CRDF Global Announces Robert Nichols as General Counsel

CRDF Global is pleased to announce that Robert Nichols, partner at Nichols Liu law firm, will serve in the capacity of the organization’s general counsel.

“Robert has played a significant role in CRDF Global’s growth and strategic direction over the past several years,” said CRDF Global CEO Mike Dignam, “and we are honored to welcome him in an official role that signifies the value of his insight to our leadership team. In addition to his excellent legal counsel through our recent acquisition and other key milestones, Robert has continually broadened our network of partners, affiliated experts, and supporters throughout our key domains of global security, development, and digital resilience. He embodies our model of building a better, safer and more secure world through effective collaboration.”

Robert has extensive expertise and relationships throughout the international government services sector and not-for-profit organizations serving public missions. He has leveraged these resources in effective collaboration with CRDF Global leadership, with a strategic focus on the nonprofit’s global threat reduction mission.

“Over the course of my career, I’ve had the privilege of representing clients whose missions have had immediate and positive impact around the world,” said Nichols, “and this gratifying work served as the inspiration for founding Nichols Liu. Having come to know CRDF Global through my years of work with the State Department and USAID, I’m looking forward to working more closely with the leadership team to explore opportunities at the strategic nexus of international security and development.”