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FOUNDATION OFFICERS

The UN Foundation is led day-to-day by former Senator Timothy E. Wirth and an innovative and experienced team. Our senior leadership includes:

Timothy E. Wirth

Timothy E. Wirth
President

Kathy Buskin Calvin

Kathy Bushkin Calvin
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Richard S. Parnell
Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff

David Harwood
Senior Vice President for Public Affairs

Dr. Daniel Carucci
Vice President for Global Health 


SENIOR STAFF

Mohamed T. El-Ashry
Senior Fellow 

Lesli Creedon
Executive Director, Partnership Development

Elizabeth McKee Gore
Executive Director, Partnership Alliances 

Melinda Kimble
Senior Vice President  

Katherine Miller
Executive Director, Communications and Public Affairs  

Susan Myers
Executive Director, New York Office  

Gillian Sorensen
Senior Advisor and National Advocate 

CAMPAIGNS AND PROGRAMS

Reid Detchon
Executive Director, Energy and Climate Change  

Andrea Gay
Executive Director, Children's Health  

Erika Harms
Executive Director, Sustainable Development  

Tamara Kreinin
Executive Director, Women and Population  

Claire Thwaites
Executive Director, Vodafone Group Foundation and UN Foundation Technology Partnership 

FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

David Burton
Budget Director 

Walter Cortés
Controller 

Glynis Jones
Director, Contracts and Grants Management  

Shamir Shahi
Deputy Chief of Staff 

Maxine Somerville
Senior Director, Administration and Human Resources  

Media Contact

Katherine Miller

(202) 778-1622

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The Heroes of Virunga National Park

Virunga National Park is both the oldest and the largest national park in Africa, and it is the continent’s longest inscribed World Heritage site. However, years of armed conflict and poaching have not only put the site itself in danger, but also the lives of the park rangers that guard one of the last strongholds of the endangered mountain gorilla.

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