the President of Vietnam recognizes his contributions during more than ten years as the Ford Foundation’s representative in Vietnam.

Charles has a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Cornell University and a master's degree in public policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. He received a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College and then joined the Peace Corps in Nepal where he taught high school.

Resources concerning Agent Orange in Vietnam from the desk of Charles Bailey:

• Bailey, Charles R., & Karpati, Julia: Strategic Thinking in Global Health - Agent Orange Case Study, New York, January 12, 2012
• Bailey, Charles R.: "Agent Orange and the Legacy of the War in Vietnam,” University of California/Berkeley, October 28-29, 2011 (Tiếng Việt)
• Bailey, Charles R.: A Talk about Agent Orange with the AAPIP Viet2011 Fellows, Ho Chi Minh City, June 27, 2011
• Bailey, Charles R.: Ford Foundation & Aspen Institute - A Note to the Agent Orange Working Group, May 24, 2011
• Bailey, Charles R.: Speech to the National Council of Churches Governing Board Meeting, New York, May 17, 2011  (Tiếng Việt) 
• Bailey, Charles R.: Transcript of Remarks at Ford Foundation - Aspen Institute Transition Event, Washington, DC, May 2, 2011
• Bailey, Charles R.: Tackling the Agent Orange Legacy in Vietnam, Alliance Magazine, Volume 15 - No 2, June 2010
• Bailey, Charles R.: Vietnam in the 21st Century. Speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Chicago, Dec. 3, 2009
• Bailey, Charles R.: Resolving the Legacy of the Vietnam War. Speech to the American Public Health Association, Nov. 9, 2009

The following slideshow is from a speech by Charles Bailey entitled "Taking Stock and Looking Ahead". The talk was given at the Agent Orange Stakeholders’ Conference in Bien Hoa, Vietnam, on April 8, 2011. Click on the image to start the show. To view in full screen, click the full screen icon on the bottom right and click on the "show info" tab to see the text of the actual speech. When you're in the slideshow, use the controls at the bottom to pause or play. Click the photo to see more info, or click Help to view all the controls. You can change the speed or play it backwards using the Options menu.

For More Information Contact: James Hoppes at the Aspen Institute Agent Orange in Vietnam Program, 477 Madison Avenue Suite 730 New York, NY 10022. james.hoppes@aspeninstitute.org, 215 887-3815.