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Senior Vice President, External Affairs

Arleen Ramirez Borysiewicz is an 18-year veteran of The Washington Center, joining the organization in 1987.

As Senior Vice President for External Affairs, Arleen Borysiewicz has three major responsibilities. In the fundraising area, Arleen is responsible for securing funding for various program initiatives, for scholarships for minorities and women, for leading TWC's legislative and private sector partnership in Puerto Rico, and for forging strategic partnerships with long-standing donors. In the external affairs area, she oversees a team of professional staff managing The Washington Center's website, publications and marketing materials, branding efforts, and donor relations activities. Her third major role is leadership of The Washington Center's Congress programs that enroll approximately 250 student interns each year, and oversight of the organization's congressional speaker series with more than 50 lectures by members of Congress annually.

In 2004, Arleen took the lead in securing a $2.55 million appropriation from Congress to create the Norman Y. Mineta Internship Immersion Program. The program will recruit and place Asian Pacific Americans in defense-related internships. In January 2005, Arleen secured a two-year partnership with the Coca-Cola Foundation to launch an African initiative that seeks to recruit college students from Sub-Sahara Africa to participate in TWC programs. Since joining the organization, Arleen has taken on increasing leadership roles in the development area that includes corporate and foundation fundraising, event planning, capital campaign, alumni, and the annual fund.

She developed the Minorities in Congress Program in 1993 with a more than half-million dollar seed grant from various corporations and foundations. From 1993-1996, Arleen directed the prestigious Minority Leaders Fellowship Program, overseeing the program's fundraising, programmatic, and recruitment and selection efforts.

Before joining The Washington Center, Arleen was associate publisher for the Cable Television Information Center. Before that, she produced public affairs shows for the Philippine government's public television station.

Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, Arleen Ramirez Borysiewicz earned her bachelor's degree in broadcast communication from the University of the Philippines. She holds a master's degree in public administration from The George Washington University.