CHUCK OBINA - President/CEO

Chuck Obina is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Diversity & Inclusion Foundation (GDIF), the nation’s largest global non-profit organization. GDIF leads in diversity and inclusion by driving worldwide executive leadership engagement, values and responsibilities and by utilizing workforce diversity at all levels, and building collaboration and commitment for a balanced work-life environment.  He joined the top-rated organization in January 2010, after completing a two-year launch of Out & Equal-Atlanta.

• Mr. Obina has served on over 80 local, national and global non-profit organizations in his 25 years of nonprofit management and board development.
• He is a worldwide collaborator and net weaver with many external relationships. He has significant experience as an organizational leader, partnership builder, fund raiser, and workplace advocate. He also sits on a variety of local and national boards of directors.
• Mr. Obina is a Director on the Board of Atlanta Diversity Managers Affinity Group (ADMAG); and he is a recent past board leader for the Living Room and Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.  He also mentors 2 young adults.
• He was one of the first to receive both The President’s Volunteer Service Award and The President’s Call to Service Award for the many years of representing boards of directors.
• He was the 2nd openly Gay person to win election to the Mayor of Honolulu’s neighborhood board of directors.  His family roots have a deep foundation spanning generations from Kohala on the Big Island of Hawaii.
• Mr. Obina is a graduate of the University of Washington, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.  He resides in Atlanta, GA with his partner Joseph.