Roundtable with Ambassador Cindy McCain
Former UN World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain joins Council Distinguished Fellow Catherine Bertini for a special roundtable on leadership and food security.
Oct
28
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REGISTRATION
This event is invitation-only. Invites are non-transferable. For further information, please reach out to iwhitaker@globalaffairs.org.
About This Event
Former Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme Cindy McCain will join a special roundtable conversation moderated by Council Distinguished Fellow Catherine Bertini. Ambassador McCain will reflect on her experience of leadership spanning multilateral diplomacy, business, and philanthropy, and share her perspective on the challenging outlook for global food security.
About the Speakers
Cindy McCain
Former Executive Director, UN World Food Programme
Cindy McCain is an American businesswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, and the widow of US Senator John McCain. She served as US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome from 2021 to 2023, and in 2023 she was appointed Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme, leading the world's largest humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting global hunger.
Distinguished Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Catherine Bertini served as executive director of the UN World Food Programme, the world’s largest international humanitarian agency, from 1992 to 2002 prior to joining the Council. She was named the World Food Prize laureate in 2003 for her groundbreaking leadership there.