Catherine Ann Bertini

Background

Bertini, Catherine Ann was born on March 30, 1950 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Daughter of Fulvio and Ann (Vino) Bertini.

Education

Bachelor, State University of New York, 1971. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), State University of New York, Cortland, 1999. Doctor of Science (honorary), McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1997.

Doctor of Science, Pine Manor College, 2000. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), American University Rome, 2001. Doctor in Public Service (honorary), John Cabot University, Rome, 2001.

Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Slovak Agricultural University, Nitra, Slovak Republic, 2001. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Loyola University, 2002. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University South Carolina, 2003.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Dakota Wesleyan University, 2003. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Colgate University, 2004.

Career

Youth director New York Republican State Committee, 1971-1974. With Republican National Committee, 1975-1976. Manager public policy Container Corporation American, 1977-1987.

Director Office Family Assistance, United States Department Health and Human Services, 1987-1989. Acting assistant secretary United States Department Department of Health and Human Services., 1989. Assistant secretary United States Department of Agriculture, 1989-1992.

United Nations panel member secretary general's High Level Personalities on African Development, United Nations, 1992-1995. Executive director United Nations World Food Programme, Rome, 1992—2002. Personal humanitarian envoy United Nations Secretary General, 2002.

Policy maker in residence Gerald Ford School Public Policy University Michigan, 2002. Chairman United Nations Systems Standing Committee on Nutrition, since 2002. Under-secretary general management United Nations, 2002—2005.

Board directors Tupperware Corporation, Orlando, since 2005.

Achievements

• Catherine Ann Bertini has been listed as a noteworthy international organization official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Illinois State Scholarship Communications, 1979-1984. Member Illinois Human Rights Communications, 1985-1987. Special envoy of Secretary General to the Horn of Africa, 2000.

Fellow Harvard University, 1986.

Connections

Married Thomas Haskell, 1988.

Father:

Fulvio Bertini

Mother:

Ann (Vino) Bertini

Spouse:

Thomas Haskell