Catherine "Cathy" Bertini is a leader in international organization management, girls education, humanitarian action, agricultural development, nutrition, and the role of gender in poverty reduction.
She is the 2003 World Food Prize Laureate.
She was the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program from 1992 to 2002.
She served as the Under-Secretary for Management from 2003 to 2005.
Currently she is a distinguished fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Chair of the Board of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).