Taryn Bird
Manager
Taryn Bird joined the organization in January 2008 and is the staff lead for the Chamber BCLC's Global Corporate Citizenship program. The Global Corporate Citizenship program is a network of more than 50 leading companies that are interested in advancing the connection between international development and corporate social responsibility.
To shape the programming associated with the Global Corporate Citizenship program, Taryn works closely with co-chairs Bo Miller, The Dow Chemical Company, and Kathy Pickus, Abbott, as well as Chamber BCLC board chair Akhtar Badshah and the entire corporate working group.
Taryn has led or helped create several new business initiatives in the international development space, including a post-earthquake corporate mission to Haiti, a pilot project in Brazil to launch the International Business Corps, and numerous issue forums and conferences. In 2010 Taryn was selected as a United States Delegate for the inaugural One Young World Conference, and is a member of Young Professionals in Foreign Policy.
Locally in D.C., Taryn is a member of the Employees Caring for our Community at the U.S. Chamber Commence and leads volunteer projects for staff in the DC Metropolitan Area.
Prior to joining BCLC, Taryn served with the U.S. Chamber-affiliated Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America.
Taryn has two bachelor degrees from Penn State University in economics and Spanish. She is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.