{"id":164614,"date":"2025-03-03T21:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/?page_id=164614"},"modified":"2025-06-24T20:28:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T20:28:54","slug":"frieda-arenos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/about\/us-staff-leadership\/frieda-arenos\/","title":{"rendered":"Frieda Arenos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Frieda_Arenos-1024x731.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164800 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Frieda_Arenos-1024x731.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Frieda_Arenos-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Frieda_Arenos-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Frieda_Arenos-1536x1097.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Frieda_Arenos-2048x1463.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Frieda_Arenos-16x11.png 16w, https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Frieda_Arenos-320x229.png 320w, https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Frieda_Arenos-640x457.png 640w, https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Frieda_Arenos-800x571.png 800w, https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Frieda_Arenos-1600x1143.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Frieda_Arenos-882x630.png 882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-frieda-arenos-director-us-government-relations-washington-dc\"><strong>Frieda Arenos<\/strong><br><strong>Director, US Government Relations<br>Washington, DC<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Frieda&nbsp;Arenos is joining ONE as Director, US Government Relations. 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