A Conversation with UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

Please join the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights, and the Center for International Development for a conversation with Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF. Ms. Russell will discuss her role supporting women and children around the world through foreign policy and multilateralism. 

Ms. Russell has been the leader of UNICEF since 2022. From 2020 to 2022, she served in the U.S. government as Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. She previously served from 2013 to 2017 as Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues at the U.S. Department of State. In that post, she integrated women’s issues across all elements of U.S. foreign policy, represented the United States in more than 45 countries, and worked with foreign governments, multilateral organizations, and civil society. She was the principal architect of the ground-breaking “U.S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls.”

The seminar will be moderated by Belfer Center Director Meghan O'Sullivan, the Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School. 

Attendance is in-person and for HUID holders only. Space is limited so please only RSVP if you plan to attend. This event is off-the-record. 

Submitting your registration does not confirm your attendance. If you are confirmed to attend this event, you will receive an email from a member of the Belfer Center Operations Team with arrival details ahead of the event.