Catherine "Cathy" Bertini is a leader in international organization management, girls education, humanitarian action, agricultural development, and the role of gender in poverty reduction. She is the 2003 World Food Prize Laureate. She was the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program from 1992 to 2002. Currently, she is Vice Chair of the Public Administration and International Affairs department at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University. She is distinguished fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
