Gary Officer is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Associated Black Charities, Inc. (ABC), the nation's leading African-American philanthropic organization. ABC provides grants and loans to mission based organizations committed to developing innovative solutions for comprehensive community development.
Prior to joining ABC, Mr. Officer served as President of the National Credit Union Foundation (NCUF), the national foundation supporting credit union development in the United States . During his three-year tenure at NCUF, Mr. Officer successfully

established a $370 million community investment fund that provided secondary capital, grants and loans to credit unions and related organizations throughout the United States .

As an affiliate of the Credit Union National Association, National Credit Union Foundation promotes and manages credit union development and consumer savings programs on behalf of CUNA and the US credit union movement. The Foundation also manages the National Development Education Volunteer Program.

Prior to joining the National Credit Union Foundation, Mr. Officer worked as a leader in the affordable housing sector in the United States . During that time, he served in the capacity of President and CEO of the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, and as Director of Asset Management of Lakefront SRO Corporation in Chicago .
Mr. Officer earned a Bachelor of Arts (Hon) Political Science from the University of Manchester, England, in 1985 and Master of Science Msc (Econ) in Economics and International Relations from the London School of Economics in 1990. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Homeless Services, Inc., the United Way Capital Region, and as Chairman of the Joint Dialogue on Black Philanthropy.