Our Leadership

The UN Foundation is led day-to-day by our President and CEO Kathy Calvin, and an innovative and experienced team. Our senior leadership includes:

SENIOR FELLOWS

	Dr. Alaka Basu Senior Fellow, Reproductive Health Dr. Alaka Basu is a social demographer with strong interests in public health. Dr. Basu has published widely in the areas of reproductive health and family planning, gender and development, child health and mortality, and the context and politics of population policy. View Full Bio »

	Mayra Buvinic Senior Fellow, Womens Economic Empowerment Mayra Buvinic, an internationally recognized expert on gender and development and social development, is a Senior Fellow both with the UN Foundation and Vital Voices. View Full Bio »

	Mohamed T. El-Ashry Senior Fellow, Energy and Climate 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 Fellow, Global Fund Melinda Kimble is a senior vice president, and oversees our International Bioenergy Initiative. She joined the UN Foundation in May 2000. View Full Bio »

	John W. McArthur Senior Fellow, MDGs John W. McArthur is an international development economist and Senior Fellow with the UN Foundation. 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 »

	Stephen Strickland Senior Fellow, Polio Stephen Strickland’s professional experience in Washington over fifty years includes stints with the U.S. Congress and the White House, teaching in the medical schools of two universities, and developing and directing a wide range of international programs, as Vice president of the Aspen Institute, Senior Associate of the Kettering Foundation, and CEO of the National Peace Foundation, His most recent work has been with the United Nations Foundation. View Full Bio »