Keith Slack

Director of Strategy and Campaigns

Region: Global Leadership and Management

Keith is EarthRights’ Director of Strategy and Campaigns. Prior to joining EarthRights in May 2018, Keith spent nearly two decades building and directing Oxfam America’s Extractive Industries Global Program. In that role, he led campaigns and advocacy to promote greater transparency and respect for the human rights of affected communities. Earlier in his career, Keith worked for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights and in the human rights program of Catholic Relief Services’ Peru office. He served as a nonresident fellow at the Carnegie Council on Ethics in International Affairs. Keith has published numerous peer-reviewed articles on human rights and natural resource issues. He holds a master’s degree in international relations with a focus in international human rights law from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a BA in political science from Vassar College.  He speaks Spanish and French.