Hugh Quay Parmer (August 3, 1939 – May 27, 2020)[2] was an American attorney, University professor, international humanitarian executive, and Democratic politician in Fort Worth, Texas.

He followed that with seven years as president and CEO of the American Refugee Committee, a U. S. based humanitarian relief organization with 2000 employees in 14 disaster and conflict impacted nations around the world.

In 1998 Parmer was appointed by U.S.President Bill Clinton as the Assistant Administrator of the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in charge of the Bureau of Humanitarian Response.

In 2008, he was elected to the board of directors of Interaction, the largest association of U.S. based private relief and development organizations.

He taught senior undergraduate and graduate seminars in International Aid, Humanitarian Intervention and Refugee Affairs.