Alliance Leadership Continues to Grow, Diversify
The Alliance continues to attract leaders from governments, corporations, multilateral institutions, NGOs, and the entertainment and culinary industries to help it fulfill its mission and achieve its goal. The Alliance was honored that former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan recently announced his intention to become an Alliance Champion and help raise awareness of the household air pollution issue.
Below are the current members of the Alliance’s Leadership and Advisory Councils, as well as its Champions and Ambassadors
Alliance Champions and Ambassadors
Kofi Annan
Champion
Former UN Secretary General
Chef José Andrés
Culinary Ambassador
Founder of World Central Kitchen & Owner of ThinkFoodGroup
Rocky Dawuni
Ambassador
Singer & Songwriter
Julia Roberts
Global Ambassador
Actor
Michelle Bachelet
Former Under-Secretary-General and Former Executive Director, UN Women, Former President of Chile
Gunilla Carlsson
Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Mary Robinson
President and Chair of the Board of Trustees, Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice, Former President of Ireland
Senator (Dr.) Abubakar Bukola Saraki
Senator of Kwara Central, Nigeria
Kris Balderston
Senior Vice President, Senior Partner and General Manager; Fleishman—Hillard
Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz
State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Jeroen Blum
Business Director, Breathing Space; Shell Foundation
Kathy Calvin
President and CEO, United Nations Foundation
Sally Lee
Senior Vice President, Meredith Corporation and the Editor-in-Chief of Ladies’ Home Journal
David Martin
General Manager Production, Nigeria, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria LTD
Wanjira Mathai
Project Leader, Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace & Environmental Studies
Radha Muthiah
Executive Director, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
Juan Carlos Paiz
Presidential Commissioner for Competitiveness and Investment in Guatemala
Stewart J. Paperin
Executive Vice President, Open Society Foundation and President of the Soros Economic Development Fund