Irit Tamir

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About Irit Tamir

Irit Tamir is the Senior Director of Oxfam America's Private Sector Department. In her role, she is focused on working with companies to ensure that their business practices result in positive social and environmental impacts for vulnerable communities throughout the world. She oversees the private sector engagement from campaigns and advocacy to collaborations and programs focused on corporate behavior. Most recently, her work has been focused on the food and beverage industry and advocating for better policies and practices that will lead to food security for the 9 billion people expected in 2050. She was the policy lead for Oxfam International's Behind the Brands campaign. Prior to working at Oxfam, Ms. Tamir was the Director of Government Relations at the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, where she successfully lobbied for an extensive federal and state legislative agenda. She co-led the effort to pass the Sudan Divestment Bill in Massachusetts, which required the state pension funds to divest from companies doing business with the Government of Sudan in an effort to halt its human rights violations in Darfur. Ms. Tamir is an attorney with a masters in international law. A devoted human rights activist, she has spoken publicly about human rights, climate resilience, and the food system. Ms. Tamir has had years of experience in government relations and is a former prosecutor who supervised civil rights prosecutions and hate crimes.