Ambassador William J. Garvelink is the senior advisor for global strategy at the International Medical Corps. He has 33 years of experience with the United States Agency for International Development and the Department of State. Garvelink led President Obama’s $3.5 billion "Feed the Future" global food security initiative and established and served as the first head of USAID's Bureau for Food Security. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2007-2010.