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Don Bonker
In addition, Congressman Bonker serves as president and chief executive officer of the International Management and Development Institute, a nonprofit educational organization that provides corporations with information and analysis on international economic and trade developments. He also serves on the board of the Foundation for U.S.-Russia Business Cooperation. Previously, he served as chairman of the Parliament Human Rights Foundation (1992-1997); chairman of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust (1989-1991) for the State of Washington; and advisory board member of the United States Trade and Development Program (1989-1991).
Prior to joining APCO in 1989, Congressman Bonker served for 14 years in the United States House of Representatives on behalf of the State of Washington. He was a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and chairman of the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade. Congressman Bonker served on the president’s Export Council and headed former House Speaker Tip O’Neill’s Trade Task Force, which led to passage of the 1988 Omnibus Trade Act. During his tenure in Congress, he authored and was a principal sponsor of significant trade legislation, such as the Export Trading Company Act and the Export Administration Act.