Osborne A. Day

Osborne A. Day was appointed to the Committee in July 2005 as a Private Citizen representing the interests of nonprofit agency employees who are blind.

For the past thirty years, Mr. Day has served as a consultant to various nonprofit organizations, including the Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, and the International Executive Service Corps. Prior to his work in the nonprofit sector, Mr. Day worked at the Department of State (1951-1972) where he served in Afghanistan, the Sudan, Thailand, and Spain; and was a senior advisor to the National Security Council (1972-1974) on matters relating to terrorism, Africa, and the United Nations. Mr. Day also served eight years in the U. S. Army (1942-1950), four of which were in the Mountain Infantry.

Mr. Day has served various Presidential administrations in the past two decades. Highlights include serving on President Reagan's Advisory Council on Private Sector Initiatives (1982-1985); representing President George H. Bush at the inauguration of Surinam's new administration (1990); and representing President George H. Bush at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France (1992).

Mr. Day holds a B.A. from Yale University (1942) and an M.S. in International Affairs from The George Washington University (1973). He also attended the National War College (1964-1965).

Mr. Day is married, and is father to four daughters and grandfather to seven grandchildren.