Catherine Bertini is a distinguished fellow of global food and agriculture at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. For 10 years, she was executive director of the United Nations World Food Program, the world’s largest international humanitarian agency. She became the 2003 World Food Prize laureate for her groundbreaking leadership there. Bertini was UN Under Secretary General for Management and the UN Security Coordinator. She led the US domestic nutrition programs as USDA assistant secretary for food and consumer services and the nation’s assistance program for single mothers at HHS. She was on the Board of International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). Bertini was senior fellow on the first agriculture team at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and served as a fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation. She is chair of the board of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).
Catherine Bertini
Distinguished Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture
Areas of expertise: Global Food & Agriculture
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Deep Dish: Does the United Nations Do Anything Useful?
Global Insight, July 25, 2019International Women’s Day: Former and Current Women Heads of State Sign Open Letter Pushing for Women’s Rights
Worldview, March 8, 2019Ending Hunger Is Within Our Grasp
Global Food For Thought, March 21, 2017How Empowering Women Can Solve World Hunger
Global Food For Thought, March 14, 2016How Empowering Women Can Solve World Hunger
Newsy, March 10, 2016Are We “Celebrating” Women Again?
Global Food For Thought, March 8, 2016World Food Prize winner says investing in women is the best way to feed the world's hungry
Bush Telegraph, August 26, 2014Catherine Bertini on successful negotiation: Understand what the other party needs
The Post-Standard, June 30, 2014Past Event Multimedia
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New Aid in a New Age: Understanding International Development
Nicholas Kristof, Author and Columnist, The New York Times; Catherine Bertini, Distinguished Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture
- Issues: Global Food & Agriculture.