Former member of the Board of Directors
Biography as at 31 December of the year preceding their end of term
Chair's and Corporate Governance Committee
Sustainability Committee (Chair)
Elected to the Board 2011
Date of birth: 1949
Nationality: American
Career
- 2005 - 2010 United Nations Children’s Fund, Executive Director
- 2001 - 2005 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Secretary
- 1999 - 2001 Nossaman, Guthner, Knox and Elliott, a California law firm, Of Counsel
- 1995 - 1999 California Department of Food and Agriculture, Secretary
- 1993 - 1995 Patton Boggs, a Washington law firm, Of Counsel
- 1991 - 1993 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Deputy Secretary
- 1989 - 1991 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs
- 1987 - 1989 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Associate Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service
- 1986 - 1987 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Special Assistant to the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service
- 1980 - 1986 Damrell, Damrell, and Nelson, a California law firm, Partner
- 1978 - 1980 County of Stanislaus, Deputy Public Defender
- 1976 - 1978 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Attorney
- 1972 - 1974 Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office for Civil Rights, San Francisco Regional Office, Civil Rights Investigator
Education
- 1976 University of California, Hastings College of Law, Juris Doctorate
- 1971 University of California, Berkeley, MA, Public Policy
- 1970 University of California, Davis, BA, Political Science
Honorary Degrees Awarded
- 2007 Honorary Doctorate Degree, Middlebury College
- 2004 Honorary Doctorate Degree, Delaware State University
- 2003 Honorary Doctorate Degree, Lincoln University of Missouri
- 2001 Honorary Doctorate Degree, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Mandates
- Member, Advisory Board, KDC AG
- Member, Advisory Board, Full Harvest Technologies Inc.
- Member, Advisory Board, JUST Capital
- Member, Advisory Board, Memphis Meats
- Member, Advisory Board, Perfect Day
- Member, Global Health Innovative Technology Fund
- Member, CHAI - Clinton Health Access Initiative
- Member, Council on Foreign Relations
- Member, The Washington Institute for Business, Government and Society
- Member, BRAC
- Member, TerraVesco
- Member, ukko
- Member, Nestlé Creating Shared Value Council (CSV Council)
Honors and awards
- 2009 Forbes The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women List, ranking number 46
- 2009 UC Davis, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Award of Distinction
- 2009 Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Mali, à titre étranger
- 2008 Il Consiglio Grande e Generale della Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino
- 2006 Sesame Workshop’s Leadership Award for Children
- 2006 United Nations Association of New York, Humanitarian Award
- 2005 Richard E. Lyng Award for Public Service
- 2005 UC Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Distinguished Service Award
- 2004 Main Street Partnership John Chaffee Award for Distinguished Public Service
- 2004 American PVO Partners Award for Service to People in Need
- 2003 UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy Alumni of the Year Award
- 2003 California State Fair Agriculturalist of the Year Award
- 2002 National 4-H Alumni Recognition Award
- 2002 California Council for International Trade Golden State Award
- 2002 Dutch American Heritage Award
- 2002 United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Distinguished Service Award
- 2001 Outstanding Woman in International Trade Award
- 2001 UC Davis Outstanding Alumna of the Year Award
- 2001 Food Research and Action Center Award