Experts

Experts By Issue Area

Global Health   
Energy & Climate 
U.S.-UN Relations  
Women & Population   

The UN Foundation works on a diverse portfolio of issues including global health, energy and climate, women and population, and U.S.-UN relations.

For more information on our experts or to arrange for an interview with them, please email press@unfoundation.org.  

 

	Peg Willingham Executive Director, Shot@Life Campaign Peg Willingham joined the United Nations Foundation in January 2011 to lead Shot@Life, a new campaign to raise awareness and resources in the U.S. to support the work of the UN and other prominent partners to immunize children in developing countries against vaccine preventable diseases. View Full Bio »
	Kevin Starace Executive Director, Global Health Innovation Kevin Starace, Executive Director, Global Health Innovation, specializes in private sector partnerships, global health policy and strategy and development finance at the United Nations Foundation. View Full Bio »
	Radha Muthiah Executive Director, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Radha Muthiah is Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, where she leads efforts to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women and combat climate change by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions. View Full Bio »
	Christopher Helfrich Director, Nothing But Nets Christopher Helfrich is the Director of the UN Foundation’s Nothing But Nets, a global, grassroots campaign to raise awareness and funding to fight malaria, a leading cause of death among children in Africa. View Full Bio »
	Elizabeth (McKee) Gore Vice President, Global Partnerships Elizabeth Gore is the Vice President of Global Partnerships for the United Nations Foundation, currently managing partnership and cause marketing strategies implemented in programs and campaigns of the United Nations. View Full Bio »
	Andrea Gay Executive Director of Children's Health Andrea Gay is the Executive Director of Children's Health at the United Nations Foundation, where she oversees projects to improve the survival and health of children in developing countries, particularly those under five years of age. She joined the UN Foundation when it was created in 1998. View Full Bio »

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	Mohamed T. El-Ashry Senior Fellow Mohamed T. El-Ashry is Senior Fellow with the UN Foundation and Facilitator of the Global Leadership for Climate Action (GLCA) which he organized in 2007. Its membership includes 13 former Presidents and Prime-Ministers and 12 other global leaders. View Full Bio »
	Melinda L. Kimble Senior Vice President Melinda Kimble is a Senior Vice President, overseeing our International Bioenergy Initiative. She joined the UN Foundation in May 2000. View Full Bio »
	Richenda Van Leeuwen Senior Director, Climate & Energy Richenda Van Leeuwen is Senior Director of the Energy and Climate team overseeing the UN Foundation's work on energy access. She joined the UN Foundation in 2010 from Good Energies, a global renewable energy investment company. A sought out speaker on energy access and poverty issues, she has over 20 years of executive management experience with the UN, private sector and non-profits on several continents. View Full Bio »
	Mark Hopkins International Energy Efficiency Director Mark is an internationally recognized expert in energy efficiency, with more than 30 years of experience in policy and program development. He is the former Executive Vice President of the Alliance to Save Energy, where he developed an international program that helped to improve energy efficiency in 20 transitional and developing countries. View Full Bio »
	Leslie Cordes Senior Director, Partnership Development Leslie Black Cordes is Senior Director, Partnership Development for the Foundation where she is responsible for developing new relationships with the philanthropic, international donors, and private sector communities. She previously held positions with the Environmental Protection Agency, the non-profit Alliance to Save Energy, the US Agency for International Development, and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. View Full Bio »
	Reid Detchon Vice President for Energy and Climate Reid Detchon is the Vice President for Energy and Climate at the United Nations Foundation. He is also the Executive Director of the Energy Future Coalition, a broad-based non-partisan public policy initiative supported by the UN Foundation that seeks to bring about change in U.S. energy policy. View Full Bio »

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	Timothy E. Wirth President, United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund Timothy Wirth is the President of the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Fund. Both organizations were founded in 1998 through a major financial commitment from Ted Turner to support and strengthen the work of the United Nations. View Full Bio »
	Peter Yeo Vice President for Public Policy Peter Yeo joined the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Campaign in February 2009 with over twenty years of legislative, analytical, and management experience, including senior roles on Capitol Hill and in the State Department. View Full Bio »
	Gillian Sorensen Senior Advisor and National Advocate Gillian Martin Sorensen, Senior Advisor at the United Nations Foundation is a national advocate on matters related to the United Nations and the United States-United Nations relationship, addressing audiences as diverse as Rotary International and the Air Force Academy; university students; staff and Members of Congress; journalists and leaders of civil society. View Full Bio »
	Susan Myers Vice President, UN Relations Susan Myers is the UN Foundation's Vice President for UN relations. Ms. Myers has served as Executive Director of the New York office of the United Nations Foundation since 2000. As a member of the Foundation's leadership team, she provides overall guidance and participates in the development of long-term strategy for the organization. View Full Bio »
	Robert Skinner Associate Director, New York Office Robert Skinner is the UN Foundation's Associate Director of the New York Office. In this role, he assists in managing daily operations and activities of New York staff in conjunction with the Washington, DC office. View Full Bio »
	Patrick Madden Executive Director, UNA-USA Patrick Madden was named Executive Director of the United Nations Association of the United States of America in February 2011. View Full Bio »

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	Gina Reiss-Wilchins Director, Girl Up Gina Reiss-Wilchins is Director of the Girl Up campaign — an innovative program to build and maintain a constituency dedicated to improving the lives of the world’s hardest-to-reach girls. The “for girls, by girls” campaign mobilizes American girls to raise funds and awareness for UN programs that support the millions of adolescent girls growing up in developing countries. View Full Bio »
	Kathy Calvin Chief Executive Officer Kathy Calvin is the Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations Foundation. The UN Foundation was created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner's historic $1 billion gift to support UN causes and activities. The UN Foundation advocates for the UN and connects people, ideas, and resources to help the United Nations solve global problems. View Full Bio »

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SPECIAL ADVISORS

 

	Sam Daws Senior Advisor Sam Daws is Senior Advisor to the United Nations Foundation and serves as the Foundation's Representative in the United Kingdom. He provides strategic advice and has responsibility in the UK for partnership development with other foundations, the private sector and the British government. View Full Bio »

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