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Title: Former Executive Director, UNICEF Graduate: MPP, University of California, Berkeley
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Ann Veneman served as Executive
Director of UNICEF from 2005 to 2010. In that role, she led an
agency of over 10,000 staff members worldwide with a budget
exceeding $2 billion. Prior to
joining UNICEF, Veneman served as the 27th U.S. Secretary of the
Department of Agriculture, the first woman to serve
in that position. During her tenure, she directed
major programs to improve nutritional education and to promote
agriculture productivity. Veneman earned an MPP degree at the Goldman School at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also a graduated of UC-Davis and the UC Hastings College of Law. A full biography is available here. |