Farah Eck

Farah Eck is senior director of programs and policies of the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA), where she oversees UNA-USA’s national programs, chapter support, communications strategy, and member engagement. Eck brings with her over seven years of experience as a UNA-USA volunteer, serving as a chapter president (UNA Chicago) and board member, and as a UNA-USA National Council Member for the Great Lakes Region.

Eck’s background is in fundraising, organizational capacity building, communications, and stakeholder engagement. Prior to her current position at the UN Foundation, she oversaw the global membership division for Lions Clubs International (LCI), the world’s largest organization dedicated to improving communities through volunteer service. Before LCI, she served as the alumni and volunteer relations director of the Young African Leadership Initiative Regional Leadership Center East Africa in Nairobi, Kenya.

Eck is a global citizen born to a Pakistani father and an American mother who has lived and worked in 32 countries. She has coauthored a children’s cookbook and nutritional guide, Freddy, Fork it Over!, and is currently penning a children’s storybook based upon oral Kenyan folklore. She has a BA in advertising from Bradley University, an MA in communications, a graduate certificate in nonprofit management from the University of Illinois at Springfield, and an MA in international relations and conflict resolution from American Public University.