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Education

• MA Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (May 1997)
• MA New York University (May 1989) Film and Television Production
• BA Hebrew University (1983) Sociology/Anthropology, History of Africa

Professional Experience

• Director and Humanitarian Chief, UN Women, Geneva (2022-2024)
• UN Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator, Ukraine (2018-2022)
• UN Resident Coordinator, UNDP Representative, Pacific Office in Fiji (2013-2018), covering Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.
• UN Development Coordinator, UNDP Representative Kosovo (2009-2013)
• UNIFEM Director, Brussels (2007-2009)
• UNIFEM Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Bratislava (2002-2007)
• UNDP Deputy Representative ai, Skopje (2002)
• UNIFEM New York, Executive Officer, Director, UN Trust Fund to end violence against women (1998-2001)
• Development and Human Rights Consultant (1995-1996)
• International Documentary Film Producer and Distributor (1988-1994)