The +SocialGood Series: "Introducing the Community with Aaron Sherinian"

The Social Network Show welcomes a new series to our show, "+SocialGood Series" with Guest and Co-host, Aaron Sherinian, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer for the UN Foundation.If you are interested in learning about the positive things that are happening in the world, this is a good episode to listen to. Aaron Sherinian shares how the UN Foundation and other partners helped start +SocialGood; their goal; their partners; how people and technology can work together for social change around the world's most pressing problems; and what we can expect in future episodes of this series.To learn more about +SocialGood, you can visit their website, and connect with them on Twitter (#SocialGood) and Facebook.Aaron Sherinian serves as the Chief Communications and Marketing Officer for the UN Foundation. He leads the Foundation’s public relations efforts, media relationships, strategic outreach, and online presence.Before joining the UN Foundation, Aaron Sherinian served as Managing Director of Public Affairs for the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. government development assistance agency administering poverty reduction grants totaling over $7 billion in 40 partner countries. In this capacity, he oversaw the agency’s strategic communications portfolio, media relationships, and public relations agenda.His professional background includes a decade of service as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State. Before returning to Washington, he was Press Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Quito, Ecuador, where he was responsible for Embassy relations with media outlets and acted as the Ambassador’s communications advisor.His diplomatic experience includes a tour as Deputy Political and Economic Chief at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia, where he managed programmatic coordination and outreach for the U.S. government’s annual assistance budget of $90 million.He served in the Political and Consular Sections of the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica and in the Office of Policy Planning under two Assistant Secretaries of State for the Western Hemisphere. His experience also includes service at U.S. Missions in Colombia and the Holy See (Vatican).Before joining the Department of State, Mr. Sherinian worked at the Washington International Trade Association (WITA). He also held positions as a marketing consultant for the Italian distributors for Apple Computer and as a freelance interpreter and writer in Italy.  He is a member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and the National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC).Mr. Sherinian holds degrees from the Johns Hopkins University (School of Advanced International Studies – SAIS) and Brigham Young University. In addition to Spanish, he speaks Italian, Armenian, and French.